Police bike auction - Thursday

I imagine they will all be pretty crap, but you never know what might turn up.

The Metropolitan Police bicycle auction is returning next week to north
London after being with south London auctioneers for 20 years or more.

79 bikes will go under the hammer at Frank G. Bowen Ltd, 73 Sceptre
Road, Bethnal Green, next Thursday, May 24 at 11am, viewing from 9.30am
and on Wednesday from 12 noon to 4pm. The list of bikes is on
http://www.frankgbowen.co.uk . One needs to
register before the auction and a deposit may be required. The auction
is fortnightly. It has migrated from south London after 20 years or so.
The bikes are listed in the catalogue in 3 batches beginning with Lot

1. There are 706 lots in the auction which includes all kinds of
   other
   goods. Purchases must be removed by 4pm the next day.
   
   

Police auction bikes unclaimed or owner unknown. The Police auction has
long been a popular means of buying a bike cheaply. Run-of-the-mill
mountain bikes can go for between £30 and £40.

It is best to take a pump with connectors with varying nipples and some
tools if one is able to ride a bike away. That’s because the tyres
usually are flat as the bikes have been in storage, and also
adjustments
may be necessary.