Alt Bike Culture - Ladies Felt Cruiser (craigslist bike)

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http://lafayette.craigslist.org/bik/2335753202.html
I saw this Craigslist ad and was wondering if this was a decent deal? My girlfriend is in the market for a cruiser and I'm trying to convince her to buy a used bike over a new Wal-Mart bike.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Schwinn-Clairmont-26-Ladies-Cruiser-Bike/15711184
That's the Wal-Mart bike she was looking at, for comparison.
I'm not too knowledgeable of bikes myself, so any pointers/tips/recommendations whatever are welcome. Her max budget is $300, but she'd rather not spend over $200... if that's possible.
FunkyStickman
04-29-11, 08:14 PM
Hey, what's up? Fellow southern LA dude here.
Felt makes some really nice bikes. If I had to choose, I'd take the Felt over a Schwinn.
Sledbikes
04-29-11, 11:01 PM
i would take the felt bike too, rule of walmart get it in a box if you can help it
Well, is she worried about quality? If so, the Felt bike is the clear winner.
Thanks for the replies guys, pretty much confirmed my opinion, but I wanted to make sure. I knew Felt made good bikes since I was recently in the market for a bike as well (I went with Trek though). I just wasn't sure if this particular bike was any good. I contacted the seller asking for model year and more pics and she sent both.. it's a 2009.
Anyway, here are the pics she sent.
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Hey, what's up? Fellow southern LA dude here.
Not much, crazy couple of weeks... finals and commencement coming up soon (finally graduating). You? Nice to see local people on here. :)http://www.bikeforums.net/images/misc/pencil.png
wiredfoxterror
05-01-11, 11:10 AM
That's GORGEOUS! Did she get it I hope?
We haven't gotten it yet. She ran into car trouble and spent the money for that instead. I plan on buying it for her though within the next few days.
Picked it up today. The girl selling it ended up being friends of one my friends. Small world.
Flying Merkel
05-05-11, 09:45 AM
Looks good. Wouldn't mind having the man's version myself. This is a bike you can own for years & sell it for what you payed for it.
wiredfoxterror
05-06-11, 04:55 PM
Oh I'm so glad you got it! Using it yet?
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