Originally Posted by Chicago Al

Here is my just-home CL find, a nice starter bike for my 13 y o son. It popped up on Chicago CL yesterday for $25. I replied immediately and was apparently first. The guy called me and we agreed on a deal, but by that time I would not have been able to make the 1.5 hr drive out to get the bike then back into town to pick up son from school, so he agreed to keep it until this morning. Then last night he emailed me that he had about 20 more emails and felt he was giving the bike away at $25. I asked him what he thought was fair and pointed to a similar bike on eBay that is attracting no attention at $100. So he suggested $65 and I said fine. This was a bike he'd gotten new when he was 13 and a couple of our bikes have come from original owners like that. In such a situation it's more important to me that everyone be happy with the deal than to get the absolute bottom price. Call it karma or call me a sucker, I know my son is going to be very happy with this:




1985 Fuji Allegro. Needs cleaning and a bit of touch-up, new rubber and cables; will get red bar tape, and a reflector-ectomy. Too bad it isn't an '86 as there were upgrades that year, but oh well!