Yea, the Schwinn Roadster is what I will be looking into this weekend. The other seller seemed sketchy and was not being flexible with time.

Trophy Bikes was the place I took my old bike in to get it looked at, actually. Nice people. The owner was explaining to me in the nicest terms possible that he was not going to repair it.

The other place you are referring to is the neighborhood bicycle place (workshop?). It's located in a church basement only 5 blocks away from where I live. I plan on visiting the place hopefully with a better bike. But yea, great place to learn.