Originally Posted by
GaryK227
She tells me she is able to stand over the top tube flat footed. She also said the fork is definitely not bent. She pulled the plug and bought it. Should do her fine for commuting to her job and other places in Philly. If she's happy, I'm happy.
As predicted. The small cameras with wide-field lenses introduce the error. It's the nature of the beast.
The phrase "the fork is bent" is now a pretty common joke around here. Just about every time someone posts a pic, the bent fork police are convinced the fork is bent. It almost never is, and the only way you can really tell just from a photo is if the fork is obviously mangled and there are pictures of the wrinkles in the top and bottom tubes.
If it looks slightly bent in the photo, it probably isn't bent at all.
As to the price - low end or not, if that bike is as clean in person as it is in the photo and you live in a robust bike market, she did OK. She didn't steal it, but she didn't get hosed over, either. The main thing is that it is clean and ready to ride, it fits her, and it is what she is looking for and is happy with. That's all that matters.