Originally Posted by
ZippyThePinhead
My personal take is that buying from CL is easier when you know a lot about bikes and can recognize good buys from bad buys.
I agree. I scoured CL for an old steel bike, I get nostalgic for my first 10 speed 1972 Nishiki, and found one only to miss it by not jumping fast enough. I am not bothered as much by the flippers. Most of the ones on my local list are pretty obvious.