Originally Posted by bud16415

Last summer there was a CL ad posted with two Photos inside a garage of a Cannondale Road bike with minimal information about bike except frame size and that it came with another set of wheels. It did have a price of $85. No phone number. I answered the ad and got a reply within minutes saying he just listed it and was surprised to get a reply so fast. Gave me his address and said come see it asked for my first name and said I was the first to reply and had first crack at it if I came to see it that day. As it happened he was about 15 minute drive and it was lunch time and I had a bike rack on the car. So I go over thinking I have to be careful an $85 Cannondale is most likely hot. Nice neighborhood nice car in drive. Older guy comes to the door and takes me to the garage. Garage is full of packing boxes and he tells me he’s moving to Fla. has a new road bike down there and this bike he loves can’t go. Bike is in perfect condition with a high end air pump attached another set of wheels and maybe 2 tiny paint chips in the BB paint from a stone. He also has a weight machine with 6 stations for sale for $50 Weider brand. No one robs a weight bench I thought. He tells me the bike has never been wet and says I almost forgot here is the owner’s manual and paperwork on the wheels and pump. I said I’ll take it and he said I thought you would offer $75. Haha. I said no $85 is fine with me. I put a foam cover on the top tube made from a pool noodle and started hanging it on my bike rack and he said that’s a first it’s never been on a rack before. I told a friend about the weight machine and it was gone within a couple hours also. So there are deals too good to be true on CL. Most of the time I find the other ones mentioned above. If I had the slightest clue the bike was hot I personally wouldn’t have bought it. Pic below. Because I know without pics no one believes the story lol.