Originally Posted by
Otis
I'm amazed the CL ad for this bike is still posted. The seller must have an inbox full of offers and people telling him he's nuts for selling it so cheap. I'm truly amazed that DD was able to get it in the first place (and very happy for him that he did), as ads like this I think are 99% of the time derailed by higher offers or moved to ebay. It's really a top score!
Believe it or not, he'd not had any bites before me - and still had nobody else contact him 2.5 days later when I went to pick up the bike. Recall the Eisentraut facilitation: the thought was that the bike was much too far away from metro-Seattle for most people (the 'Traut had been listed for over two months beginning at $800 and down to $400 or so).
San Juan Island would be a 2.5 hour drive from Seattle, then an hour ferry ride just to get a look-see. For me, it was a 30 minute drive and a scenic one-hour pleasure cruise
I don't know of any other collector/rider-types here on Whidbey, although there is one BF member here (mostly spends his time on the commuter threads).
I do know one thing: the PO trusted me with this to
keep, not to flip. His trust is well-placed
DD