Originally Posted by
rangerdavid
7 posts and no one yet has even addressed the OP's question. go off on a tangent about "newbie" and who can afford what.
bike looks good to me. don't know if the zipp's are OEM but if it's not been wrecked, it looks good. also don't think those bars are original. compare it with the 2013 in the cannondale archives and see. good luck
Suggesting that the OP go to an LBS actually does answer her question. This is a judgment call and you and the OP are certainly entitled to feel differently about whether the OP should be buying a bike from ebay given her professed lack of experience.