Originally Posted by
leicanthrope
Holy cow, there's another C&V aficionado in the Atlanta area? I think that makes three of us.
(After completely missing this one on Craigslist, I'm trying to make myself feel better by reminding myself that a 54 is too small for me.)
Ah! I'm in town, near the zoo, where are you? I think @
daf1009 is somewhere around these parts as well, I've only heard stories though
Apparently I took a bad measurement and it's 56, 54 is slightly too small for me also, I'm a 57-59 guy normally (6'1" ish). The standover height is about right, but I suspect I'll have issues with toe slap on this one. I wish it was a 58, I'd trade it for a 58 in a heartbeat.
Don't feel bad, you didn't miss this one locally - it was posted on Ft Myers Craigslist, I dropped a note in the 'Craigslist/eBay finds' thread hoping someone would bite, but it was still for sale when I got there. By the last day of my trip, it was still up so I called the guy (120 miles south) and he told me he got several calls from the Boca/Miami area which he never returned because he couldn't imagine anyone driving 2-3 hours for a bike. I asked him the key questions - is it straight, which parts are chrome, are there any insignia on the stay caps or fork crown, is the rust sandy or bumpy - and it sounded good.
When I got there, had a good 30 minute chat with the guy, very interesting fellow. His CL ad was actually pretty damn funny, sad the only other two bikes I saw were beater department store bikes. I Was happy with the price, he was cool with the price, I think he just wanted to be done with it. He'd been trying to sell it casually for a while.