Originally Posted by rm -rf

The brake cables look kind of sloppy, I'm not sure how good a mechanic he is. The front cantilever brake yoke cable seems to have slack. But that's all fixable.

I wonder if he's done anything to it. The bars are angled oddly, and still have old foam "tape". He supposedly trued the wheels, and serviced the bearings, but didn't fix the downward angle on the saddle or level the bars? The chain is half on and half off the big chainring, and the front shift lever angle is odd--is it halfway between the big and small chainrings?

The fork looks okay, but it's hard to tell from the angle.

Those photos are quite wide angle, with the camera quite close to the bike. Have him stand the bike up, zoom all the way out and stand back at least 15 or 20 feet. He should stand straight out from the front fork to take the picture. Then there won't be as much distortion in the picture.

from the photobucket album. The seller didn't even bother to get the chain onto the chainring. The small ring seems to have all the recent usage. Does it even shift to the big ring? !
The front brake photo in the album seems to show an old yoke cable, with a shiny new brake cable. But the cable is kind of mangled below the clamp, like he clamped it way too low, then adjusted it later.