Originally Posted by tmh657

Welcome to BF. Post some photos so we know what it is you are looking at. Some people throw the term "touring" bike around because they know it's not a racing bike. You say you have no knowledge of bikes. Sellers can be the same way. If the bike needs any mechanical work, and you pay someone to do it, or replacement parts you can be upside down on the value. If it's an early '80's Trek 720 then grab it. If it's something like this photo, maybe not.

There are several thousand pages here that will answer the question: "is there any bikes you can recommend"?