It seems the reason the owner of the bikes didn't get back to me is that his emails wound up in the spam box somehow. He left his number and I explained why I didn't get back to him. He said he will be posting his sons' old Motobecane soon and I can come by in the next couple of days to see it before he does. He mentioned it's a touring type. 23" might be a little small for me so we'll see if the top tube makes up for it.