Originally Posted by podman
a lot of comments mentioning this bikes worth as to how many miles it has functioned.
i think this is a fair gauge to use... but as for the potential buyer that is not yet bike savvy, i think there should be more mention of the tweaking done to this bike as well as to the inconvienence in having to do so. for most this would entail a trip to a shop or the purchase of tools to perform the task (an entry level set of tools can easily equate to the price of the bike in question).
A point well taken. Most people who buy this type of bike may not have the savvy to fix it or the coin to keep running the shop to figure out what's wrong with it. Some people have told me that they shelled out some money and when something like brakes isn't working right, it's embarrasing so the bike just sits somewhere unused probably because they don't have the know-how to fix it or the $$ to pay a shop to do the adjustment/repair.