Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,045
Likes: 15
From: Lancaster County, PA
Bikes: '39 Hobbs, '58 Marastoni, '73 Italian custom, '75 Wizard, '76 Wilier, '78 Tom Kellogg, '79 Colnago Super, '79 Sachs, '81 Masi Prestige, '82 Cuevas, '83 Picchio Special, '84 Murray-Serotta, '85 Trek 170, '89 Bianchi, '90 Bill Holland, '94 Grandis
My #1 best advice: Take. Your. Time. Be patient, and, as Bob Dylan once wrote: "Learn, Learn, Learn." (OK, I paraphrase). Getting a really good deal (if that's what you're interested in) requires that you be ready to pull that $$$ trigger. Which in turn requires that you know your stuff. Many (if not most) of us have made trigger-puller mistakes based on not knowing our stuff. Been there. Done it. There are a lot of people ready and willing to help educate you, just based on the fact that we love this stuff.
Take. Your. Time.
("Grasshopper")