So I have been looking for a bike to ride around the neighborhood. From what I have researched so far, it is much better to buy a good used bike than a new crap bike. My budget is limited(~$100) and I think a hybrid bike will fit my need. I have found some bikes in my price range on Craigslist, but can not decide which would be the best one. I am 5'10" and would like your recommendation from the following bikes(Or if you can find one in Atlanta):
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/bik/5574867650.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/bik/5565136511.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/bik/5571155001.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/bid/5518738638.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/bik/5504664733.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/bik/5566547030.html
https://athensga.craigslist.org/bik/5516623882.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/bik/5535602332.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/bik/5532405372.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/bik/5572501267.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/bop/5574703932.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/bik/5555541016.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/bik/5561594821.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/bik/5528616072.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/bik/5574018655.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/bik/5527969449.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/bik/5516189200.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/bik/5567001459.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/bik/5546882602.html
I apologize for the huge list, but I really need to know which one will be the best bang for my buck.
Thank you

The vast majority of those are too small, and many are actually mountain bikes (of the more casual variety). The best one in terms of fit is probably the green Nashbar; it's more of a flat bar road bike than a hybrid though. The Trek 720 is a more traditional hybrid.

+1 about most being too small.

Head over to Intown Bicycles in Virginia-highland and see if Mike (the owner) can help you find the right bike. You won't be sorry. And tell him Ron sent you.

At 5'10" you will need at least a mediumlarge sized frame (18" to 20"). Some of these Craigslist bikes are clearly too small.

Beyond that, you should budget another $100 to $150 or so for parts and labor as some of these bikes are really old with unknown history. At minimum, most older bikes will need new chain, freewheel/cassette, cables, brake pads, tires and tubes. And budget for labor if you plan to have a bike shop do the work. If the used bike is decent, it is still money well spent.

I don't know what average prices in the Atlanta market are, but around me $100 only MIGHT get you something nice, that is both guaranteed to be a) 25+ years old (nothing wrong with that), and require a complete overhaul (nothing wrong with that, so long as you budget $60-100 on new parts and are willing to learn how to do it yourself, or pay $150-200 for a shop to do it all), or are willing to take the chance what you are buying is just stolen. That said, jump up to a $200 budget, and you can generally find quite a bit in rideable shape, hybrids bought with the best of intentions that made it around the block twice and are now just taking up the space in the garage that the SUV with the kid seats could be parking in.

For that cheap of a budget, I'd be watching the thrift shops around you.

Thrift shops, garage sales .... buy complete junk and just limp along but at least you will be quicker than walking pace.

There are very, very few $100 bikes that will be worth buying and rideable---almost all will need further investment. Tires and tubes are almost a certainty. A rusty chain can be soaked in solvent and regreased, and while a worn chain and cassette might have your chain skipping annoyingly every time you pushed hard, the bike wouldn't be unrideable. Duct tape can fix a torn/worn seat ... The cables will probably be wrecked but as long as they aren't frozen and don't break you can use old, scratchy cables for riding around the neighborhood.

Problem is the worn bearings in the hubs and bottom bracket and pedals will likely quit at the worst possible time. The brake pads will be ossified, and the wheels likely so warped that you couldn't get the brakes to work anyway. Even if the wheels were straight enough to ride, if you didn't get them tightened up they would probably warp after a few weeks of hard riding. A spoke wrench is cheap, and there is plenty of information online ... but that spoke wrench along with all the other tools you will need eventually will add up.

If it were me I'd be looking at $25-$50 bikes and expect them to die pretty soon after buying ... but after buying a few of them (and picking up trashed bikes from dumpsters, etc for parts) I'd hopefully have enough parts to assemble a single working bike. If you are lucky they will all have the same wheel size so you can swap wheels ...which gives you three or four chances to get a good set of wheels.

Really, $100 is probably just too little money for a bike that will last a while. You might get lucky, and good if you do ... but a $25 bike will probably serve you just as well and cost just as much to be roadworthy, and you will have extra cash in case something breaks.

Once you have a pile of parts which all work together as a single reasonably reliable working bike you can start saving again. Since you won't be in a hurry you would be able to wait for a really good deal in that $100 range, and you would know enough about maintenance to be able to estimate repair costs .... and will eventually have reliable, smooth-riding bike with all parts in sufficient working order.

On second thought, and I know many here will deny it and refuse to accept it, if that price rangeis all you have to put into a bike, you may well just be better off going to whatever big box store you prefer and buying whatever is on sale. The $120 Schwinn road bike on clearance I looked at at Meijers the other day (local X-Mart chain type store) would have been better to get on and ride than most old $100 Schwinn road bike if there was no budget for work being done to it.

Most of those look like bikes bought for teenagers who outgrew them, mostly for men or women around 5'7" or so.

I'd be most interested in the Nashbar, but I'd check it out very carefully. The owner says a pedal is bent. That may indicate a crash. Check the seat, frame, handlebar grip, etc., on the side with the bent pedal. And check the crank to be sure it spins freely and evenly. Otherwise it looks like a good bike that would do nicely for years.

I'm 5'11" and can fit some medium frame compact bikes, but need to raise the seat post fully. Depends on the overall fit. You just have to ride it and see. Some bikes have enough adjustability in the stem and handlebar to make a medium frame fit someone 5'10"-5'11".

This is actually a really good idea. You will be getting crap components, but you aren't planning on riding centuries or racing, just riding around ... and you will be getting New components, i.e. everything should work, nothing should be bent or worn or need replacing.

We all dump on department-store bikes, but for someone who just wants to do what this guy wants, to ride around the neighborhood, a box-store bike should work fine. Particularly if the buyer is not bike-savvy, he could buy a decent $100 bike with a few fatal flaws which he wouldn't notice until after the purchase .... and even replacing just tires, tubes, and maybe cables could set him back half the purchase price.

If he got a box-store bike and went online to learn a thing or two about set-up, he should have a cheap, reliable basic-transportation bike that should last a few season (or more if he doesn't abuse it) while he slowly saves up for a real bike.

Good thinking, jefnvk .

One of the most important functions of your first bike is to help you figure out what you want in your next bike. Acquire ANY bike and ride it where ever and how ever appeals to you at the time. Try to do something different every day. Every time that you ride, make a mental list of the things that appeal to you and the things that you don't like so much.

Only now can you be properly prepared to shop for your "real" bike.