04-28-2021, 08:43 PM
Hi all!
Meeting a craigslist seller for a bike test/possible purchase and have a few first time used bike buying questions.
Technical Stuff:
I was wondering if you guys know anything about this bike/ what in particular to look for in Felt bikes aside for normal stuff like chain wear, frame warping, carbon cracks, true wheels shifring health, etc.
Specifically is there a demonstrable way to check warping in the frame on site with some kind of tool without a rack?
What are the most important indicators that a bike has been crashed?
Bargaining/Situational Stuff:
So, this bike is in the middle of a district where it would be pretty hard to comfortably test a shiny bike. The TL area is not a great place to flash bills, haggle, etc so I suggested a local park but the seller seems to be hesitant to meet in an open space during daytime. There's a baseball field there to [poorly] simulate gravel and its out of traffic so I can properly inspect everything. The park is close to his place. He sells other bikes on Craigslist and seems to flip them judging from the regularity of his posting. How do you appraoch deals like this? Are there leading questions you ask to eek out the origins of bike, the maintenance, whether the seller rides which you can impute to the probable quality of the bike?
Here's the bike:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/d/san-francisco-felt-racing-roadbike/7313022904.html
Thanks All!
Meeting a craigslist seller for a bike test/possible purchase and have a few first time used bike buying questions.
Technical Stuff:
I was wondering if you guys know anything about this bike/ what in particular to look for in Felt bikes aside for normal stuff like chain wear, frame warping, carbon cracks, true wheels shifring health, etc.
Specifically is there a demonstrable way to check warping in the frame on site with some kind of tool without a rack?
What are the most important indicators that a bike has been crashed?
Bargaining/Situational Stuff:
So, this bike is in the middle of a district where it would be pretty hard to comfortably test a shiny bike. The TL area is not a great place to flash bills, haggle, etc so I suggested a local park but the seller seems to be hesitant to meet in an open space during daytime. There's a baseball field there to [poorly] simulate gravel and its out of traffic so I can properly inspect everything. The park is close to his place. He sells other bikes on Craigslist and seems to flip them judging from the regularity of his posting. How do you appraoch deals like this? Are there leading questions you ask to eek out the origins of bike, the maintenance, whether the seller rides which you can impute to the probable quality of the bike?
Here's the bike:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/d/san-francisco-felt-racing-roadbike/7313022904.html
Thanks All!