A tale of two Bridgestones

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/bik/3783902360.html

Come and get it! Must Sell IMMEDIATELY. Frame size will fit riders up to 5'8. White Sticker on down tube will come off easily. near Dunn Loring metro- walkable. I have other bikes too. Come on out. Bike is ride-ready but the wheels could be trued and that would be a good thing to do. My friend has a shop and he charges $10 per wheel to true. So you you will have $79 total in the bike and you will have one sweet ride.

DC Craigslist is a warren for the over priced.  I guess it's a monied area.  Central Jersey is a monied area too but you actually see a lot of reasonable deals on nice bikes there.  But this is a good little cruiser and actually cheap, especially considering the fat fenders, nice little front rack and headlight.  Probably turtle slow, a million pounds, and indestructable.  Nice he tries to throw his wheel truing buddy a little business.  He knows a guy who owns a spoke wrench so he can hook you up.  You should own a spoke wrench and watch a 30 second youtube tutorial on how to spot true wheels.

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/bik/3813211757.html

rare early 90s Bridgestone Citylimit CB0 or CBzip, one of Sheldon Browns favorite bikes - 52cm Tange double butted cromoly frame with Bi-Plane crown fork - all Shimano LX components with XT rear deraileur, Sugino crank, Syncros bar and stem, alloy seatpost with WTB saddle, quick release alloy wheelset with pavement style tires - very nice bike for someone around 5'6''- 5'8''

Now there's the overpriced DC craigslist we know.  $350 for a mountain bike, which if it was called a mountain bike would probably pull half that. It's a great mountain bike, dont get me wrong and considering the market probably not an awful deal where it sits.  You could put fenders and fat tires on it.  You could put mustache handlebars on it and basically mock up your own Bridgestone XO series.  Pavement tires he says?  Which pavement?  He name checks Sheldon Brown which I think is a requirement if you're selling a Bridgestone or a Miyata 1000 frame with no original componants.  Again, look at that fork crown.  It's nearly art deco.