Zeus

http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/bik/3870919595.html
Zeus Vintage Road Bike RARE! - $300 (Fort collins)

This Road bike is in ok condition. Just had Brand new cyclocross tires put on it. This bike is number 373 off the line. paid over 750$ 5 months ago. Hit a curb and have no time to fix it. all bearings are brand new and everything works great except for the front forks are slightly bent, and the wheel is slightly bent as well. I loved this bike just no time or money to fix it. if you look around and research these bikes you will find that some are expensive if they are the right make and model.. The saddle, bearing, frame and crankshaft are well worth over what I am asking.

There is, to put it nicely, 6 feet of bullshit going on here.  Zeus is a collectable bike brand founded in Spain in the 1920s.  The firm made everything that could go on a bike and were either a Campy competitor or a Campy clone depending on your point of view.  So for age, innovation, and an obsessive sense of completeness some of these bikes have become very rare, very hot ticket items. 

I'm willing to use the word dishonest with how this bike is being presented.  It seems very unlikely that you would buy a such a gem, slap cross tires on it and then start jumping curbs.  He implies that the right make and model (but he left out condition which is pretty damn important too, but we'll get to that) are expensive without actually stating that this is one of them.  He also doesn't go down the parts list or give you any decent pictures.  He also seems to think you can part out a bearing regrease and includes it in the value.  It's true that Zeus has sought after models out there but I dont think this is one of them, and the seller is trying to make you think otherwise.  No odd shapes or tooling in the parts as far as we can see, no drillium, not good look at the drop outs or fork crown, in short nothing that makes you really look when you see Zeus bikes.

He loves the bike but he didn't bother to seat the chain or take any decent pictures.  He also left the leather saddle on it when presumably he'd be riding in weather on those knobby wheels.  But lets talk about condition.  A bent fork and a bent wheel?  And he has the balls to say "ok" condition.  It's unrideable and will continue to be so without a lot of money dropped into it.  The prospect of cold working (read: Bend) the fork back into shape is daunting and then you have to buy a new rim.  If you want to keep it original you have to get your Zeus hub (if they're still on here, they almost definitely arent) relaced too.  So hopefully you can bend a fork AND lace a wheel.  The bottom bracket has a suspicious area too.   

I think he picked up or was tricked into buying a thrashed bike and is trying to get out easy.  Dont be dumb.