Look what I just found on Craigslist
Since becoming a bike commuter I’ve felt it was my duty to convince anyone who will listen to be a bike commuter as well. The way I figure it, if I can do it, anyone can do it. Being a stylish lady, I always thought it a hassle to have sweaty helmet hair all day due to commuting. Then gas reached $4/gallon. I think I can handle helmet hair in order to give oil companies the finger. So, from time to time I check craigslist for cool bikes around $100 that I can send to potential bike commuters to bring them over to the two-wheeled side. Boulder, being a bike-crazed city, has a lot of bike listings but they usually stay around for about 45 seconds before someone snatches them up. Seattle....well that’s a different story. It’s a goldmine. Just browsing Seattle Craigslist for 10 minutes I found these amazing bikes for under $100 (or somewhere near it and in a condition that there could be negotiations on price).
Univega (What? Univega.... sounds like an awesome bike solar system I’d like to visit)
(pic wouldn’t upload, but imagine if you will an awesome celestially blue road bike. Pics on the listing.)
For a mere hundred dollars, which is less than some fillups are costing these days, you can ride to work everyday, gas-free (unless you had coffee before your ride), hugging Mother Nature all the way. I’ll be back again soon with more great deals from Craigslist.




Comments
Jul 24
David
Give em the finger! They told me I couldn’t live without a car, but they were wrong.
I feel compelled to direct your attention to our “sister site” 900mpg, which is as-yet incomplete, but already has a lot of great information on this very topic!
900mpg.org
Jul 24
David
Also… I got my commuter on Craigslist too (a 1983 Trek 560 for $200). I got it because it was a cheap-but-good road bike. I was going to just see if I could stick with this bike commuting thing, and then upgrade to a “better” bike if it worked out. That was two years ago. I’ve been biking ever since, sold my car 1 year ago… still riding that $200 Trek. It ain’t broke (and it ain’t fixed). The whole point was economy - no sense buying a fancy new bike when this one works fine. Now as far as race bikes go, that’s a different story…