[bike] found something on craigslist, does it look like a good option?

[Black]

clay wrote:
[quote=Black]
Slim pickens in your local Craigslist . . . what are nearby towns to expand your search to?
I consider paying new stuff prices to be a failure . . .

The next biggest nearby city is Charlottesville: http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/bik/ but that's an hour's drive away, so unless it's a true bargain or a sure thing, I'm not excited about looking there.

I hate paying new prices as well, but living in the boonies, so to speak, doesn't give as many options when looking for something like this. I use ebay extensively, but being somewhat of a road/touring bike greenhorn, I don't always know what to look for. Not to mention the issue of sizing/fit... Nothing there anyways.
The Surly and the Trek 520 are both great bikes-- maybe there's some way to find them closer to $1k.