In SF the way most people sell their old bikes are via craigslist. are they city-specific markets, where people meet up in person for the actual exchange? - Yes

In SF the way most people sell their old bikes are via craigslist. are they city-specific markets, where people meet up in person for the actual exchange? - Yes. In my experience both selling and buying bikes this way its not been not as difficult an experience as stated in the article. My wife has sold two bikes on craigslist, she sold them for a fair value (She knows bikes well) and everyone has been happy. As a buyer I can get a pretty good assessment of a bike's value based on some pics and a description. You can actually find a lot of good value in the used bike market if you're comfortable doing some repairs yourself and you know what to look for. There's a lot of sellers who have an old bike in the garage they're just trying to get rid of when they move that might be a nice steel frame commuter once cleaned up.