Originally Posted by
Kapusta
I would assume two things:
1- The brake may need to be replaced (if it is an easy fix than the seller would have already done it).
2- The seller does not take care of his/her bike, and the broken brake is just the most obvious symptom.
That's why we are seeing a lot of replies on this thread from many that talk about making offers for a worst case scenario.
I just lowball, mostly because I get away with it pretty much all of the time.