Well I gotta say this is the best $350 I've ever spent. I've been commuting every day, M-F, for 8 months. I've had no issues whatsoever. Even in pouring rain, if I cover the throttle with a large ziploc baggie, the bike just goes. I have been riding every morning in the dark with two blinking lights on my helmet, a flourescent green yellow safety vest, reflector arm bands, and a blinker and headlight. And still the drivers act like they don't see me. Oh well. A neighbor who's a cyclist told me he couldn't keep up with me on the flats. This bike is a great value. I'd like to go faster but it's really great for my daily commute.

For those of you who said my forks are backwards, I tried to reverse them and something is seriously wrong here. They seem to work fine as shown.