Good Choice Yalbora
I rode worse bikes to the far corners of Hanoi and Saigon in 2007, 40 or 50 miles a day. $60 brand new and worth it. Actually, they had a freewheel and drum brakes. You could use a drum brake hub, on the front, also.
Just take a sack of tools. haha ( a crescent wrench anyway) My bikes had too much stuff attached to the axels.
My dad is 86 and still rides an old and too big coaster bike.
If you want to go faster , later, get a more conventional handle bar and pedal faster. No problem.
And about that Trek 7000 , its a piece of crap. The worst designed frame i have ever seen. It belongs at Wal-mart.
Last edited by GamblerGORD53; 07-24-10 at 08:33 AM.