Ok here is some better pics of my "fairly low-end" and yet "oh how I love it" bike
I commute about 12 miles on it 5 days a week (estimates only) and do "family fun rides" quite often. Those miles add up too believe me. I've had this bike about two months now and I bet I've logged 600 miles on it already. That number probably won't impress many people here, but hey I'm pretty new at this stuff so I'll just go ahead and impress myself