I will say that I went to huge swap meet in Tucson last weekend and I bought a used seat post, quill stem and a set of Easton Deltaforce bullhorn bars with brake handles. I paid $30 for the lot. I installed them. This removed what I saw as some of the cheaper components. Also I have never used the drop handle bars before and they just seemed awkward to use so the bullhorns corrected that. I hate my hands being so far from the brakes when riding up top. I guess this is a newbie trait...lol. So far I have driven the bike about 200 miles total in 2 weeks with no breakages.