I rode and loved this badboy for a year as a messenger clocking up about 500 miles a week. It was flung up and down the streets of Dublin having been hit by cars, taxis, buses, motorcycles, you name it! A year later I did a 2000 mile tour of Scandinavia in just over 20 days, and even though as you can see it was unevenly loaded, I never had a problem with it right up to when it was stolen 6 months ago. The frame design has changed since this one (year 2000, I think) so I can't really comment on the new badboy, but this was an excellent all-round bike and I highly recommend it!