Ken, Leviathan -

While I don't quite have fond memories of the Pista anymore, it was a good bike performance wise. The stock components held up well over the harsh winter we had, the rear hub is fixed/fixed and I do like the classic look it has for its tubing and such. I still recommend the bike (the KHS seems to have thinner tubing - there's a thread where the tube broke at a 5mph bonk and I've tapped it personally, not that's any indicator by the way) out of all the entry level rides. If the KHS still came with the Sugino's I might recommend that but the Pista has the Suginos which are nice. Another added bonus is that they come with Deda Pista bars which are for the track and they're quite nice. I've kept them and retained them for use on Sophia when it comes to the velodrome (http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...postcount=2747)