ugh. more questions. haha. I emailed IRO and found out that they also offer the Mark V prebuild with a raw frame for the same price. It isn't clearcoated. Would that rust? The humidity here is very, very high, all year round. I'm also waiting to here back as to whether they'd put white deep V's and 28mm tires on it for me in-house at an extra cost so I could save myself the trouble of doing that after I get the bike. I read on here in another thread that Tony's willing to work with his customers that want different parts switched out.