screw yall for doubting me..

but i've put a damn good amount of miles on the dawes. i ended up purchasing a iro frame a few months back and built it up pretty nicely. but i still love the feel of the aluminum frame compared to the iro.

in terms of being a first singlespeed or fixed gear bike, I would recommend it hands down. the feel/geometry is very different from the other bikesdirect bikes such as the kilo tt and after riding my friends i would take my dawes 11 times out of 10. but thats probably because i just got really used to the feel of the dawes. Either way though, if you swap out the crappy alex wheel set and get yourself a nice used set of cranks, you can have a pretty quick and light feeling bike for on the cheap.