Hey TMama, thanks for noticing my 4 posts - got 918 better things to do with my time. As for Mr. Philly: Yea, try loading two hundred pounds on a UTE. The spokes will go before your bike tips over. You can't work the kickstand, buy a better one...duh! Case-in-point: The stock handlebar is a mess. Puts your wrists at a very ackward angle. Solution: An On One Mary bar; great angle for pulling or pushing. This bike is not a mule, wasn't intended to be a big-loader. Get a BD or a funky extracyle kit if you have lottsa pounds to pull. What we have in common is a desire to use a bike for errands and such, that a normal-sized bike could never achieve.