thanks for the input dood, some new rims would be really nice. santa please give me a nice set of mavics... I could see the toe clips but a brake lever delete idk.. i like them, the bike may be slightly to small or handle bars to low (unadjustable, locknut cannot be budged) but i dont ride bentover all the time where i could reach the front part of the brakes. They are very useful when i grip the handle bars like so... the second picture is my most used grip position.