Got this practically new beast a couple of years ago at the salvation army store.
Almost passed on it since I thought I didn't need another road bike, but I bought it anyway as an excuse
to hang around long enough for an old lady to decide that $6.00 was too much to spend on the minty
specialized Hemi that I was scoping out.

Last year, I mostly used it as my rain bike since the rack acts as a decent fender during my 20 mile round trip commute.
Around november of last year, I noticed how well it rode despite being a sporting goods store bike and how decrepit my
previous bike had become, I decided to upgrade this to be my primary (well only) commuting bike for this year, maybe longer
depending how it holds up.

So far, I've crowned it with my brooks b-17, removed the extra brake levers at the top of the bars, changer the tires from
the barely acceptable kenda quests to new specialized turbo elites, which I think should shave at least 10 minutes from my ride each way.
I've also experimented with the bars by wrapping inner tube over the new foam bar tape. So far, it feels pretty good.

In a couple weeks I should have some new pedals, clips, and straps, as well as a bar-end shifter and brake levers so I can
remove the brifters, the front derailer, and the smaller chainrings.