Btw... my bike was chastised by this forum too but I love it anyway. I didn't buy it to race in a velodrome and I didn't buy it for street cred. I bought my bike as a budget road bike trainer and, for it's purpose, it's just about perfect. I ride it nearly every day and thanks to it I've lost a bit over 15 lbs and have put just over 600 miles on it since I bought it in February.