When I first went down to Ohio State in the fall of '76, I had my '74 Fuji 'Special Tourer', and one of my roommates had an Iverson ten speed. The Special Tourer was all-steel, as was the Iverson, but at least the Fuji had a three-piece (steel) cottered crankset and the Iverson was a one-piece crank. The Fuji weighed in at around 34-35 pounds, whereas the Iverson was closer to 40. Jim, one of my other roommates, had a Viscount Aerospace Pro (with 'death fork') that was a quantum leap above our bikes. The three of us would go out riding from campus to out west of Columbus. We had a hard time keeping up with Jim and had to rest every couple of miles. Once, after riding Jim's Viscount just for a couple of miles, I was hooked. I went home one weekend, paid a visit to my 'home' LBS, and bought my current S-10S as a scratched floor model that nobody wanted. What a difference!!!