Thanks for all the comments. I can understand each point of view. I guess one of the main reasons I bought a crappy used bike, and I knew it was on the crappy side, was I saw (and don't laugh too hard) "a diamond in the rough". I saw a bike that maybe had potential and at that price I wasn't loosing much money if it didn't work but it would give me a chance to learn to work on that style of bike. If it did work out I would have a inexpensive ride. I haven't decided whether I am going to fix this one or buy new. But my budget is in the BSO range. I figured that upgrading this one would put it above the BSO range. We'll see.