Thanks for the information. The bike I am looking at is by Dynamic and has an 8 speed internal drive. As for the weight I have learned it is around 32 lb. As to why us newbies always seem to be interested in things like this, why not? My experiance with derailurs have been, the things are greasy fussy require constant maintenance, and costly to replace chains and gears as needed.

So all is a trade off. I'm willing to work a bit more for a commuter bike that is easier to maintaing and depend on for day to day short , 10 mile round trip, commute.

Granted I'll keep my Trek 7500 for longer rides, and buy a true road bike when I am ready to go on truly long rides. I was just wanting to know what those that had em thought of em. The shaft drive bike that is.