Yes, I noticed the "fake" world stripes were missing, but I thought it to anal of me to point out. I have the red version, which still maintains most/all of it's schwinn approved components. I bought mine to ride the hell out of it, which I've proceeded to do. Which means that in time, I fell in love with it. Heavy? Yeah, but I'm riding it for exercise, mostly, so what do I care? Now I wonder whether I shouldn't be wearing out all those unique pieces and parts. I've always lusted after the orange. By far, it's no competition, the orange is the nicest and most desired of all the color choices.