Is this due to catastophic failure, or is it a street cred thing? If I have to replace the rear hub/wheel at some time do to less than stellar life, I would rather just run the included one into the ground until I found a deal on ebay, or learned exactly what I wanted/needed to replace it.

If it is catastrophic failure, I could ride it until said failure and then launch the lawsuit..should get enough money to buy a custom fixie with full PW!!!!



edit: P.S. Which IRO is anywhere near $150 more than this bike delivered? The cheapest steel frame bike I sw on their site(currently availalbe) is the Angus at around $700 delivered...