I wish I could participate this Friday, but I will be in Florida on vacay. Maybe in August. Nonetheless, If I did bring the bike to the Mass, I'm sure I would get compliments as I do when I'm riding around. Even when the rims were getting installed at the bike lane (where I purchased the rime for those in Chicago), nothing but compliments. Then when I told them what I paid for the bike minus the customizations, they were surprised. Regarding hills in Chicago, I guess bridges don't count as climbs or declines and GPS tracking lies when tracking speeds hmmm..... I put the aerospokes on the bike b/c I wanted to customize my bike (Hense everything in red). But, I'm glad we can agree to disagree on the looks since it doesn't hurt the bike or it's performance and your just trolling for the sake of. For anyone that wants aerospokes, they're good rims. Don't listen to anyone that says they're not.