well said, eddie, except that apparently Tony has moved to Pennsylvania--check irocycle.com for that info.

the upside of IRO's is that not only for getting the satisfaction that eddie mentioned is that you'll get great customer service. do a search in the forums. people parrot IRO for a reason--they're good bikes and you're buying them from "one of us," and he'll take care of you.

eddie, as for your little mention of pista failure, i had this conversation with a guy i know, about five weeks ago:
him: "what are you riding now?"
me: "an iro mark v with some other stuff on it. how's your Pista?"
him: "i don't ride it anymore. it was sitting in my garage and all the spokes started snapping. besides, i just got this WICKED AWESOME 1983 STUMPJUMPER!!!!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!!!"

it was a funny conversation.