I'm a little embarrassed to still be riding my amazon.com Schwinn special now in it's second year especially because I can afford to get a better bike. I subscribe to bicycle magazine now and enjoy the reviews of more expensive rides. I test rode three different new bikes last summer and couldn't decide which one was for me so I didn't buy anything. In the meantime, I'm perfectly content and in no hurry to upgrade. When I see and ride the bike I really want, I'll know it but by choosing one bike, I've eliminated all others and that doesn't seem fair. I might become the LBS's most dreaded customer as I want to ride them all before I decide, a daunting task and I won't win any popularity contests. I'm still having fun on the Schwinn but I secretly want someone to steal it so I'm forced to make a decision. It's all good when it comes to riding/choosing bikes. I'm just thrilled my wife talked me into buying one. I argued with her that they would only become dust collectors but now it's the couch that's collecting dust, a wonderful thing