I'm trying to help my good friend's wife get him a good rec/race bike. We do quite a few centuries and he's riding this old SR400 cannondale and it is beating him up pretty good. The airbornes are pretty cheap for what you get but I just need some other input. I checked out roadbike reviews and it was about 60% good, 30% bad, and 10% in the middle. Thanks for all your input.