For those that don't understand what I mean about 6 speed shifting pattern, I'm not referring to that there are only six speeds, I'm talking about that to go through all full 6 gears in a logical order, you have to alternate between two plastic shifters, if you don't keep track of what gear you are in, to go the the next logical gear you have to remember what configuration you last left the two shifters in. Really, for this pleasure you want to pay a premium price. I actually converted the 3 speed hub to a 5 speed hub to give me at least 5 logical steps between gears, at the expense of 5 other gears I never used because of their "illogic". Nevertheless the conversion and "the fold"was not enough to want me to keep the bike. A 20 year old design for a premium price is not what I expect of my bike.