I've been thrilled w/ my Montague, aside from the problem of having over-accessorized it to the point that it doesn't fold as well as it does (and I hate the lawyer lips on the front fork which make it so difficult to remove the front wheel) --- but I don't have much basis to compare (just had a pair of anonymous 10 speeds and a Huffy Windsprint 15-speed when I was younger, and rode my daughter's Trek for a while). I need to look into putting a disk brake on the rear wheel so that I can reposition the Axa Victory lock so it'll fold properly again, or maybe I'll remove it --- I don't use it, since at this point I just commute, and since it's a folder it comes up to be next to my desk.