hi GamblerGORD53 , the bike is a 17"inch MTB with a dropbar, i like a lot dropbars even in commuting, i know that for other guys commute with other kind of bars is better, i tried butterfly, bullhonrns, also have some alluminum shortened by saw to 50cm, another raisers, but when i commute with dropbars i used them near the height of the saddle and doesnt have back pains or other strange pains, thanks to noglider he recommends me to lower the seatpost (also a pain on my left musle gonne!), i retaked meassures and the bike is on the small side for me but is my size i have 83cm inseem, so a 17"-19" inch is ok for me, i lowered about 2" the seatpost, the 3x6 is for the zone i live is rough and hilly, this bike is a cheap bike challenge so i made it with about $40 dollars, got a new cheapo MTB from marketplace from a lady who owned it for his son , but never used, stored it and wanted her money back, the zone i live (north of mexico) if i have a bike with rohloff,sturmey dinamo , and hubs and chromoly could be stolen in seconds if i left it outside locked, but im planning to buy a touring bike to fill that emptyness in my heart lol, and thanks about the mudguards, they got a lot of compliments in my city too, i bought them on a store that sells very cheap but functional things for biking theyre targeted for people who work using his bike like gardeners, elote (corn) sellers, posicle sellers, etc. CVB the fork isnt bent, is horrible lol, but isnt bent XD