BF is partly responcible. I learned of them here and thought it was interesting in a theororetical sense. What pushed me over the edge was last spring when I was giving my beater a thurough cleaning. Normally I hate my beater, but when all the parts were stripped off and it was just the frame, handlebars and wheels... it looked pretty good. So I thought I would give it a try. I only put money into the wheel set, the rest is parts from the bone yard. Haven't commuted on it yet. Hell, I can't even do a skid yet. When I get that figured out, I probably commute on it then. Never thought it would be so quite.