Actualy I did buy this bike because of this thread. I have a bit over 200 miles on it and I'm afraid it's not a POS. Yes the shifters/handle bars are odd, but hey it does work. Fall apart? Not really an issue. The rimtape is crap but that was a 5.99 fix, big deal. Actualy my tires say to fill them to 90psi, I have them at 90psi..so do I make that 99% of walmart bikes underinflated? I didn't want used, I didn't want a 500 dollar bike, I wanted something to comute on to and from work on a daily basis. This bike has filled the bill with zero issues and I would gladly recomend it to a new cyclist. Used will take just as much fix it knollege as this if not more and will run the same cost. To be honest this is a good solid bike for 150 bucks, maybe someday I'll upgrade but as of right now I can't think of one reason to get rid of this bike, it's done everything I can ask of it.