I ride my IRO Jamie Roy quite long distances.( anywhere from 50-100 miles every saturday, and about 18 miles every night after work) The geometry's nice because it's a little more like a road bike than a track bike so it's suitable for commuting. I guarantee a fun ride. I would buy the frame and build it up with better parts rather than getting a complete bikefrom IRO. I've found their frames to be solid but drivetrains to be a little cheap. But deffinately get a different lockring than the generic IRO, the few threads they give you will only strip away the hub's with a little hard stopping. I've had the best luck with Shimano Dura-Ace lockrings. There are threads a plenty and it will only set you back a few bucks. It's a whole lot better than rebuilding a wheel