did you ride the time's as well, surferbruce? i liked the vx, but it didn't have the responsiveness that the 595 had. i had this sensation that i was being 'propelled' forward when i stood up and cranked on the 595 that i didn't find on the vx racer. maybe the vxs or the vxrs is different, though... the threads i've read about the time frames are all raves....