The Cypress is the first bike I got as an adult, and it got me into cycling, but I outgrew it. I had the 2005 bottom-of-the-line model. Its too "comfort". The seat position is too upright (I ended up flipping the riser bars down). The stock saddle is crap (comfort saddles are horrible for any real riding). The wheels came out of true pretty quickly. The seatpost nut kept coming loose causing the seat to rotate. I don't know how much things improve as you go up to better models.