I have an eastern element. I like mine... Was cheap fairly light weight. stock rims are actually holding up... after riding in the dirt it doesent sound like i have squirrels gnawing on my crank... but i have nothing to compare it to other then a few harro's and gt's... Beats them by far. the 25/9 ratio on it stock was a nice touch along with full cromo and tubular crank. For the $150 i picked up mine for used it was a good buy... But i dont think i would of ever paid full price for it considering there are better bikes out there to be had. The 20.75 TT was a good length for me. it holds my weight (210) well. Over all i think its a decent bike and i have had no problems thus far. Only complaints were the seat tube is 2 short for my liking and the bars hurt me for some reason... it feels a little heavy up front but nothing a new stem/fork wont change