Nishiki is one of the most popular hybrid-bike brands here in Finland. I belong to a touring club and Nishiki is by far the most popular brand of bike seen there. In fact, I have a Nishiki hybrid myself Nishiki has a reputation of having good quality for price and I agree. I've also never heard of any complaints of frames being broken or anything like that, which is strange when you know how many Nishikis there are ridden every day.