The bikes at Performance are clearance items and are 2003 model framesets, not a problem for me, I'm not the kind that has to have the latest and greatest. I'd be suprised to see a company like Basso selling out like that and would be amazed that Performance would sell a frameset that wasn't what it claimed to be, I have been a satisfied Performance customer too long to beleive that could happen. I have been researching Basso and have been unable to find nothing but praise for the workmanship and integrity that goes into their product so much so that I plunked down a grand for one of the Reef framesets that Performance had left, only four 56 cm remain if anyone else is interested. I'll let everyone know how my experience works out when I get the bike together.