Hey thanks for the info...the lightning phantom looks and sounds like a great bike, I guess my 2 main choices have boiled down to the Bacchetta Giro26 and the Lightning Phantom.....The only thing that sucks is that the nearest Lightning dealer is in Newyork...about a 7 hour drive.....hmmm wonder if i can have it shipped....my only fear with that is, if something screws up on it...its kind of hard to bring it back lol.......are recumbents easy to maintain?