hahaa, my poor underdog. I was actually looking at it recently and thinking that it did resemble a bunch of iron gas pipes welded together. I'm starting to understand, I probably won't start pouring money into it. I was hoping to get the bigger wheels mainly to have a larger selection of tires. What would be a decent bike to get into? On Craiglist in my area the cheapest, most beat up 20 year old Schwinns are going for more than $200. Seems kind of pricey.