Right, that's a given. Well I was riding my World Sport tonight and my girlfriend was on the Trek and lets remember that the Trek is in great shape, lol, my bike needs a lot of tuning, and basically, she was kicking my assss lol. She loves it and but I think I love it more than her haha. I am going to hopefully soon clean it up and re grease the things needed. Thanks everyone for the great advice etc. I really want a Trek like this in a taller frame to fit me. any suggestions what to look for? Any other models, higher or lower in the chain that would have the down tube shifters, etc.?