thats true. why not break the cycle and find a beat up bike on cl for 50 bucks and fix it up? That mirage I had made the fast track from some factory in china to a dumpster 6 months later. Ive learned alot about cycling the past few years since that and am finishing up an old 70s dumpster bike for about 150 bucks that is much better than the 250 cheapos.