honestly i was thinking of bringing my citizen bike to LBS but when they told me that it will cost me about $35 for tuning, i backed-out. i will try to fix it firs. kitn, you have a nice bike too. we have exactly the same bike except mine is yellow. it's still sitting in my garage and couldn't take it out for a spin as it's been raining here in Bay Area for the past 3 days. and weather will be like this for the next 10 days. so i will just have to try to tune it more and fix the non-existing 6 speed. thanks for the advices to this newbie. this is actually my first bike in so many years. and i am pretty sure that i will be having fun.....

cheers,
vic