My first fixed, the one in the snow, was built last fall, was a crappy old frame (Camel, ha). It was my beater all winter. The first nice day we had, I took it apart and put most of the parts on a Motobecane frame. Nothing super fancy, but the Motobecane is certainly a better frame than the "Camel." Components are mostly junk, as this was a little test. Now that the "test" is over, I'm slowly replacing the crappier stuff with more quality. Such as the Michelin Pro-lites, which I admit, were mostly an aesthetic choice.