I almost cried when I saw this bike, and it wasn't because of the poor pictures. You people can talk about all the Masis, Herses, ETC all you want, but for my collecting dollar this is the bike. I know if I said to Mitzi, "Can I spend a month's pay on this bike?" she'd ask "Can I ride it too? if not you can only spend 3 weeks worth of pay" Alas, I'm not so irresponsible as to blow a months pay of our single income on such a fancy. This bike could only be better if it had a Sturmey-Archer in the rear. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives