I ride mine every day to work. 19 miles round trip. I'm sure many of you who work on or arount colleges, the parking sucks. Especially here in Tucson. I work for a company whos offices are on the UofA campus. And in order to park I have to purchase a parking permit. 400$ for a year parking, 3 years ago, it was about 150$. So this last year, I decided to brake my dependencies on fighting those students for parking and save myself 400$ this year and proly more next year. I spent just over 200$ getting my bike up and have since put over 400 miles on it 5-6 gallons, and I love riding to and from work everyday. Best of all, I watch those people I used to fight for parking, very satisfying!