hey this bike is not gay, in fact its fun to ride, really fun to ride its light and forgiving and gets up quick, people are right though stock this bike wont do but about 60 or 65 miles an hour, but www.teamcalamari.com sells performance parts for it that claims they can easily get 70 or 80 out of it, if you wanna learn to ride well and learn to drop your knee around corners but are intimadted by laying some big expensive bike down, then this is for you. and on top of that the insurance is super cheap.