I ride this cycle daily to my office which is 3 km from my home. Occasionally I take it on long rides(25 to 40km...may be not so long ride!😁). It has comfortable sadle, powerful brakes, gears are efficient (though they tend to misalign now and then. Not complaining as it is super easy to fix with the barrel adjuster). I have the white and black one. It looks elegant. Slick tyres help to gain a lot of speed. If there is some leverage from the road( I mean downhill road) one can easily gain 50km/hr speed. I can easily maintain an average speed of 26 km . Few cons that I have come across- 1. Lack of mudguard- brand does not provide it, also no option to install it. This is India and rain is a common phenomenon. If you take it out on wet road then everything will gather sufficient mud (Both the rider and the cycle). You will have to spend next 1 hr removing the muds from yourself and the cycle. 2. Paddles-- I don't know if it is with only my cycle or all bikeark cycles. The issue is- both the paddles produce multiple creeching noise on pressing 'em which is super annoying. I always keep the bike clean and well lubricated. All the nuts and bolts are optimally tight. So it cannot be any mistake from my side. 3. Handle grip-- quite hard . Well not a very big issue for me as I got accustomed to 'em eventually . Overall very nice experience with CMB. The packing was incredible. I never expected such careful packaging. They provided front and back light , bell, sidestand, lock , 1 spanner(with multiple holes), 1 Allen key. All of 'em are of good quality. At last , whether I would recommend this bike? Umm..yeah , for sure. Though it has some shortcomings, it serves its purpose quite nicely