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Up until a year ago, I had not been on a bike for years. The cliche is true "it's like riding a bike", but riding a bike wasn't difficult; starting and stopping was my problem. So I beat up my K-Mart blue-llight-special-kids bike (I'm only 5' nothing) last summer and upgraded to a real bike this June. LOVE the Trek Verve 2. It's so lightweight, so sporty, comfortable, easy to steer, perfect size for my frame, smooth shifting,

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So far I'm enjoying this Bike. The Gears shift nicely (just have to make sure you push them all the way). The handle bar is responsive. The ride is smooth. I'm a 62-year old female who hasn't been on a bike in years and getting back into it. The positioning for me is good/comfortable..not as upright as a cruiser/townie but not as bent over as more advanced bike. If you are looking for a casual ride, this could be the bike for you. I've only put in three 40-minute local neighborhood rides so far so keep that in mind when reading this review. The two criticisms I have are (a) the water bottle cage screws are too high up on the tube (I have a women's step thru) so you can only use a 12-oz bottle unless you don't mind that the cap pushes into the top), and (b) I didn't like the seat so my dealer upgraded me to a Specialized Women's Gel seat which I am really liking so far. The saddle that came with it, was pseudo leather but didn't seem as comfortable to me. I also changed out the hand grips to ergonometric ones as I personally felt the grips that came with the bike were a bit hard. But that's personal. So far I'm satisfied. The video description about this bike on Trek's web site seems accurate to me. When I get more mileage in, I can write a more informed review. Hope this is helpful to someone like me. P.S. My Bicycle Inc salesperson was very helpful and gave me good guidance in making my choice. (But I also did a bit of online shopping and test riding as well.)