We bought this bike 5 months ago. It came partially assembled, and we had no problem putting the rest of the bike together. It was attractive, and we were fine w/quality....but the bike stinks really, really badly. We took our son to a parking lot that was enourmous. When the wind blew I could smell the bike (kind of a toxic smell that is worse than paint). I thought that leaving the bike in our parking garage would solve things.....5 months later we still can't transport the bike in our car because the fumes are so stong.