yeah, def ride it a bit before taking the plunge. The arabesque group is pretty sweep. My personal pref would be to ditch the regular SR stem on there and get a nice SR royal one, they look a little nicer. If you are using it for a townie, it would be sweet with a set of promande or porteur bars and some honjo fenders. Nitto also makes racks that mount without braze ons. Pricey, but nice.