i am comfortable riding around town, but i have started riding longer distances, i think it is fine for now, but the handle bars are bothering me, they feel to close to my body, and my arms get tired in the same position for houres on end, or even for just an hour, i want drop handle bars because from what i have read i would have different places to move my arms, but i am pretty broke right now, i am thinking about getting those things that go on the ends of the bars i don't know what they are called, but i have seen them for around 25 to 50 dollars and i can definitly afford that, currently my longest ride is 35 miles but i want to go farther, if i didn't get sunburned so easily even with spf 50 sunscreen i would already be riding a lot farther, i need to find my bike light and stuff so i can ride at night and not worry about sunburns