Something strange: all bikes I tried, except one, was a combination of white, red, and black (the only one that wasn't was a WSD that was white and mint green; yuck). The paint just left me blah. I'm being picked on now because I would consider the Amira because I love its paint, but if all these bikes cost the same but the I find the Amira beautiful and the others blah, then it seems stupid to me to get anything other than the Amira. Of course, the rub right now is that the Amira is the only one I haven't been able to ride.