My Amira is White & Red and I love, love, love this bike & paint job. Many have said it was sexy looking. I recently got a Vita which is primarily white with turquise & grey pinstripe feel it is such a pretty bike. I wipe down my bikes at least once a week or if a see a little grime, I have done that with whatever bike I have owned. I just like keeping my bikes looking new.

On the SRAM note, my Amira was available only with SRAM and coming from a Shamano user of many years I did not find it to be a problem at all, in fact I like it better and glad the choice was made for me.