I've had the new pure since April 06, previously having an ashton and toxsin 2, it's a big improvment. Everyone that's had a ride will agree that it is really light to ride, feels comfortable on the back wheel. Although at the moment I'm finding it to be a bit short (1075 I think), so I'm riding with the onza pazzaz stem to give myself more room, which has helped. Thats just a personal opinion though. As for strength, I've landed a few times on the downtube and it's basically just laughed it off, hard as a coffin nail. The back end isn't as nearly as stiff as the control so I'd recommend a brake booster to avoid flexing the frame To sum up it's worth a buy as it's basically the best value for money frame there is, considering that it'll last aaaaaaages and it costs less than most. Think I have a pic of mine somewhere, I'll upload later.