New Bike Day

I had a lot of bikes on my list and this one was at the bottom until I test rode it and within two blocks I was sold. I was leaning a lot closer to something like the Surly Straggler, but that turned out to be heavy, stiff, and dead feeling. I was so surprised how much more compliant this aluminum bike felt, I guess I was spoilt on really nice steel like my LeMond that I had forgotten that plane chromoly lacks a certain liveliness.