Congrads on your new ride. It sounds to me as if you got a great deal. I looked at the quick series in Dec. before picking a Giant Escape RX 0. My wife and I tested the couple of Quick SL 1's and enjoyed them. The sealing deal for us was the LBS (which we have had great experiences with) sells Giant and for the basically the same bike from Giant I was able to reduce the cost my $400 (for two).