Hi eliisadick, congratulations on your new beauty. I hope you enjoy it even half as much as my wife and I have enjoyed our '07 Cannondale. I'll defer to more seasoned pros here re: the overall characteristics of the bike. All I can say is that I'm very impressed by it and think it's a tremendous deal. Except for changing out seats and tires, we ride ours 100% off the rack.
Andy