I too ride a 08-Sequoia Elite. Bought at LBS in Lakewood, Ohio for 889.99 and included a fitting (spent over 2 hours dialingit in for me with clipless pedals!
It is a great all purpose road bike- I love this thing.
Ride it- longest ride for me yet was 64 miles- handled great. over 1000 in base miles on it (mainly 20 to 30 mile jaunts in the burbs around my home) I leave for GOBA (Great Ohio Bike Adventure) this Saturday on this bike, pulling my daughter on a Admas ag a long-
CAN not wait!