Well, you guys have about convinced me...or rather, the bikes you've made be buy and restore have convinced me...or rather, the ride of the bikes I've gladly bought and restored has convinced me.

In all seriousness I thoroughly enjoying riding the Tiara. It's taken me a bit to find out that I needed a larger frame size in a classic bike due to the difference in the position of the brifters I have on the CAAD9 compared to regular brake levers and where they end up on the bars. Now that I have the right size frame and got the right anatomic bars for me I find I have five distinct and equally comfortable positions to ride in. Add to that the smoothness of the steel...man...it's like a renaissance. I'm finally getting the bike fully dialed in, the RX100 group shifts so crisply and the brakes are SO much better than single pivot. I even managed to find the same Sakae anatomic bar on the internetz with cable grooves (yay!) so that's in route and once installed I'll be calling the Tiara "done".

I digress...but I completely agree, I now love my steel.

Next up, a rain/commuting bike...