So, did you buy it? I have a 2007 (anodized grey), and it's still my main race bike. If you want something that feels fast, I can't recommend it highly enough, especially for the prices they can be bought for these days. I love it, and I'm planning to get another one.

Mine has Dura-Ace 7800 and "own-made" DT wheels (and sometimes Token C50As for some races) on it, so I have no problem with crappy brakes or other dodgy components.

Comfort/stiffness is sometimes in the 'arse' of the beholder, but I figure most people would say they're on the stiff side, and can provide a rough ride on crap roads, especially the smaller sizes. Mine has never been twitchy, even when I've used different length stems, and different forks and wheels.

Toe overlap isn't a problem with my 58cm, and that's the first time I've heard that being an issue, but I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'd be surprised if overlap is an issue with sizes 54 and above.

Internal cable 'tinging' has never been a problem for me, but the outer gear cables can sometimes rattle annoyingly on the headtube, partly becaues the alu (well, mine at least) has a "tonky" sound to it; i gather because it's thin. As the other person said, this can be avoided by using those rubber thingies or, as I did once, you can reverse the gear cables, so that the cable from the right lever goes around the head tube to the left side of the down tube and vice versa. This also means that the cables have to be crossed inside the down tube, which is a bit tricky to set up.

In my opinion (and I'm pretty sure I'm right), the problem with the seat tube cracking near the seat collar is because the 'bling' carbon post gets squashed at the back over time, allowing the alu to get forced in too far when the collar is tightened, even with the brass shims. This happened to mine, but I still ride it, since it's not a structural problem (so said the local frame builder). The best thing I did was get an alu post. The match of the carbon post with this frame wasn't great; like, the fact that the frame comes with shims in the first place raised questions.

One last thing to keep in mind: these frames were good enough for the Team CSC pros to use in all the major Pro Tour races up 'til 2005, so they should be good enough for us. :-)