Ride is really great. Really really solid. Bike tracks amazingly, you point, it goes and keeps going. I thought it felt a little sluggish yesterday on the test ride, but today before I went out I inflated the tires and they'd only had like 30 PSI in them, which certainly wasn't helping anything. Didn't feel sluggish today. But yeah, solid, responsive, smooth, good braking. Will probably disassemble to re-grease everything, but hey, that's part of the fun, right? Some new bar tape, maybe a shorter stem (agree with the post above about it looking really long - it is indeed), but other than that, she's ready to ride!