Because it's an old heifer with a geometry designed to be stable rather than inspiring, a ride that is far from plush and what can only be described as sedate power transfer. It's one of the breeds of CX bikes that's designed to do double duty as a commuter/light tourer and for that I love it, but I'm not sure I want to be doing fast centuries over the summer on it, especially considering I'll have to keep up with the rest of the club on the climbs and most of their bikes are probably half the weight of mine.

Also because I want a new bike. I'm sure 90% of the people on here when they buy a bike already have a working bike.