I really enjoyed assembling this baby; it kind of reminded me of an old Cannondale I owned back in my Tri days; an R700 TT with 650mm rims, high pressure tires, about 120#, twist shifters on the aero bars, bullhorn handlebars and a double H2O cage mounted at the saddle rear. Now, to me that was THE bike, but like a fool I sold it for a video camera and kept my Univega MTB.
That was so my wife would ride w/ me.
But this baby has the STI bake lever shifters AND carbon fork! What a gas, eh! maybe not for you but here are the pics.
I have done some more tweeking to it to make it look more professionally assembled; and it's ready to go for that long ride!
I sold a Specialized Crosstrail to buy this. I only can afford 1 horse in the stable right now. I do plan to pick up something for the trails come Garage sailing season!
Thx, LesterofPuppets for asking to see the bike I purchased from BikesDirect!
I did find a scratch on the rear calipers and the underside of the bottom bracket had a chip of paint missing; sent the pics of that to BikesDirect; they refunded a small amount to me!
I hope my answer re: the stand over height helped the guy that started this Thread!

Keep the Roll Going