I bought this bike as my commuter/ CX racer until I bought a more dedicated CX bike. This this has been good to me. 3 podiums last year and a bunch of commuter miles. It is not the lightest, but the 105 group works as it should and I haven't had to replace anything other then the brakes for performance reasons. Also, tire clearance is limited to small 40cs, but I run 25c grand prixs for commuting so not an issue and generally ran 35c for racing.