Just finished building up my Specialized AWOL about a week and a half ago. Ordered up the AWOL Comp frameset last October, took almost 6 months to get it here. Built it up with SRAM Rival components. Bike rides and handles like a dream. Figuring out what racks I would like to run at the moment so haven't done any loaded trips yet. Just some singletrack as well as quite a bit of road riding and it has been truly awesome. Slightly heavy, which is to be expected with the steel frame, but definitely adds to the stability in the windy conditions here in Nodak.