Anybody Trek Allant? I always admired the Jamis Coda's family, Steel frame. Maybe you compare the store over the bikes it sells.
I'd consider the use, horses for courses. Like Question A)) City Style. All road, fight traffic everywhere, few locking public spots..etc. Or Question B)) More a "Relaxed" city riding style. Where you got bike lanes, separate bike paths. But still fighting traffic. Here , things are going that way around Boston, Cambridge Brookline. I had a short commute down a brook path 30+ years ago. A year later was a suburb to an urban, not tourist dense urban area. That trip had a 200 FT elevation change, over 10, or 11 miles. But with cellular phones,, and todays electronics, i'd rather ride over being on a bus. Chris