To each his (her) own, on color. Been tuff finding even a junior bike with 650's. Straggler too heavy for what she wants. I thought my stripped down 520 was light (30 pounds) until I picked up the Felt she tested this past weekend. It was like lifting a 6 pack over my head! Holy smoke! Nice. Winnipeg is just not a big enough city to have bike shops with everything. Not that the shops here don't have great bikes and equipment, but they are limited to space constraints, and the available market (in terms of the general public). LBS that carries Specialized, doesn't have the CRUX in stock that small, and they are hesitant to bring it in. I am not stuck on 105 either-SRAM is always an option, if everything else is a go.