You're welcome. I have heard from nesteel, from whom I purchased this challenge, and he pretty much told me I am getting old and infirm; i.e. ...corpulence, flatulence, reticence, etc, ..and 27.4 it likely is.

I will still check. There were so many "instances" such as the seat post that I lost count. The frame was really cool to hang stuff on, but holy cow, it was eccentric.

I know the Tiagra calipers are not as big-kid cool as the 600AX, but they actually stop the bike, and since I'm considering a cross-US trip on it, I wanted pads I can replace from Walmart. I also needed the mid-range size, and the Tiagra fits the bill.

If I could get about 4mm more clearance on that carbon fork, I'd be able to run 28's. For now, 25's front/28's rear. I shook it down the other day, still getting used to the 46t spin rate, but with 95psi front, 105 psi rear, it soaked up the bumps that have me rattling around on my racing-type bikes.

It's one of those bikes that makes a couple others in your herd expendable should the need arise. I can't think of a better way to to put that.