I just thought I'd update this with my perceptions of this bike now that I have gotten a fair amount of rides on it. I love it!!

This bike is one of those great ones that seems to gather speed by itself. Several times I've been out on tired legs and still posted a good time on this. It also does a very good job absorbing the road imperfections while not losing speed. Each ride I take on this it just seems to get better. Today should have been my rest day. Legs were still tired from a long climb Saturday with a 42T
equipped bike (over 2700 ft) and then a fast ride Sunday. Today was hot and windy but the bike just kept on going. The tired legs meager power was transferred into more speed than I should have had today. I even fought the headwinds fairly easily on this. Yep, this is one heck of a good bike.