Just an update now that I've gotten some rides in on it. Only 4 of them for a little over 115 miles but enough to tell a few things.

First off the bike will move out just fine. I just feel like the wheels I have on it are holding it back. It almost feels like I'm constantly trying to accelerate the bike instead of spinning and carrying speed. That said, I just did my 25 route this morning on it with legs dead from fighting stong winds yesterday. This morning I posted my second best average pace on that route for the year. This despite the headwinds kicking it with 11 miles to go and me boinking at 4 miles to go. I'm still losing weight so not really fueling for a ride like I normally would.

Anyway, the bike does feel pretty good under me but the rear has a skittish feel to it a lot of times on the rough chipseal roads I ride. Like it's jumping around a bit vs staying planted. I am running my usual Conti GP4000s II 700 x 25 setup on it like most of my bikes. It turns in well enough but not eagerly, I notice a tendancy to go wider in turns then a lot of my other bikes take me on the same route. It does feel light and sprightly when I stand up and climb a small hill with it.

It is very beautiful obviously but so far I wouldn't say it's got the same magical ride that I get on my Davidson, the Giordana XL Super, or Maillot Jaune. That may change with some decent wheels.

Anyway, despite not blowing me away yet with it's road feel it certainly is capable of being quite fast with the pace it gave me today and even yesterday when it was a hard fought battle with the winds.

I've got to sort out the wheel issue. I've got a couple of really good Shimano wheelsets on hand but nothing really Campagnolo except a set of relatively heavy tubular wheels.

That's all I've got for now. Ride must have kicked my butt as I feel like I want to doze off.