The crank is on the bike and I've taken a few shortish rides on the bike to test it out. I also added a new Brooks B-17, so have a bit of break in riding to do, but so far it is feeling pretty good. I put my old B-17 on my MTB and that totally changed the comfort of that bike, so I didn't want to take it off.

I'm going to put my front rack back on the 520 and use it for grocery runs and errands this fall/winter. Fortunately I live in an area with pretty mild fall and winter so riding most days is doable. I'm going to do a couple of single overnight camping trips to our nearby reservoir and some NFS campgrounds within 30 miles to try out some of my gear this fall and to get an idea of how this bike will handle loaded.