I spent the last couple nights with the bike here in the living room, able to tinker with it while I had TV on in the background. Got the cables shortened up so that looks much more tidy. And tonight I cut a full inch off the seat post to get me down to about the same height as I am on the Shiv. One thing I'm not a really big fan of on these designs is there is precious little room for adjustment on the seat post. It was slammed when I got it but looking at the design and the clamping method, I would guess there is less than two inches of available travel within the frame. Post is too long and you have to cut it down. Too short and you just have to buy a new one.

It does feel fast. It's at least comparable to my Shiv, but I have to be honest, I am still so impressed with just how good that Shiv still is. Maybe after I spend a little more time sorting this bike out, I'll feel the same way about it. As of right now though, it feels like any more gains will only be marginal.

Planning on doing a BRICK with it this weekend. Probably won't be too long but I do still want to put some miles on it before I take this up to Washington for the HIM. Less than three weeks away right now so I pretty much need to start my taper by this time next week.