I own a randonee and it is a great bike. I use it for commuting 45-60 miles a day and recreational rides with my son in his trailer ranging from 6-20 miles a day. I am approaching 800 miles on my odometer and have owned it for a little over a month. No problems to speak of. Unless you count the crappy bar end plugs that keep falling out. That is such a minor issue I probably should not even bring it up.
I went from a hybrid to this bike. The randonee is my first drop handle bike and I could not be happier. Now I am really bitten with the bug. Currently, I am planning on building a straight road bike. My wife is going to kill me soon.
I plan on taking this bike up into the rockies for a nice mountain pass ride or two.