Just a thanks to all for the advice. While on vacation in Kingsport Tennessee at my daughters I stopped in at Larrys Bikes shop just to look and ask about when 2008 520"s can be ordered. the sales rep Looked it up on the internet and said I can have it here in 2 days for $1129. I asked if they accepted trades and they offered $3oo for my 8 year old Cannondale Silkpath. That combined with what I was able to save over the summer commuting $580, I only needed less than $400 on the plastic Peso. They will finish fitting the Shimano shoes, computer, and adjusting the seat and handle bar height Friday. Oh yeh, they gave me 10% off any accessories I bought with the bike too. I've never ridden clipless. My buddies said to make sure I stop by telephone poles until I get used to them (:-)...

The new 520's now have a Tiagra Front derailer instead of the 105 and the Crank set up has been changed to 50-39-30 istead of 52-42-30 which is an improvement. How is the Tiagra derailer?

Later, Mike....