Great find - I love mine. Fast and very comfortable. I get a bit of frame-flex induced shifting when out of the saddle and cranking hard uphill, though.

I took the pink Panasonic and DX-5000 lettering off the tubes - it made a major improvement in the look. It has a Brooks saddle and different tires at the moment, but here's a picture of what it looks like otherwise: http://www.countrybicycle.com/images...20sideview.jpg

I just got back from a ride where I had a little mishap - came around a turn too fast for the patch of gravel. that had washed into the road following a downpour yesterday and ended up flying off the road. I didn't go down but the rear rim is bent.

La di da,

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