I haven't gotten a chance to ride them yet so I guess I will see this Saturday when we pick them up. If the shifting really is as awful as many are saying, I may have to continue looking. I don't think I will cancel the order as of right now. We are buying two bikes from the LBS either way so even if I don't end up picking up the OCR 3, I'm gonna be picking something up. The toughest part about living in the north of Japen is the complete lack of a used market. I don't know where it all goes but there are very few used bikes out here and if you do find them used, they are the same price they were new (try making sense out of that). Because of that, buying new seems to be the best way to go as of right now and the only bike in my price range (1200 for two bikes) with Sora components is a Louis Garneau with a hideously heavy frame and aluminum fork.

The bicycle gods are not looking favorably on me.