About this time last year, my brother bought an LHT frameset and built it his own way. He, like myself, has many bikes, but now he very, very rarely rides any of his others. There's just no reason for him to because the LHT does everything better than all the others. IMO it's easily the most versatile bike you can get for the money. In fact, I may be ordering my own LHT frame very soon. Here's his (without the racks)