Originally Posted by
foamy
I was very nearly having BG build me a bike (still aspire to—one of his customs would tickle me pink), but Bilenky was closer to me. I wanted a bike that I could tour on fully loaded and then take the racks off and have a bike that could ride with the rest of the best. I got it. There were some compromises involved. Most notably, the tubing. The bike is light—about 21-22 lbs. without anything on it. Handles and rides great. I spend 95% or more of my time riding without gear so it is essentially a road bike with a bit of touring geometry. It's only flaw is it's tendency to flex/wiggle when going downhill, fully loaded at over 35 mph (that and it really doesn't like over 45 lbs. of weight strapped on it—that was easy to remedy as I don't like that kind of weight either) and that is only induced when the road is rough and/or I have severe crosswinds. And then, I learned how to ride it.
Really nice bike, is it based on the Tourlite, love that Carmina crank and the paint scheme. The specs of your bike sound a lot like my Riv Rambouillet which is the closest to the do everything bike that I've found. It's fast enough to keep up on fast club rides (it's me that limits the speed
), I do Centuries and go touring on it because it's geometry is relaxed enough to be comfortable and take a load and with 32mm tyres it even does well off road.