Originally Posted by WeeHooker

Thanks for the thoughts and keep them coming. Sounds like good advice. I'll keep riding, thinking and comparing a bit longer. (This will likely put me into a next year purchase as shops are selling out pretty fast.) I think an upgrade on the tires would certainly be $ well spent in any case. ( I will keep this bike regardless.) Took a 12 mile ride today of fairly flat ground but hit a 15-20K headwind for a few miles of it. Tired me out quick since I was sitting completely upright. I can see the need to get lower under certain conditions.