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My last bike was a 2005-6 Kestrel Evoke (actually, I still have it but now use it as a secondary bike), although it was before BD carried it so the grouppo etc is different than they offer. The BD bike has the same frame as mine.

I put about 20,000 miles on it (including about a 1/2 season of racing) without any complaints or issues at all. The Pez review is spot on. It's a moderately light (my 52cm weighed in at 16.1lbs), stiff and stable bike that is great value for the money (mine was $2,499 with full Dura Ace 7800 and Easton Orion wheels). Depending on which paint job you get, it can look a little "industrial," as the article pointed out, and it doesn't have the sweeps and curves of some of today's carbon bikes. But if you're more of a form follows function type, then that won't bother you. Personally, I quickly grew to like its looks.
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