The Hour has a great reputation, but its cousins are pretty good, too.

Here's mine, a dead-stock 56cm TimeLine. Yes, I know the seat is pretty much slammed, but so far, so good. I may raise it slightly, but I've been able to ride it about 30 miles at a shot like this:
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Better, non-cell phone pictures later.

Impressions so far: Very light, very fast, climbs well (based on a couple of trips over the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges). Stock brakes are excellent. Stock tires have been very good so far - good blend of comfort and low rolling resistance. The stock pedals are... interesting. A bit tedious to get into, though it's much easier now that I've ridden the bike more than three or four miles - I've gotten used to that quirk. Still, if only as a safety-I-don't-want-to-be-distracted-at-a-bad-moment issue, I'll be replacing those.

I haven't flipped the wheel and added a track cog yet. I'll get to that, at some point, but the bike is a fun ride, as is.

That seat post looks slammed. Any pictures of you riding the beast?

It is not quite all the way down, and I am going to raise it a bit. Ride pics soon. But, odd as it looks, it's comfortable.

If it's comfortable, the bike may be too big for you. But that's just speculation.

no one seems to like windsors.

True. A Windsor is no Motobecane by any stretch.

windsor < motobecane < mercier < schwinn < leader < your mothers < life itself < cinelli mash

Just got a Clockwork a week ago. Ordered some parts already. It came with pretty heavy gearing so I ordered a new cog.

Nice bike, enjoy it. I hope you got a new lock ring as well, the stock ones aren't high quality.

Pics soon (real camera needed), but I raised the seat about an inch and a half - much better. Swapped the stock pedals for platforms - the stock ones are, well, they are what they are. Maybe I should have stuck with them, but they were irritating to get into and out of; not a distraction I needed. When I flip the wheel and run fixed, I'll switch back to something with retention.

double digit posts! congrats!

Nah, doesn't count. I did half of them.