Thanks guys for all the info in this thread. I couldn't resist and placed my order for a Whipshot Ti Force1 58cm last night! They have it back on sale for Christmas.
Hopefully I won't run into some of the (minor) issues that you have seen. Faulty brake pad springs, cables too long, chain too short, wrong ferrule,
The chain is in the spec "SRAM PC1170 110 LINKS". If something like that is wrong I'll email BD about it. This is my 7th bike ordered from them, and they normally take care of any after sale issues. And I haven't had many issues with any of their bikes.
I wish they would have put tubeless ready tires on this, like some of their other bikes.