genejockey 

Shakedown Cruse completed!

First impressions

• Fit - I managed to set up contact points bang on. Front hub disappears behind bars, hands fall to Ergos, neither pushing back nor reaching out for bars, and I can lift hands off Ergos without falling forward.
• Frame - doesn't feel noodly at all - no surprise there. Comfy, no searching for the smoothest line on 'textured' pavement. Rings like a goddam BELL when hit by the little stones that usually just go *plink* with steel or *thunk* with Carbon. Stable hands off, stable at 30 mph, though that's true of every bike I own.
• Kit - Now I remember why I fell in love with 7410 Dura Ace back when I got the Ritchey - this triple chainring stuff is crap. Sorry if you like them, but seriously - I was never able to NOT think about it. Two cogs in any direction and I have to trim the FD. Shifting to either ring from a smaller one requires overshifting and then backing off. What a PAIN!!!

Overall - I cannot WAIT to get the 7410 DA kit on this bike. Even without really trying, and even after I slowed down after a loud *PING!!* which I'm certain was a stone strike, I STILL got a "Second Best" on a 5 mile segment on Strava I've done 290 times!

Here's a pic "in the wild". I hope it will look different next Saturday! I'll wait to name it till after that.