Help me figure something out.

[Owlie]

I got to take the XS out today again, this time for longer, though it was a bit of a challenge staying out of the puddles.

Actually riding it, I felt a little scrunched, The other, bigger issue was that I couldn't get the saddle as far back as I needed it on that bike (didn't help that the stock saddle has relatively short rails). I talked to the mechanic about the possibility of a medium with a zero-offset seatpost, and he thinks that it's a wash as to whether it would work or not.

On the Charge vs. Surly: I didn't notice a difference in ride quality, but it might be different if you were on something like chip-seal.