I did. Well, I do. I loved them, at first. As I started doing longer and longer rides, the stiffness started to get to me. Mine were 2004's, so they might have addressed the harshness issue. For rides under 50, they're fine. When I started doing centuries every week, I started to have hand issues from the vibrations. I added gel bar wrap and double wrap the bars, and added a carbon seatpost to reduce the vibrations. That helped a little. I ended up with an all-carbon bike when I got trigger finger in both hands.
I still ride one of them on my trainer, and the other one still gets ridden when I visit my BF, and I still like everything else about them. Oh - the saddle had to go when I started the long rides too, but everyone is different about that.



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