Do you know if they plan to change the geometry for '09? When I test rode the SJ, Epic, and Safire earlier this spring, I wanted to like the '08s, but they didn't fit me. The '07s felt so much better. The LBS told me that I was not the first person who was between sizes on the '08s. A medium was too small and a large was too big (in the Safire and the WSD SJ). I'm just about 5'8" and that was the height of the other folks who were having the same problem.

If they are going to change a lot, it would be a bummer to wait only to find out that it doesn't fit. Especially when you could have had the perfect bike right now! I don't know anything about bike manufacturers, though, and maybe they don't change designs every year?

Given your previous issues with the weight on your current bike, it sure might be worth the wait for the '09s.

Gosh. I'm so helpful. Not!

Alex