Haha, Knotted, I'm sitting here going "Do I have crazy long monkey arms?" Hm, I'm thinking I don't, as I do tend to be more comfortable on the WSD bikes.

Man, I want to put my butt on one!! I think I will do another round of "call every bike shop in a 300 miles radius" in the next few days, just to double check. I know, like you, I would just know in my heart what was right. Blargh!

The only place I found that did a guaranteed return was a tri-shop, and the dude kind of creeped me out, so I'd rather not order from there. I suppose I can always Ebay.

Or, it might come down to getting a better deal. I'm wondering if by the time I switch out the bar ends on the Cross Check for STI's and get slicker tires, I might as well just get the Aurora with the 105 components and the tires I want.

Maybe I'm just agonizing too much.

Hey, if anyone lives in a town with a 42cm cross check, let me know and I'll hop on a plane!