Thank you very much for the advice. If you don't mind I will be asking you a lot of questions re your Slane purchase.
Did they pack the frame really well?
You are one brave soul because you ordered from them without even speaking to them over the phone. I will be calling them probably this week for some questions although I did not receive any response from Ryan today re the Prince frame that I am also looking into. I might opt for the Prince if they have my size siince accdg to reviews unless you are really very keen or a racer, you will not even feel the difference between Dogma & Prince. Another factor is the price, the Dogma is just very expensive for me. My budget for this whole bike is $6500(?) with Slane's discount prices. My bikeshop will build a Prince for me for $8000 - 9000 and the Dogma for probably close to 10,500I have tried to check with my local shop if they will match the price with Slane and they just can't. On top of that I will have to pay 9.75sales tax. But they have agreed to build the whole bike for $150 (good deal) if I bring all the components. Re the credit card, yes you are correct re the extra 2-3%that they charge as the foreign transaction fee. I will actually be using the Capital One credit card which does not charge any foreign transaction fee.
On to your bike, that is a very handsome bike. I am glad you flipped the stem and did not cut the steerer tube. I have a Madone SL/Ultegra and when I changed my handlebar and stem to FSA Kwing compact/OS 99 CSI stem, I wanted a more agressive position so there is some left on my steerer which I put spacers on.
What size is your bike? Is that a sloping frame?
How is Sram? Do you have an 11-28 cassette?
Those shift levers (white) are so goodlooking. Did sram came with it?
Compact or regular crank?
Your wheelset is awesome, too.
Again, thanks for the advice and looking forward for your response.