I fell in love with the sirrus, and so I went in to have them order a vita in my size with the idea that I would purchase one of the two. While I was there, i rode the sirrus and a Raleigh alysa FT2, which felt almost identical to the sirrus except on steep hills, where it was just a little better for me. Since my commute is peppered with steep hills, I went with the alysa, which I have been riding in pretty much every weather since last october, and carried through my tiny townhouse and down to the basement every night all winter long.
Last weekend I went to the LBS for gear, and a woman who I recognize from a sister department in grad school came in with her Alysa which is identical to mine, except one size smaller, and when I started talking to her it turned out she bought it at the same time, after special ordering a vita, actually having it come in to test ride, and then deciding she liked the Alysa better. It was kind of funny that our stories were so similar.