Mid-life Crisis Bike Redux!

I can get a 54 cm Soma Buena Vista (in the new graphite color, with the very sexy new Sutro Tower In the Fog headbadge) and transfer all the goodies from my Surly to the new frame for about $100. Plus $75 for caliper brakes. Plus $500 for the BV frame.

If the bike worked out, I could sell the Surly frame to help defray costs.

My long arms would appreciate the 1 cm longer toptube. And the BV fork has front pannier mounts.

My LBS was telling me how easy and cheap it would be, etc. Bunch of enablers.

The graphite mixte frame is out of stock until Fall, so I've got time to stew on this...