I'm thinking about one of those for my hill country commuter. I'd want to swap a bunch of stuff out, but the LBS says it's still probably more economical to swap it, than to build it up from a bare frameset.

I rode one around the block in jeans and sneakers, a size too big which is what they had in stock, just to get a feel for the geometry and the bar-end shifters. I was surprised how easy the shifters were.

Hmmmmm.