Ms. Silque has arrived

[Crankin]

Nope, I did not end up with the zero offset seat post. I can't remember what they did, but it feels fine.
When we were riding home, I felt like riding by and showing the "other" LBS my new purchase, but it was really just a mean impulse. I might need them for something in the future.
However, I will be taking my Guru in to the new LBS and see if they can approximate the same geometry with bars on the Guru with a change of stem and position.

[OakLeaf]

Yay!!

What was the issue with the brifters, they're not selling the 11-speed short reach shifters in the USA at all?

Did it come with 165 mm cranks, or did you have to swap those out?

You're making me want to test ride one ...

[Crankin]

They basically stopped making the R700 short reach brifters sometime in the last 3 years. Because of my new position and my short and shallow bars, I can reach the brakes OK. It is not as good as with the short reach ones, but if I am in the curve of the drops, I can reach them.
I ordered it with 165s (this was one of the customized parts of the Project One). They thought it would take much longer to get here, as apparently there is a shortage of 165 cranks.
DH is going to get shorter cranks on his next bike, too.
You should test one, Oak. I can't believe how different this bike is from my Trek 5200, which I bought in 2004. That was a great WSD bike for that time, but times have changed.

[OakLeaf]

Yeah, I just saw the newer Ultegra levers have a screw adjuster for reach. Don't know why they didn't do that a long time ago.