PCF has the aluminum version of the V3 on the floor, as of 6/28. It's VERY light, I could take it off the rack with one hand.
It must have just gone up, because it didn't even have pedals on it. Greg offered to, and I said, "You bet!" So I got to do a brief test ride (before our RANS trip, ironically enough). But I didn't take any photos...
One negative, IMHO -- it has the "Zephyr" seat, with a very thin seatpad and carbon fibre seat pan. This is a very light seat, but for MY rear end and lower back, it is NOT comfortable...
It's got the classic "lip" on the back of the seatpan -- which on this particular seat, REALLY digs into my tailbone. I'm definitely gonna ask Randy about this on Monday....
This bike has the angled riser to bring the grips back further, and for my ~41" XSeam, the seat setting was about 1" from the furthest back position. I rode it around the lot with the "medium" seatback recline, then laid it significantly further back, and rode up and down the street some. This seatback is curved somewhat like the "M5" design, and I immediately noticed that when cranking on the pedals hard, you get support for your upper back and shoulders in response -- compared to the "standard" SXP seat, where your push support is more lower-back related. If I recline too much with that one, I slide up the seatback -- you don't get that with the Zephyr.
With the seatback reclined like this, the seatpan was even LESS comfortable, and I could just reach the handlebars enough. However, with the thinner seatpad, I was also able to reach the ground much easier than on the steel version -- which may have also been a difference in relative seatrail position (near the front vs. near the back).
But this bike will MOVE... and with a different style seat, would be sweet... It's VERY responsive, although the front end felt a little light to me - but I had just done 64 miles on the SXP... The ride was sorta stiff, but that's to be expected from an aluminum frame. The main tube is 2" diameter.
[The paint job is BEAUTIFUL -- silver and red metal flake...]
I encourage folks to go check it out.... and if nothing else give some feedback on the Zephyr seat concept. This is a bike to lay back and FLY on....