This past Thanksgiving I became the 3rd, or perhaps 4th, owner of a shiney well worn in Hurricane (model:??).
I rode it a little after unpacking it then put in a little over 30 miles the following day and it went really well. So well that my Giro 26 decided to crack it's front fork in protest
(yes Bacchetta sent me a new one right away). So my intended weekend ride with the wife bike turned into my commuter and it worked great. My fears of small wheels with expansion joints and rail road tracks were found to be more related to the BikeE CT I used to ride and not any small wheeler.
The rear shock takes pretty much anything you throw at it without slowing the bike down. Chipseal, potholes, expansion joints, railroad tracks and the occasional curb.
It still needs a little work. I just got the ventisit seat pad in and used it for the first time on CheeburgerCheeburger and it was great. I changed out the Bulletproof BMX Cranks with a 60/46 for a some FSA road cranks with 53/39 Q-Rings borrowed from another bike which will soon be replaced by a 54/40 set. Yes that means that I can't accellerate at a normal cadence past 35 or so but that is still pretty rare for me and typically involves long hills.
The preying mantis is a little tight but it gives me a nice view of the road and I can easily ride pretty much all day one handed on the worst roads, no i'm not trying no hands. I did lose some storage space compared to the giro26 but most would say that is a good thing. I did find that a fanny pack moved up to the ribs when riding works perfectly and allows me to hop off the bike with nearly everything on my person so no rifling through the bag. My wallet/keys are in my jersey so they can't fall out accidently. The brevet card is in a zipped pocket so it can't fly out when I look through the bag.
Here is a little pic I put up for mi madre.
and another of the bike.
yes this pic is facing the wrong way but turning the bike around would mean we would have been heading away from the control
I have ridin the Giro 26 36 miles since T-day. When I get the rack adapter I'll hopefully start riding it some more or at least trying to. My hope is to switch off between the two but so far it hasn't been working out.