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hippy
Am enjoying this pretty much as it is. I do think I'd prefer narrower bars and possibly the stem a little further dropped. The Arione works for me.
Today was the first tubeless ride and it is so comfortable, yet feels really nippy. I had to stop a couple of times, bumpy sections of road felt almost squidgy and I thought the tyres were losing pressure. Instead it was just the frame absorbing and taking the harshness away. On the flat there seems to be a sweet spot around 22-24mph where it seems to get easier to propel it along.
Better wheels and tyres made descending feel more confident. The garmin took me on a couple of unpaved farm tracks, and the bike felt more confident than me on muddy uneven surfaces, I was the weakest link wanting to slow down and tense up, where the bike was much better when I kept up the pace and just relaxed.