Specialized Tricross Sale

Anyone who has bought one of these got any negative views on them? Other forums have whinges on brake shudder. What spec are the brakes that come on these? I tried out a 56cm geared tricross at Edinburgh Bike Co-op and it had cantis, but some of these seem to have Vs.

Fortunately my test on the 56 seemed to prove I was indeed lanky enough for one of Pearson's 58s, although I'm not sure how much clearance you should have on a cross frame. Been mulling this all week. If I do go for this, I'll have a 56cm Holdsworth Mistral (531 frame and forks) for sale. PM me if that floats yer boat, cos that'll probably tip me over the edge.

Thea geared version comes with a shit chain which plenty of ppl have managed to snap apparently.