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@Robslow
Aye, my girlfriend has one, although for her performance is not a consideration. Well made bike that would be a great starter road bike for anyone. You wouldn't be limited in performance by the bike. Downsides are as stated, bit of extra weight and the wheels are pretty shit. The STI's shift well, but the thumb shifter can not be accessed from the drops, only a problem if you spend a lot of time in the drops. The setup/assembly can be a bit hit and miss too, we had an extra spoke nipple floating around inside the box section of the rim, needed a spoke taking off to extract it and the front mech was too far up the seat tube making it impossible to eliminate chain rub in normal operating ranges. All issues now resolved with a bit of fettling and it is running nice and smooth.
Tradition, pretty much! Old school roadies scoff even at compact chainsets, they think triple's belong on MTB's. :)