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@dancing james
really comfortable, feels like fast tank, or the cycling equivalent to one of those 4x4 cars with a ridiculous engine
the brakes are ridiculous, since I have been riding it I am going faster in town because i can stop more quickly. did not expect to be going at greater velocity than on the much lighter fixie skid bike but clearly i ride within my stopping ability
the bike handles amazingly well when not laden, but feels a little sluggish at the rear when the bags are full. can probably increase the pressure in the rear tyre to compensate, if not I may look to putting on a longer stem and shifting my fit triangle a little bit further forwards and down, to move my weight further over the front wheel this will also then enable the bags to come a little bit further forward without clipping my heel and thus bringing the weight in the panniers a fraction further towards the middle of the bike too. will wait and see how i feel in a few weeks before doing this as generally i really like the position as it is dialled in right now.
it feels a little over geared but for getting around town this is not a problem, would have to rethink the gearing for proper touring or off road use. part of this is also the big tyres increase the GI (the bike has a pretty similar gearing to my road bike)