Soma ES / Salsa Casseroll

Current bike (sorry NDS shot):

Kinesis by busseynova, on Flickr

Great fun to ride, but a few things that I don't like:

[*]The ride is a bit jarring, while very lively and responsive, I hope to gain a bit of long distance comfort from a steel frame.

New bits still to buy:

With that amount of seatpost would you not be much better off with a decent carbon seatpost? Thomsons are pretty unforgiving. Not to say you shouldn't go ahead with your build, just think that you'd probably get as much benefit from a good carbon post and different tyres/pressure.