Dana,
You need to figure out how much you want to spend and what the design goals for the bike are. More money means less weight and more coolness factor, and better performance, not necessarily in that order, and to varying degrees. Do you want a super fast bike, or touring model, etc.
I got the Fly since I was sick and tired of heavy bikes. I ride a 60 cm, and to took everything I could do to keep the bike rock solid, and yet under 16lbs. Short guys have huge weight advantages in cycling.
Go Chorus for best price/performance. I have the Topos. HIGHLY recommended. They are really sweet and one of the lightest clinchers on the market. Get a rare earth round mini magnet at your local Radio Shack and epoxy it to one of the Topo flat spokes for the sensor. It works great and is invisible. Very cool.
Concider nude. No finish, just raw carbon. Calfee is one of the only manufactures to offer this, and he can do so because his workmanship and quality is very high. Nude will save you a few ounces if you decide weight is an issue, and the frame is cool looking nude. Paint chips, nude always looks great.
I went with the Bebop Deluxe pedals, hollow core steel axle, not Ti, which has weight limits.
You might want to check out the integrated bars that Calfee is producing. Beware that you can't attach aero bars to carbon bars for the most part.
Avoid Ti in the cassette. I got 3 seasons out of mine, not bad, but not good. I use 12-26 off season, and 11-23 in season, but go higher if you really don't like hills. Also the compact Campy crank could be an option as well.
I use the Alpha Q Sub 3. Excellent fork. No complaints.
What every you decide, it will be an awesome bike.
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