My primary ride before I got a TP last year was a '97 OCLV. I was due for something new but I genuinely loved the OCLV. IMO the TP is the better of the two. Feels sligthly more efficient and yet more comfortable over chip seal roads. I feel lighter and faster on the TP. I still like both over my CAAD7, a LS Classic and any other steel bike I've ever owned (quite a few).
Realize that OCLV has been through several updates since 1997. I test rode several Calfee's before I bought mine. I liked one and was indifferent about the other two. Having said that, when I got mine and set it up exactly for me it was a revelation. That's why test rides seem suspect to me. Unless you spend the time and money to fit it exactly to what you have been used to, I don't think a test ride tells you a lot when you look at fit, component choices including bar width, brifter feel and position, Q factor, wheels, tires, seat and post, tubing choices (with TP and DF you get several options). I just think there's too many variables to come to any kind of solid conclusions. Unless you just hate it...in which case, don't buy it 
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