Granted my Jake the Snake climbs just as well but is so stiff, I'd be pretty battered after 100 miles. I orginally was going to go all out and treat myself to a Serrota Alanta with the same parts but almost got a heart attack when I saw the quote. The cost of this bike was the cost of the parts alone on the quote for the Serrota. With the flood of low-cost aluminum from China and Taiwan, most popular bike brands are making their 105 and Ultegra equipped bikes out of whatever cheap 7005 tubing they can get. The Eclipse features a Reynolds 626 frame that is just as light as any aluminum frame yet rides much smoother due the superior dampening of the fine English tubes.
Oversize tubes means overly harse ride, no matter what the ads say.