How were the XP8 frames?

[dcarr1971]

O.K i'll hold my hands up it was me who won it, took delivery of it this a.m unwrapped it straight away like a kid at christmas, sitting in the back garden at the moment with a cuppa gazing at it lovingly planning my next move, was hoping to have it ready for the London to brighton ride but am waiting to pick up another 856 frame from the paint shop so this one will have to wait until next month, i will just have to keep it tucked away in the shed out of sight of the other half for a while until the heat dies down then tell her that i had had it for ages 

Congrats on winning it...I never even got to put a bid in once I determined that shipping to the US was going to be big $$$...I'm still hoping the wife will soon forget about the 3000 I just got, so I wasn't going to be able to sneak this in so soon anyway...