First milestone

Yesterday, I managed to get the first 10.000 km ( = 6,250 miles) on my XP. Earlier this week I managed to find the sweet spot of my seat again, so now I can ride it for hours and hours again without any discomfort. I have over 1,500 miles with the Dual Drive and although I mostly use like 4 or 5 of the same gears, knowing that I can ride it uphill everywhere gives me some comfort (so I will not have any worries if I happen to ride the famous Wall of Geraardsbergen, like last year !). The XP has been my favorite bike these last few weeks, both of my 2 CF bikes have been collecting dust in my garage. The Shimano's LX disc brakes work excellent, although I have a hard time getting the brake pads not to touch the discs.
Although I'm very fond of the XP, there are some things that I'd like to see otherwise. It's probably nitpicking, but here they are anyway :

1. the lenght of the bike.

As you know the XP is a huge and long bike, mostly because of the big 26" wheels. Length and big wheels are very comfy and I'm not willing to give up that. Only drawback is that I can't put
the XP on a bike rack. I could put it on a trailer, but that's such a hassle. If there's any bike out there with the same level of comfort, please let me know !

2. BB height.

The XP's BB heigt is slighty higher than the regular Stratus' BB, but especially when riding uphill, I'd like a higher BB. Not that the XP's a slouch, but a higher BB would defenitely improve climbing. I know that the V3 has a higher BB, but I'm pretty sure that the V3 is not as comfy as the XP, and I'm not willing to give up that.

Other than that, I hope to put many more miles on my XP. No real other plans for the future, execpt maybe matching front panniers. The Schwalbe's Marathon Supremes hardly show any sign of wear, defenitely an improvement from the Big Apples I used to have. Probably not the fastest tires, but no flats so far so I'll stick to them.