Hi guys, I am happy to report that after going through this thread I also decided to pull the trigger and ordered the frame a month ago. Today, I received the first photos of my bike which look very promising. The order was handled by Carol who was super informative and supportive through the whole ordering process. So far, the experience with LC was top notch. Taking into account experience some of you guys had with the company, I will inspect the frame once I receive it in more details and report back to you.

I actually prefer the LCR017 because I built it to fit my measurements. The geometry has a slightly longer reach and a lower stack. Surprisingly, I feel more comfortable with the lower stack, which is about 3 cm lower.

I spent a significant amount of time riding side by side with friends on flat terrain, and as someone who pays close attention to power data, I feel confident that this bike doesn't come with an aero penalty. Based on what I've read about aerodynamics, the downtube is positioned in the 'dirty air' created by the front wheel, so having a slightly less aerodynamic shape doesn’t significantly impact performance.

Quite many modern allrounder bikes have square shaped downtubes, Giant or Bianchi, for instance. It's not much a deal from perfomance perspective. But it indeed hurts my eyes...