^ I've also been through 'the only bike I ever need' scenario
So, a deposit is down on the Vagabond. I tried it and liked it instantly. A medium fittted me like the proverbial glove. (5'10" - 31.5" inseam, shortish arms)
I got lucky enough to try one out for size for two and a bit days. 'Like' soon grew to 'want'. It just feels so right for what I like doing - which is dawdling around lanes, bridleways, 20km B road fitness blasts, long loaded tours over moorland, woodland and minor roads, and, finally - dicking about in the woods/singletrack and coastal paths.
A bit of everything, albeit non-competitive. I'm selling my Cannondale tourer and Gt hardtail to help fund this so it's a big commitment, yet I really feel like it's the best of both worlds. I'll partly miss hammering along on a hardtail, and I'll somewhat miss the long-legged dialled-in mega-distance touring capabilities of the 'Dale. But the Vagabond was just so much fun on and off road that I can't think about other bikes. All I can think about is this one bike that feels 'right'. So I'm hooning along the smooth-surface of the Tarka trail one evening, then next second I'm hopping it up a kerb, over an earth mound, down into ruts and rocks, over a wet grass mound and roll out to jump over some driftwood. Then sitting outside the pub admiring the sparkling blue paint and svelte stays over a pint. Frankenbike - I think I love you.
Let me try and explain why the Vagabond did it for me personally. Here's the theory:
- My first road bike (when a teen) was a custom-built (steel) Carlton Cyclone (coincidentally a very similar met blue to the 2016 Vagabond). It had downtube shifters (2x5) and 'cissy' brakes (levers) as we called them.
- My first ATB/MTB was a rigid Dawes (Reynolds 501) offering equipped with Deore and thumbshifters
Both, I suppose, were good examples of solidly made, slightly exciting (for me), dependable, mid-range bikes that were simple, confidence-inspiring and good at what they were supposed to do.
The Vagabond somewhow combines/captures and improves everything I most enjoyed with those my (modest) entries into the world of cycling everywhere. By comparison, the Vagabond also slightly lightens the whole shebang, gives me my drops back, gives me more fixing points for water and luggage, puts discs on those big-rolling wheels, makes it more flickable offroad yet somehow stable on the road - then seals the deal with some gnarly 2.1s. I couldn't be happier if I'd been given a workshop and designed a personalised/bespoke One Bike To Rule Them All. It feels like it wants to go all day everywhere at a fair clip whilst not beating you up in the process. Long-term review will happen. Now ...
the wait
Would be a great project and no doubt make a great roughstuff tourer.. Have thrown the "this could be the only bike I need", at my better half & I think she's coming round to the idea...Not sellling any of my other bikes though !!! Although I may sell the Boardman Hybrid, I use to commute to work, to soften her up a bit...smirk !! 
They used to say something like 2.34 kg for LHT and 2.6kg DT with forks about 1.1kg. I weighed my 58cm LHT when I bought it a couple of years ago and, from memory, the frame was about 2.4 - 2.5kg and forks 1.1kg.
IMO that's it's versatility,and if you wanted straights of some kind go up a sized for some extra reach,the SO is low enough across the range 
) with drop geometry complete with off road steering or is it a roadie with big tyres or is it something completely different.