Ah, sorry to hear your frustration, but big breath and it will all be alright. All bikes have their quirks that you need to get to know. My road bike, a cannondale synapse has an odd bottom bracket that can make fitting non factory chainsets a pain. My SC has replaced my old argon which despite having had for 12 years, I still used to forget and inflate the tyres then try to put into the frame to remember that the inflated tyres are too wide to go past the brakes and there was no quick release. Very annoying in a race when you'd used CO2.... Equally first 2 years I was using it the extension bar would work loose. This despite being fitted to spec.
Re the issues with the SC. I did read all 55 pages 5 months ago before ordering, and so yep I was aware of the issue with the rear wheel. I had in my mind semi recollected it was more of an issue with SRAM than Shimano, or DA than Ultegra, but either way I've worked it out now, so a non issue. In your case with the skewer, I'm really sure there is going to be a knack to that for you, and once you've round it then you'll be gold.
Re the bars - only an issue if you are looking to modify the standard setup. And nowadays to varying degrees that same applies to almost all the bikes. In part, the definition of custom means that some degree of inginuity/engineering is going to be required. These 'superbikes' are designed and sold as whole packages (for right or wrong).
Re the issues with the SC. I did read all 55 pages 5 months ago before ordering, and so yep I was aware of the issue with the rear wheel. I had in my mind semi recollected it was more of an issue with SRAM than Shimano, or DA than Ultegra, but either way I've worked it out now, so a non issue. In your case with the skewer, I'm really sure there is going to be a knack to that for you, and once you've round it then you'll be gold.
Re the bars - only an issue if you are looking to modify the standard setup. And nowadays to varying degrees that same applies to almost all the bikes. In part, the definition of custom means that some degree of inginuity/engineering is going to be required. These 'superbikes' are designed and sold as whole packages (for right or wrong).