Strengths: Light, reasonable componentry, it all worked straight out of the box
Weaknesses: Cheap pedals supplied (or not - See below!)
Overall: I'm happy with it and would recommend it to a new starter. I bought it in the USA and shipped it back, unfortunately the dealer forgot to put the front spindle and the (cheap and nasty) pedals in the box. I got a credit from them no problem and bought some Shimano SPD's problem solved!
Strengths: reasonably light weight, reasonable groupset for the price, well built
Weaknesses: uncomfatable saddle, cheapish pedals
Overall: A great starter bike in my opinion that is well built and will serve any begginer well whether they want it just for riding to work or for club riding.
Good value for £400 but if you can get an end of year discount like i did it excellant value for money :-D