Subject: RE: Specialized Roubaix, yes or no? Awesome bike. The geometry (enthusiast rather than racing ) makes a great complement to a tri bike if you are eventually going to ride a tri bike and a roadie. The carbon is superb. And, IMO, although Specialized bikes carry about a $300 premium over similar models from other less "bling" manufacturers, Spesh uses the $$ to fund R&D that ends up trickling down into your bike in subsequent model years. In other words ... the guy who bought a Roubaix in 2007 ago funded the R&D in the 2009 S-Works that has now ended up in the 2011 Roubaix you are looking at! Nobody every regrets a Spesh .... |