Bike of the year is ? Anyone agree.

[winjim]

Seeing as decent rim brakes can lock the wheels wet or dry anyway, any disparity in braking will be down to the level of grip twixt tyres and road, although having your Specialized handlebars fall off won't help.

I'm pretty sure pro riders will be aware of how their brakes work and will be able to modulate their braking to match the bunch.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Went into my LBS this morning, they told me Specialized have sold every single Roubaix they made this year, no more due until July time. I think it is a lovely looking bike

 

[Racing roadkill]

If I read this right Terpstra's use of a special non-standard non-boingy component in the Spesh boingy suspension caused him to crash in P-R

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/specialized-accepts-blame-for-niki-terpstras-paris-roubaix-wreck/

I read it as that he decided to test unboingy bits, then spesh forgot to replace the developmental non boingy part, with a production boingy part. The developmental bit failed.

 

[Mo1959]

Went into my LBS this morning, they told me Specialized have sold every single Roubaix they made this year, no more due until July time. I think it is a lovely looking bike

Were you looking for one?

 

[Racing roadkill]

I'm pretty sure pro riders will be aware of how their brakes work and will be able to modulate their braking to match the bunch.

Unless there's an emergency stop, then it all goes a bit wrong. Pro's can do what they want, I'd be more concerned about mixed braking tech in a chopper fest Sportive environment.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Were you looking for one?

Nope! Got my heart set on a titanium frame.

 

[Mo1959]

Went into my LBS this morning, they told me Specialized have sold every single Roubaix they made this year, no more due until July time. I think it is a lovely looking bike

I wonder if the dreadful state of the roads these days have boosted sales. Maybe quite a good marketing ploy on their part.

 

[cyberknight]

I wonder if the dreadful state of the roads these days have boosted sales. Maybe quite a good marketing ploy on their part.

are spesh making the roads worse on purpose as a sales ploy ?, would not surprise me

 

[Globalti]

I lost interest in that video about two minutes in. I won't be buying a new Roubaix, simply because I can't see how i will be able to fit my winter mudguards.