Bike of the year is ? Anyone agree.

[Cycleops]

This is it according to Bike Radar:
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/road-bike-of-the-year-2017-specialized-roubaix-49533/

 

[Drago]

Never ridden one, but the word is almost universal that they've hit the price/performance sweet spot, so I couldn't vehemently disagree with them.

I guess "30-year-old-idea-brushed-off-and-twiddled-shock" didn't have the cachet Spesh were hoping for when they named the FutureShock.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Bit like this I suppose:

https://www.redshiftsports.com/shockstop-suspension-stem/

I think (vague recollection) they were available for MTB's yonks back in pre-suspension fork days.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

No one ever got fired for buying Spesh

 

[Racing roadkill]

It's a road bike with disc brakes, it's lower than a snake's goolies in my estimation.

 

[User33236]

Do not agree at all. Any bike with BB30, as I believe all Specializeds to be, is the spawn of Satan

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Some of the "also rans":

• Fuji Gran Fondo
• Ridley Fenix
• Canyon Ultimate
• Focus Paralane
• Cérvelo S2
• Bianchi Oltre
• BMC Roadmachine
• Trek Domane
• Orbea Avant

And they chose a Specialized, apparently because it has suspension?



Specialized: Truly, the Ford Mondeo of road bikes.

 

[Tin Pot]

Cervelo, Ventum...?

 

[winjim]

They've spent so much time and effort making bikes as stiff as they can, that they've had to think up some special gubbins to make them flexible again.

 

[Drago]

And all these years the magazines have been telling us that carbon soaks up the road buzz. I didn't believe it, and it seems neither did Spesh.

 

[HLaB]

I'm guessing the author has shares in Specialized

 

[Drago]

Accurate bike fit will be fun with handlebars that move.

 

[srw]

I guess "expensive carbon road bike with disc brakes from a large manufacturer with major distribution of the year", which is a more accurate description doesn't quite sound as good, does it?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

They've spent so much time and effort making bikes as stiff as they can, that they've had to think up some special gubbins to make them flexible again.

...And charging you for both the former and the latter.

 

[rowan 46]

Bit like this I suppose:

https://www.redshiftsports.com/shockstop-suspension-stem/

I think (vague recollection) they were available for MTB's yonks back in pre-suspension fork days.

I have one of those shock stops it works rather well for cutting vibrations on my commuter