Specialized Roubaix Elite 09

[ianrauk]

Any of you good forum peeps have one.
Very tempted....
Opinions.....?

 

[Keith Oates]

Go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Globalti]

I've got a Roubaix Comp. It's fantastically smooth and comfortable once you've sorted your saddle position. It feels 10 - 15% faster for the same effort than my old steel bike. I understand that Specialized Roubaix gear is designed for the rider who wants a more comfortable ride or the, *ahem* older rider and at 53 I've no complaints at all.

 

[Aperitif]

Any of you good forum peeps have one.
Very tempted....
Opinions.....?

Get one!


Or, once you get in that frame of mind, (the £££££££££ frame that is ) check out Cervelo RS. Now you're cooking! Investment for life Ian, investment - "a rare chance in these troubled times" - go for it!

(I know a good route in and around The Devils Punchbowl for a test ride! )

 

[MadoneRider1991]

test ride it,see how it feels to you nice bikes though

 

[ianrauk]

Already have test ridden it.. and it's a lovely bike... just trying to justify to my self
1: The cost
2: That I want to get into the drops

test ride it,see how it feels to you nice bikes though

 

[Globalti]

You'll seldom be down on the drops.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Have you given up on the recumbent then?

 

[iLB]

do it do it do it do it

 

[Globalti]

Do it.... do it.... you KNOW you want it....

 

[ChrisKH]

Lovely bike. Wish I'd had the extra capital when I bought mine. Typically, I bought the Allez and a week later someone was selling their one year old Roubaix with hardly a scratch on it.

PS I rarely use my drops, I have to say.

 

[Paulus]

Go on go on go on, you know you want to.

 

[ianrauk]

would I be a heathen wanting to change the double crankset to a triple?

 

[Aperitif]

would I be a heathen wanting to change the double crankset to a triple?

No.

 

[ianrauk]

Thank you, that ends that debate...
it has 105 compact so should be easy enough to swap 105 triple.
And sell double on ebay I suppose (or on here)

No.