Top End Specialized......anyone got one?

[Dave7]

I am seriously looking at the Specialized Sirrus Expert in carbon. It's £1600.00 so quite expensive. It seems to tick most of the boxes for me i.e. flat bar road type bike but takes 30mm tyres which will do for canal paths etc.
It has those 'zert' inserts which the salesmen (who are honestly not biased) tell me are very effective.
Just wondering.........if anyone has a Sepcialised of similar spec.......what do you think of it.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Crickey, MTB meets road, whilst road is becoming more like MTB

 

[vickster]

Why do you need zertz inserts if it's a carbon frame?

As ever, go ride the bike and see what you think. If I wanted to spend that on a flat bar carbon, it wou,debt be a specialized, but built from the frame from a GB manufacturer like pearsons

 

[Rob3rt]

Why do you need zertz inserts if it's a carbon frame?

As ever, go ride the bike and see what you think. If I wanted to spend that on a flat bar carbon, it wou,debt be a specialized, but built from the frame from a GB manufacturer like pearsons

For increased uglyness... theft prevention!

 

[Cyclist33]

Why not?

Looks awesome to me. And it's black!!

 

[TheJDog]

I think it is just a Roubaix with a flat bar. My friend has a Tarmac and loves it. Try it out - if you like it, why not?

 

[Roadrider48]

I have a Roubaix SL4 and can't fault it for comfort.
It's also in Vicksters favourite colour ....

 

[dan_bo]

Why do you need zertz inserts if it's a carbon frame?

As ever, go ride the bike and see what you think. If I wanted to spend that on a flat bar carbon, it wou,debt be a specialized, but built from the frame from a GB manufacturer like pearsons

What makes you think pearsons are manufactured in gb?

 

[Cycleops]

Why do you need zertz inserts if it's a carbon frame?

As ever, go ride the bike and see what you think. If I wanted to spend that on a flat bar carbon, it wou,debt be a specialized, but built from the frame from a GB manufacturer like pearsons

Don't you think you are a teeny bit biased though?

 

[vickster]

They are a british company, headquartered in tne UK, designed in the UK. I realise tne parts are all made In the Far East etc, but put together In the UK

What's wrong with having personal preference and indeed experience?

 

[Roadrider48]

They are a british company, headquartered in tne UK, designed in the UK. I realise tne parts are all made In the Far East etc, but put together In the UK

What's wrong with having personal preference and indeed experience?

Absolutely nothing!

 

[jack smith]

Ive had three top end specialized one the same sort of spec as that and two higher and they are faultless, over a certain price point pretty much all manafacturers are good though.

 

[Cycleops]

They are a british company, headquartered in tne UK, designed in the UK. I realise tne parts are all made In the Far East etc, but put together In the UK

What's wrong with having personal preference and indeed experience?

Sorry, just pulling your leg a bit!

 

[dan_bo]

They are a british company, headquartered in tne UK, designed in the UK. I realise tne parts are all made In the Far East etc, but put together In the UK

What's wrong with having personal preference and indeed experience?

Nothing!

There's a difference between 'assembly' and 'manufacture' is all.

 

[vickster]

To me they are a manufacturer of bikes, a company that develops and makes them. If the semantics are incorrect, so be it