PBT_2009 wrote:
I haven't verified looking at the charts, but the bikeradar first look video says the new roubaix has the same geometry of the tarmac. The diverge has done so well it seems they're letting that be the endurance-geometry option, and bringing the roubaix back to a racier option.
I don't know what kind of crack they were smoking, but the geo's nowhere near a Tarmac in terms of stack and reach, even taking into account that the stack figure on the Roubaix looks taller than it effectively is because of the Future Shock. While he was saying that I was shaking my head because the test-bike right behind him had a head tube that looked to be about a foot and a half long!
[EDIT] One article I read this morning suggested that there were going to be 3 sizes offered in a special "Team" geometry which is much more aggressive than the standard geometry, although I'm not seeing anything about that on the Specialized website, yet.
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Personally I can't get past that uglyness of the frame beneath seatpost. Yuck.
Yeah, the junction area between the seat stays, top tube, and seat tube is a little ungainly in appearance.
"They're made of latex, not nitroglycerin"