Originally Posted by urbanknight

I seem to have observed the opposite. When shopping for a bike last year, it seemed that Specialized and Trek offerings in my price range had 105 components while Cannondale offered Tiagra at the same price, and wanted $200 more for 105. Cannondale has been well-known for a couple decades now and has been probably the #1 choice for amateur racers (look at all the CAAD recommendations here on the forum) for almost as long.