The 2011 Roubaix SL2 frame is stiffer than the previous years model. The SL3 even more so. I haven't noticed any deadness in the SL2 and one of reviews just published seems to confirm that. http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/catego...p-sl2-11-42319

If you like to go all day like I do as well as putting up with roads full of frost bumps and crappy pavement then get the Roubaix. If you want a crotch rocket, go for the Tarmac.

If you want to save some money, then go for the Secteur or the Allez but if I were you I'd go for the best frame that you can afford that suits your needs. For the roads we have up here, the Roubaix won it for me hands down. Mind you, it may not stop at one bike.

, When I was talking to the owner of my local LBS where I got the Roubaix when he said "I've got just the bike for you and it's in your size! "

"Uh... I just got the Roubaix"

"Yeah, I know! Oh you'll like this one !" ... And he rolls out an Argon 18 Krypton... "And it's only $2400 !" .. and then proceeds to pull down a Argon 18 Gallium Pro... Campy record ... (this writer starts to drool.) "and the Galiium Pro is only $6500 !"

The gears started turning in my head... hmmm.. N+1... and I would like a crotch rocket like that (the Krypton ) .. but not this year .... sigh..