Originally Posted by Burnette

Well, the Rca is going off on a wild tangent.
Rca? That's comparing apples to the space shuttle. Not many of us here could afford the space shuttle.
rpenmanparker, when you get time I would like to know how you spec'd your Everti Falcon.
Looking to do a custom build, 14lbs would be more than adequate for my needs.
OP, can't go wrong with either frame types if you do your homework.
Personally like all of it. Specialized Venge is sweet (even though a poster
here equated the look of the Venge frame to that of a dog taking a dump! harsh, it looks good to me).
The Cannondale Evo Red was on sale last month for $3,650. Wow.
Looking at SRAM Red group at Glorycycles for about $2,500 for my build, a grand more you can get a whole bike! http://www.cannondale.com/supersixevo-springsale
Carbon bikes from Focus and others give carbon an edge.
There are some Ti frames coming online from Merlin, Lynskey and even Soma that
are cheaper than full on custom Ti, but carbon wins the light weight/value war unless you do some digging
and spend some money to get the numbers right. Can be a close race.
My solution is to have both. Not going Ti though, going custom lugged stanless steel.
Then will pick up a carbon bike a few years later. The way prices are going for carbon, the over seas stuff especially,
by then a feather weight/well spec'd ride will be within easy reach.
As far as ride, feel, it's like saddles OP, only your butt can decide what is "best".