So two weeks ago I sold my Emonda SL6 and while awaiting my new bike have had the chance to demo a Roubaix Expert for a few hundred miles. Never thought much about comparing the two till I had a chance to catch up on a ride with [MENTION=197775]RNAV[/MENTION] while visiting the beach and him asking questions about the two. I really enjoyed my Emonda but was looking for something with more diversity, gravel racing, CX, and group road rides. I had searched for several months while trying to decide whether to sale or not.

I was fit to the Emonda using my measurements from my R3, and to the Roubaix using the same measurements. I have ridden the Roubaix on rides up to 68 miles, and as short as short as 20. The thing that has surprised me the most, which also surprised me when I chose the Emonda, was the fact that it is one of the most comfortable bikes I have ridden. I honestly expected the Roubaix to me more compliant, however I didn't see that. To be fair my Emonda was set up tubeless while the Roubaix was not?! However I have also owned previous generation Roubaixs and found them to be very compliant.

I think both bikes are great rides and am not sure that one could be labeled better than the other, depending on the use. For the set ups I had, I honestly thought the Emonda was the better overall ride. Of course I bought the Emonda while considering the Domane and Synapse, believing it was the best of all worlds. I have seen others post that the SL4 is not the same Roubaix as previous models when it comes to compliance and I would agree this is true. It would be interesting to compare the two with the same set ups but I didn't have that chance. Just thought I'd share my thoughts...