Originally Posted by Campag4life

I built up a SL6 Emonda I scored for a friend off ebay unused with Ultegra for the price of an Al Emonda.
Fantastic bike.
Also, if you have Specialized dealer nearby, for 2018 Spesh added a new Allez model with the same geometry as a Roubaix albeit with rim brakes. Definitely worth a look. Cannondale Al Synapse is also excellent.
The new Al bikes from the big brands have almost the same performance of CF in terms of ride and energy transfer...only a few grams more and generally for $1K less.