Hi everyone,

New forum member here. After ages of not having ridden much, my wife and I have decided to do a lot more riding on the cusp of us hitting the 40s (the new 30s).

I am looking to buy my wife a new road bike for her birthday. I surprised her exactly 10 years ago with a Giant OCR 2, and now I'd like to do it again ten years on as she contemplates long weekend rides and starting her causal tri participation.

With a budget of about 1500-2000 USD, I have visited a few of the local shops in Dallas and narrowed my choices down to a couple of bikes with very similar specs:

1 2018 Cervelo R2 with 105 @ $ 2100 USD (Retail 2400) (Red color scheme)
2. 2018 Argon 18 Kryppton with 105 @ 1700 USD (Retail is 2000?) (Black and Red color scheme)

Both full carbon, 105 bikes, and, us being Canadian, double brownie points for both being Canadian companies.

I know she has always looked at other people's Cervelo's and we have both thought of them as unattainable for our budget, but at this price point, it seems so hard to resist.
I checked out the Argon in person too, and it seems like a very sweet bike.

Having a hard time deciding between these two!! Any feedback, especially if you have owned or ridden either of the two, would be huge.

One big thing going for the Argon dealer is their 30-day trial and return policy for something else, and also their trade in, where I might be able to get a little money for the Giant OCR. But this is less important, as I can probably sell this for more than the trade in.
The Cervelo folks don't have much going in terms of their incentives. But that Cervelo ... damn!