Originally Posted by
sarhog
Upon further review, there are 3 different versions of Ultimate SLX 8.0 on Canyon’s website, but they’re all spec’d better than the Tarmac, either thru wheels or drivetrain.
I would think the Canyon lighter too. Although I thought the Tarmac Expert had carbon wheels too, but maybe that was a 2020 model.
Although I've found that since getting a bike with disc brakes that I like the fact the cables are more out of the way than on the
Canyon Ultimate SLX 8.0 that apparently is the rim brake model. This
Specialized Tarmac Expert has the cable pretty well hidden and integrated which makes wiping it down after a ride and easy thing. Still not certain those are exactly the models with any of various options the OP is asking about.
And as I've said before, I think in a few years the available choices of rim brake wheel sets will be pretty dismal. And bikes sometimes need new wheels every so often.