Originally Posted by
Koyote
For the road in the OP's first post, I would rather just have a bike that takes decently wide tires, like 700cx40. Then I'd run 'em tubeless at low psi. That's gonna get you a smoother ride on both ends of the bike - not just the front.
Or you could go all the way, and get a Diverge -- you could have the Futureshock and wide tires.
That's not what I'm looking for with this bike. For sure it would make those particular roads much more comfortable, but this is going to be my "race" bike for fast Sportives. So it's bikes like the Roubaix, Domane and other fast endurance road bikes that interest me. The Roubaix just seems best able to cope with the worst of roads, while essentially remaining a competitive race bike. My current Defy is plenty capable of coping, but I'm hoping the Roubaix will add another level of smoothness without sacrificing speed - actually I would expect it to be a bit quicker.