yeah I know what your saying, I wrote a long reply an hour ago but my PC crashed!Anyway I prefer the cannondale's frame, though it does not accelerate as fast as the specialized, the difference is hardly noticed. The specialized has better components and is now much cheaper than it was last year, it now costs about 2000EURO but the Cannondale R900 ( 1800EURO) has that CAAD 8 frame but with only ok components, whereas the Specialized has ultegra etc..