Originally Posted by
Jurgen
The RS is bound to have that satisfying lighter/stiffer feeling than the Roubaix Expert. It's just a better frame. (And priced accordingly.)
Compared to the S-Works, well, at least that's a slightly fairer fight.
Actually, I test-rode the Specialized Roubaix Expert because it uses essentially the same frame as the Roubaix Pro frameset I was considering. The RS frameset was $2200, while the Roubaix Pro frameset was $1900, so I think it's a pretty fair comparison.
The SL2 frameset retails for
quite a bit more than the RS frameset... and hadn't been released when I was looking.