Canyon vs. Giant vs. Specialized

gil albert

Hi all,
I`m about to upgrade my old Merckx, and would really love to hear your opinion.
The bike will serve me for my weekend rides, as well for my triathlon training and racing (participating, not really racing for podium).

My options are:
1. Canyon Endurace CF SL 9.0, 2017
2. Giant Defy Advanced pro 2, 2016
3. Specialized Roubiax, 2017

They all comes with discs brakes. The Canyon and Giant are full ultegra while the Roubiax is ultegra 105 mix.
The Roubiax has the future shock and gets great reviews.
The Canyon looks great but no frontal service.
All cost roughly the same ....

Can you recommend ? (especially on the Roubiax since it has a new technology..)

Any advice would be helpful

Cheers

Bobbinogs

Buy the red one since it's the fastest. Failing that, go and have a look and pick the one that excites you. I guess that rules out the Canyon but I am assuming you want the bike this year and not at 'some point in the future'.

Anonymous

Get the Specialized

Please get the Specialized!

sloppyschleckonds

Future shock, disc breaks.

What kind of wizardry is this.

mrb123

Personally I'm all for the frontal service.

fat daddy

Test ride them .... the Roubaix is different ..... don't know if I liked it or not .... I guess you would get used to it, but fast braking and having the front dip feels scary the 1st 5-6 times you do it