Quote Originally Posted by KatzPajamas View Post
The 105 shifting is easy as can be while, the others had sram which are illogical to operate.
This gives me the giggles, as I had 105 and HATED it...I never could get the hang of it. But SRAM was intuitive from the get-go.

Speaking of Synapse vs. CAAD, my first bike was an aluminum Synapse, new bike is a carbon SuperSix, which has identical geometry to the CAAD, just in carbon. The SuperSix is a better bike for me, but only because the Synapse was a bit too relaxed, too short through the top-tube (I'm all torso), and less responsive...when I started riding I didn't know that I would end up liking to ride fast-ish. I also didn't know how godawful aluminum would be on our chip-sealed roads.

I agree with others that you owe it to yourself to try a Ruby. There's a reason that bike is so popular. My hubby has a men's Roubaix and adores that bike...it's comfortable, but also very happy to go hard and fast. I've seen so many people on TE talk about the Roubaix/Ruby as a really perfect compromise between pure comfort and pure performance. I would have tried one, myself, except our favorite shop doesn't carry Specialized (and we're not real fond of the ones around here that do) and when I saw that orange and white SuperSix with the exact components I wanted there was no averting my eyes long enough to look at anything else.