specialized sirrus vs. cannondale Road Warrior 3

[Fredwina]

In this particular, yes. If you look at the link the OP provided. you can make the "handmade in the USA" sticker on the seat stays.
As a rule, no. I think the full carbon 'dale (synapse and the sixes) are far east. if it has AL in frame, my understanding is it's from Bedford. Part of the reason I went with specialized - it has a sticker saying it came from the "other" china (I work across the street from the "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles" aka Taiwanese Consulate)

[tulip]

Eightone, which bike does your boyfriend like best? Which is more comfy? He might want to consider test riding lots of models and going for the one that feels best.

[missjulied]

I don't know which one is better, but I got a Specialized Sirrus a couple of years ago for commuting, and I really like it. It handles well and is pretty tough for not being too heavy.

[eightone]

Thank you for all the help so far! He really liked the cannondale best from all the bikes we found. However, the Sirrus was much too small for him.

All of the places we went to had bikes we wanted to try, but they didn't have the right size for him to test ride. For instance, he wanted to try the RW 4 but they didn't have one setup, so he tried the RW 3. He also wanted to try an FCR 3 or 2 but they only had the women's versions set up.

What do you do in that instance? As for the sirrus, that store said if he liked it then they'd order one for us, but how are you supposed to know if you like it when you ride one much too small for you? Anyone else run into this problem? What do you do about it?