Double Chain Ring...yikes

[ttaylor508]

I had a OCR3 and it had triple chain ring. I bought a Roubaix, and it only had double. It never even crossed my mind that it would be harder to go up hill! and boy, is it. Did someone here go from a triple to a double?

Hi Violette - have you asked your LBS if they would simply take the bike back and exchange it for the Roubaix Expert triple (http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=34081). If you have not put many miles on the bike and it is still in showroom shape, they may exchange it for the triple and you would probably be much happier. I know our LBS has done this for us without even blinking an eye. $3,000 is a lot to pay for a bike you are not happy with.

[aicabsolut]

Hi Violette - have you asked your LBS if they would simply take the bike back and exchange it for the Roubaix Expert triple (http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=34081). If you have not put many miles on the bike and it is still in showroom shape, they may exchange it for the triple and you would probably be much happier. I know our LBS has done this for us without even blinking an eye. $3,000 is a lot to pay for a bike you are not happy with.

Which model year Expert did you get? I looked up specs (I have a 2006 Comp and a 2008 S-works frame with the Comp's components). Like my Comp, it looks like all recent model Experts came with either a triple or a compact (Ultegra or SRAM Rival).

Get the LBS to look up a spec sheet for your bike. It could be that they built it wrong. Also, (just in case) look for a number printed on your crank arms (usually the underside), and see what they say (170, 172.5, or 175). My bike came built with the correct-ish crankset but the wrong size crankarms. If yours has both, well then the mistake is even more apparent. My shop swapped out the crankarms for free because of the mistake, before they even dealt with Specialized about a warranty replacement for that. If your bike has been built up wrong, then they've got to fix that for you.

I also haven't seen any Specialized Roubaix built with only a 25 in the cassette for years. Something's fishy.

I assume you mean Specialized, like taylor said, because a Fuji Roubaix runs well under $3k.

[violette]

Which model year Expert did you get? I looked up specs (I have a 2006 Comp and a 2008 S-works frame with the Comp's components). Like my Comp, it looks like all recent model Experts came with either a triple or a compact (Ultegra or SRAM Rival).

Get the LBS to look up a spec sheet for your bike. It could be that they built it wrong. Also, (just in case) look for a number printed on your crank arms (usually the underside), and see what they say (170, 172.5, or 175). My bike came built with the correct-ish crankset but the wrong size crankarms. If yours has both, well then the mistake is even more apparent. My shop swapped out the crankarms for free because of the mistake, before they even dealt with Specialized about a warranty replacement for that. If your bike has been built up wrong, then they've got to fix that for you.

I also haven't seen any Specialized Roubaix built with only a 25 in the cassette for years. Something's fishy.

I assume you mean Specialized, like taylor said, because a Fuji Roubaix runs well under $3k.

It was a leftover 2005 Roubaix. It was $2,699.00 and I got it for $1,899.00.

Now, I think I know why I got such a good price!!!