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i got the ruby carbon as it was $1000 off for the 2008 model in my size (rare to get a 47cm in the shops around here - they're usually bigger sizes). I kind of wish I had got a top end Cannondale Synapse - but with $1000 off on the Ruby, it brought the Ultegra-SL compnents and carbon frame into a price I could afford - just! If there had been an equal choice between the two bikes at the same price though, I would for sure have gone with the C'dale..