Advice needed on Jamis/Cannondale road bikes

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My husband was able to test ride many different bikes before purchasing since he is smack dab in the most common bike sizes and funny enough, narrowed it down to the Jamis Ventura Race and Cannondale Synapse alloy 105 He went back and rode both bikes again and eventually settled on the Synapse because he felt it responded better and had a more comfortable/plushier ride.

Of course, it would be whichever bike fits you better and I can't speak from the WSD models, but that was his experience (he took both of them out for 30 minute rides because the bike stores were very generous).

As a side note, the Cannondale CAADs are meant more for racing while the Synapse is built more for comfort, I believe. That's not to say the Synapse can't go fast - we average over 18mph on long Sunday rides without too much effort.