Shopping for new top of the line Endurance Bike

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Well, it sounds like you have kind of made up your mind, but will give a shout out to Wilier brand of bicycles. They are an Italian company with over a century of history and is considered one of the preeminent Italian manufacturers. They are strong on high-end road bike research and have a great line to choose from, although none of them come very inexpensively. I have the Gran Turismo, which was chosen specifically by me for its slightly more relaxed geometry from their Cento Uno. It has a race design that is also strong for endurance comfort. I, too put in a lot of miles, but not nearly the climbing you do. The last few weeks have been around 270 miles per week with 16+ hours in the saddle. Some of those miles are very slow group rides I lead, but most of them are tempo rides, intervals and long rides (a couple of centuries and several metric centuries and 50+ milers). I have no pain, anywhere, am comfortable on the bike the whole time, and on the two centuries I did these past two weeks, ended feeling good, and was able to ride the next morning. I'm training for a 160 mile ride coming up in a month and feel confident that this bike will get me through. I cannot recommend the Gran Turismo more highly. It gets great reviews and I give it two thumbs up. I bought the frame then had a full campagnolo chorus 11 build put on it, including wheels and it's a wonderfully handling, responsive and light bike just under 16lbs. I guess you can feel the love in this post, huh? Wilier Gran Turismo. They have other road bikes, more aggressive and one less aggressive. They are all awesome bikes and you can build up the frameset with anything you want. Good luck in the search.