![]() ![]() ![]() Endurance road bikes tend to have a slacker head tube angle.That means the wheel base of endurance road bikes is longer, which makes them more stable - but also less willing to carve corners. With my previous endurance road bike, I had no toe overlap. Endurance road bikes tend to be longer.That means, though, it might not apply to all road bikes, at least not to the same degree. Since I don’t want to speak about specific models, I’ll stay general. There are quite a few differences between aggressive road bike and more relaxed, endurance road bikes. All that did was put me in a suboptimal body position. I even tried what you suggested in the post, remove spacers, put on a longer stem. In fact, I got my current racy aero road bike, because I strongly disliked the geometry of my endurance road bike. The amount of spacers on my previous endurance road bike and current aero road bike is identical. I know this is an oversimplified question, however, if you have a race road bike and are using spacers under your stem (to get the right fit), would this setup be similar to an endurance road bike with no spacers (all else being equal)?Īlso, your premise seems to be that in order to get the right fit, you’d need to add or remove spacers. You’ll then make it work for other types of riding you want to do to the best you can, realizing there are compromises. The Tarmac is still very good on long endurance rides, but not as much as the Roubaix.īottom Line: I’d focus on what type of riding you mostly want to do for bike selection. I PR’d every hill in the SF Bay Area that I had ridden once I got my Tarmac and did quite well in a couple of hilly road races). The Roubaix provides great comfort for long rides, such as a century on rough roads, and is good, but not great in races (I tried it in a few crits prior to getting my Tarmac).Ĭonversely, if you have the bike handling skills, the Tarmac is extremely fast on technical courses, particularly technical downhills (e.g. In addition, there are significant performance differences. The bikes are very points out some of the technical differences. I have both a Specialized S-Works Tarmac (racing) and Specialized S-Works Roubaix (endurance) - that is, same manufacturer, same top-of-the line frame and components - for comparison. ![]()
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