Specialized Roubaix Pro Review

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Specialized Roubaix Pro
★★★★☆
3.8
From 6 reviews
83.0% of users recommend this

danrhiggins's review of Specialized Roubaix Pro

“I really like this bike. I started riding 3 years ago...”

★★★★☆

written by danrhiggins on 01/06/2008

Good Points
Overall comfort for someone not looking for a more aggressive road racing frame. Weight compared to my 3-year old Tricross that was carbon/steel. More responsive than my Tricross.

Bad Points
I get a LOT of creaking noises in the frame. Especially when climbing. Not all the time and not necessarily repeatable by doing the same thing. But it happens frequently and was really complaining when I was climbing hills today.

General Comments
I really like this bike. I started riding 3 years ago with a Tricross Comp and before that had a Lemond Buenes Aires that I only rode 3-4 times a year. I live in Denver, CO and my primary ride of the year is a 3-day, 50 mi/day charity ride in the mountains with plenty of climbing. I am a bit concerned about having a compact crank up front. But otherwise I love this bike except for one thing. It creaks. Sounds like stress-related creaks in the frame. But when I discuss this with my bike shop the don't appear concerned. I am. Is carbon fiber supposed to do that? I just finished a 50 mile ride today with hundreds of other bikes and I didn't hear any creaking coming out of them. Anyway, other than that I really like this bike. Incidently I upgraded the wheels to Mavic Rsys.

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