Road bike recommendations

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Vesalius
Just reposting this in the more appropriate thread

I hear from Amey there's a Canyon sale on eh?
ill try keep this brief, but my gfs brother is looking to buy a new road bike
- budget <£4000
- full carbon
- no second hand bikes/chinese express
- no disc brakes
Because i'm not up to speed on road bike stuff i just advised general points e.g. definitely get a bikefit beforehand, do you want 1st/2nd hand,

he's open to building from individual parts but I guess its more cost effective to buy off the peg as a full package?

He was quite interested in specialised tarmac pro race? Yay/nay?
I thought you should expect dura ace at this price point, but he agreed there's not a great difference in performance anyway

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edscoble in reply to @Vesalius

If £4,000, get Di2 hydraulic disc.

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dan in reply to @edscoble

di2 is totally unnecessary. Discs make sense in terms of future proofing - though I would still be reluctant to go that way until things are more standardised.

It's a tricky time to spend a lot of money on a bike in that respect.

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