The bike I've had the longest (Caadx 105, 2010-2024 rip) and rode the most, the only one that survived the cull when I moved from London to Berlin and felt by far the best to ride...was also the bike I liked the least. It was so practical, comfortable, versatile, fast and light, but despite all that I found it underwhelming. It's hard to explain because I even liked the way it looked. I put really decent parts on it and it was so light. It ticked every box for me, except some inscrutable IT factor. It might just be that it was aluminium and I always had some feeling I would break it.
When a very well priced cross check came along I swapped all the parts over and couldn't be happier. It doesn't hurt that I wanted a cross check for longer than I can remember.
The bike I've had the longest (Caadx 105, 2010-2024 rip) and rode the most, the only one that survived the cull when I moved from London to Berlin and felt by far the best to ride...was also the bike I liked the least. It was so practical, comfortable, versatile, fast and light, but despite all that I found it underwhelming. It's hard to explain because I even liked the way it looked. I put really decent parts on it and it was so light. It ticked every box for me, except some inscrutable IT factor. It might just be that it was aluminium and I always had some feeling I would break it.
When a very well priced cross check came along I swapped all the parts over and couldn't be happier. It doesn't hurt that I wanted a cross check for longer than I can remember.