Road bike recommendations

Dont know much about Rose but ive seen a few bikes around town. Ive always been abit suprised how good they look in the flesh esp for the cash. I also hear mostly great things from the owners.

This. You can change almost any part of the specification ie bar width, crank length, stem length, number of headset spacers, stem, post, saddle, wheels, gear ratios (I went for 52/36 which has been excellent), the service and delivery is fast and efficient and most critically the bike performs and handles brilliantly. There are restrictions so its not a full custom bike experience, but its damn close and you pay pretty much the same for a whole bike as you would for a similar performing frameset from a more "known" manufacturer. This owner certainly recommends them.