Road bike recommendations

Ah it's actually ugly as sin. That seatpost!
Practical does not have to equal ugly!!
The stack is huge on it too!

Not sure if this has been covered but looking for road-bike options for Campagnolo equipped complete bikes preferably chorus level (possibly Athena as i have some spare SR shifters to unlock multishift). Only option seems to be canyon that i can find...

and Specialized write the same on their webpage

Focus and Rose and most of the Italian brands.

I wish Specialized would stop putting that fucking crank on their bikes. It's awful.

Diverge is "all road" where as Tarmac, Domane disc, BMC GF01 Disc or Defy are roadies. If I were to go for a serious carbon disc roadie I'd have a spare bike that takes mudguards.

There are few road disc bikes that dont indulge in other aspects/benefits of having discs such as thicker tyres, guards etc. Out of them the only one that comes to mind that doesent have an endurance geo is Tarmac but thats very pricey. http://www.sigmasport.co.uk/item/Specialized/S-Works-Tarmac-Disc-Di2-Road-Bike-2015/3JZ5

Pinarello Dogma 65.1 Hydro? Pretty racey geo.

Yeah calls for a list of Dammit clearance proper road disc bikes without high stack

1. Tarmac Disc
   
2. Pinarello Dogma 65.1 Hydro
   
3. Hongfu FM166 disc
   

That list will be long. Orbea, Willier, Sarto ...

tasty but endurance geo/high stack no?

Mosquito selling 853 Equilibrium framesets for £669, 853 Volare frameset (with Enve fork) for £979:

http://mosquito-bikes.co.uk/shop/special-offers/frames-2013-07-23

All those disc brake road bikes are butyfuck ugly. The only one which is passable is the c60.

Yes. More than the Orca. I'd take the Orca, please.

I'm not sure the Willier is 'out' yet. I can't find internet infos regarding it's existence.

There are tasty, proper race bikes in the pipeline but they're taking a while it seems.

want an s-works tarmac, can afford a canyon. sigh

do get some good deals on tarmacs on ebay though. and kinetix has ex-saxo full-red tarmacs for sale. hmmm

btw, volare 853 w/enve fork for 660£ here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genesis-Volare-853-Reynolds-853-Road-Bike-Frame-Full-Carbon-ENVE-Fork-2014-/131254359852?pt=UK_Health_Beauty_Fragrances_Women_s_Fragrances_PP&var=&hash=item1e8f5e972c

That's a staggering price.

Think it's cheaper than trade.

Equilibrium 20 framesets for £330 as well. Blimey.

at 5'10" (w/31" inseam) would the 52cm volare be too small? geometry looks compact

always trying to get on the smallest bike poss tbqh. big bike ugly bike

@JB is same height as you (i think) and he rides a 54 volare (i think)

Paul Milnes is a good guy to deal with too. I was just on the phone to him earlier.

Specialized competing with CAAD10 .. £800 for frameset

Except you can't get CAAD10 as a frameset for 2015 (UK that is).

Why? Weren't they oversubscribed for CAAD10?