Originally Posted by
Bathwater
You're being hilariously obtuse here.
Oh hey, what's this? Spesh only hits 3 of 8 on their Rival bike:
Specialized Bicycle Components
And the previous Tarmac I linked only had 105 shifters and the RD.
This bike retails for $3,500. It has a lower tiered cassette and tons of in house components including the saddle, which according to this review is a total asshatchet. OMG SO MUCH JUNKY STUFF WHY CAN'T I HAVE NICE THINGS?!!??
Scott Addict 20 review - BikeRadar USA
We're not (or at least I'm not) talking about junky low end apex/rival bikes.
At the Ultegra level, it's pretty weak to advertise it as an ultegra bike when less than half of it is such.