Originally Posted by
dksix
Can everything but weight be equal now? Last I considered a disc road bike price was very different between disc and caliper brakes. I'd be surprised to be able to buy a both an Ultegra caliper and Ultegra disc bikes for the same price. I would have expect that to be upwards of a $500 difference.
With some bikes it can, which surprised me as well. The MSRP on both the Tarmac Comps, disc and rim, is $3000. The weight difference is noticeable picking the bikes up as well but likely would be less so if they both had the "same" wheelset. That may be where they cut some cost on the disc, spec'ing it with the Axis wheels and the rim with DT Swiss wheels? Everything else on the bikes is the same though, except the colors available.