Originally Posted by D1andonlyDman

Sora shifts fine.

I rented a Specialized Sirrus in Maui last year from Maui Cycles (the frame was Aluminum, but with a Carbon fork and Zertz inserts in the rear stays). I was very pleasantly surprised with how well the bike performed and handled - it was much closer to my road racing bikes than it was to my MTB (which is an Aluminum Specialized HardRock Sport). Considering that this bike cost me less than half as much to rent as a Roubaix would have ($100 for 4 days, vs. $200), I thought it was a great economizing move. I put about 130 miles on the bike during the parts of 5 days (afternoon of day 1 to morning of day 5) that I had it, and I would definitely rent this one again if it was half the cost of a higher-end road bike.