Originally Posted by
Bosock
Bike is also very stable and the geometry is excellent for staying seated and climbing. However, for that comfort and stability you do trade off some of the quick handling you find on race bikes and some other models...various models of endurance bikes range at different points on the stability-comfort-handling scale...
Do try before you buy. I was set on buying an endurance bike, because it'd be ridden on double centuries and brevets, however after a 30mi+ ride on a familiar loop, I was left feeling the Roubaix was a really stiff version of my 25 year old Trek loaded touring bike. I've settled on getting a disc Tarmac instead.