I am no where near as experienced with the myriad of bikes out there like some others may be, but I really enjoy my C3. It's a few years old and although I don't have as many kms on it as I would like it rides great and I have never had any issues with it. For what its worth the shop I purchased it from also sells Trek, Specialized, Cannondale among many other brands and would claim Cervelo is of higher quality than the offerings from a lot of other brands.