These were the two bikes I cross-shopped. I ended up with the Allez Sprint since I got a better deal on it. It's my only road bike experience, but it's easy to sense that it's overly stiff when traversing imperfect pavement. I suggest adding tubeless wheels asap- if you go that route. It takes a significant amount of the harshness out. Also, there's a bunch of toe overlap on this bike.