The idea of a perfect road is a myth as theres always a chip a crack a rough patchyou name it. But with our all-new Roubaix Elite youll be taming wild asphalt without any extra effort. This is how road bikes were always meant to be. The frame is the lightest that weve ever made & its been constructed from our FACT 10r carbon fiber. Its stiffness levels are also off the charts & compared to the SL4 iteration of yesteryear youll experience a whole new faster & more efficient geometry. Through some engineering sorcery however weve managed to keep the same fit feel & position that weve all come to love from the SL4. Of course youre probably thinking "get on to the suspension thing up front." We call it Future Shock & essentially its a piston in the head tube with 20mm of travel. We developed this technology in partnership with McLaren Applied Technologies & the result of this are a host of drastic performance improvements namely in the vertical compliance department. Without giving a physics lecture we found that focusing on vertical compliance instead of fork splay meant that we could improve smoothness speed & comfort in one fell swoop. & of all the bikes that weve tested with our Rolling Efficiency Model the new Roubaix outperforms anything on the market. Featuring our Rider-First Engineered design that ensures every frame size has the same legendary responsiveness & smooth ride quality that youd expect from a Roubaix. The FACT 10r frameset is exceptional in every way offering the ideal blend of light overall weight & targeted stiffness. Meanwhile the all-new Future Shock "suspension" system at the cockpit delivers a revolutionary degree of comfort & control. A Roubaix Disc fork is built from our top-end FACT 11r carbon fiber for supreme stiffness strength & reactivity while a thru-axle design only stands to bolster all of the above. This Praxis Alba 2D crankset is perfect for tackling steep grades & rough roads & it also features supreme ramping for precise shifts between rings.FRAMEFACT 10r carbon Endurance Geometry Rider-First Engineered 12x 142mm thru-axle Future Shock suspension 20mm of travel FORKRoubaix disc FACT 11r carbon 12x 100mm thru-axle FRONT WHEELAxis Elite Disc thru-axle tubeless compatible REAR WHEELAxis Elite Disc thru-axle tubeless compatible INNER TUBES700x 20/28mm 40mm Presta valve FRONT TYRETurbo Pro 700x 26mm 60TPI folding bead Black Belt protection REAR TYRETurbo Pro 700x 26mm 60TPI folding bead Black Belt protection CRANKSETPraxis Alba CHAINRINGS50/34TSHIFT LEVERSShimano 105 STI 11-speed FRONT DERAILLEURShimano 105 braze-on REAR DERAILLEURShimano 105 long cage 11-speed CASSETTEShimano 105 11-speed 11-32t CHAINKMC X11 11-speed FRONT BRAKETektro Spyre dual pivot mechanical disc REAR BRAKETektro Spyre mechanical disc dual pivot HANDLEBARSSpecialized Hover Comp Alloy 15mm rise 125mm drop 75mm reach TAPES-Wrap Roubaix w/stickygel STEMSpecialized 3D forged alloy 4-bolt 7-degree rise SADDLEPhenom Comp GT hollow Cr-Mo rails 143mm SEATPOSTSpecialized CG-R FACT carbon single bolt 27.2mm