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With Pre-Order, you can purchase the latest items added to our store in advance of them arriving with us.
Your Pre-Order is prioritised (at no additional charge); meaning that as soon as the product arrives with us, we can wrap it straight back up; ready for collection via Click & Collect or despatch to you — it often never even hits the stock room shelves!
With Pre-Launch, the date when we expect to receive the product ourselves is still a little too hazy to be confident in accepting Pre-Orders.
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Season:2018
Brand:Specialized
Code:236987253534
The super-light frame has been constructed from FACT 10r carbon fiber. Its stiffness levels are also off the charts and compared to the sl4 iteration of yesteryear you'll experience a whole new faster and more efficient geometry. Through some engineering sorcery however they've managed to keep the same fit, feel and position that we've all come to love from the sl4 and kept it consistent throughout the size-range due to their rider-first engineered construction that provides a uniform experience for all riders regardless of their frame size so everyone receives the exact same intended performance targets.
Of course you're probably thinking "get on to the suspension thing up front." Specialized call it future shock and essentially it's a piston in the head tube with 20mm of travel. They developed this technology in partnership with McLaren applied technologies and 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 they could improve smoothness, speed and comfort in one fell swoop. And of all the bikes that tested with their rolling efficiency model the new Roubaix outperforms anything on the market.
Lastly they spec'd it with awesome components like Ultegra 8000 11-speed mechanical shifting, 8020 hydraulic disc brakes and ultra-tough Roval SLX 24 wheels that have been cased in turbo Pro 28mm tires.