Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025: Test, Review, Pros, Cons, Issues, Performance, Opinions, Everything You Really Need to Know

Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025: Test, Review, Pros, Cons, Issues, Performance, Opinions, Everything You Really Need to Know

Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025: Build Quality Review

The Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 has excellent overall build quality. It isn't cheap, costing around €8,000, but the frame is well-made, with good size availability and color options.

The quality of the components used is great. It's a shame the weight remains slightly high at around 7.90 kg, on par with less expensive competitors. Although it's not a budget bike, the value for money is decent, especially considering it's one of the few endurance road bikes that holds its value well on the used market.

Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025: Frame Review

The Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 frame is a very solid, well-made product with a wide range of sizes and good overall build quality. The frame weight isn't low, coming in at 7.90 kg, which isn't light by any means, but some direct competitors don't do any better.

It remains a high-quality road bike that's expensive to buy and maintain, with high-cost replacement parts. However, it also comes with valid technical support, an excellent warranty, and readily available spare parts. Ultimately, everything has a cost.

Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025: Component Build Review

The range of available builds is comprehensive, with very good build quality and components in every version. The prices remain high, as does the weight, which exceeds 9 kg in the most affordable version. As always, the technical and performance difference between the entry-level and the top-of-the-line model is significant.

The Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 version is an excellent compromise between price and performance.

Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025: Comfort Review

While the price may be criticized, the ride comfort cannot. It has always been a strong point of the Specialized Roubaix and remains so in this Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 version. The bike is very comfortable, thanks to its excellent ability to absorb vibrations and impacts from rough asphalt. The seatpost's ability to absorb bumps and vibrations is equally effective.

Overall, the ride comfort of the Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 is excellent, allowing it to be considered one of the best bikes in its price range. Long distances on very rough roads are completely feasible, and there are no better alternatives at this price.

Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025: Riding Experience Review

The Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 doesn't change its riding philosophy, which is based on maximum safety, stability, and ease of handling. It is a very safe, stable, easy-to-ride, and intuitive endurance road bike.

After the first few meters, it feels like you've been riding it forever, just like all Specialized Roubaix bikes. Stability at high speeds is excellent, as is stability when riding over rough asphalt. Braking stability is also excellent. It's perfectly stable and precise, easy to control even on wet asphalt and cobblestones.

It's not very sensitive to crosswinds and is very easy to ride on long, windy stretches of road. It's also pleasant to ride on winding roads. The only drawback is that it's not very agile and is slow to turn on tight corners, but it always feels like it's riding on a rail.

The Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 is one of the safest endurance road bikes to ride, even better than the top-of-the-line version because it's even more stable and precise at high speeds.

Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025: Performance Review

The frame of the Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 is not new. Its high weight limits its overall performance, which is still very high and excellent for its category.

The Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 doesn't have a weak point; it performs well everywhere, even on climbs, with the only limitation being its considerable weight.

However, it's on descents that the Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 really shines: it's excellent, precise, and safe, with an absolutely benchmark-setting stability, as if it's on a rail. Performance on very rough asphalt is also excellent, allowing for fast, safe, and comfortable riding.

Ultimately, the Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 is just a few grams too heavy, and some direct competitors do better, but they are less comfortable. It's a very competitive endurance bike.

Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025: Pros and Cons

The Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 has proven to be a very competitive and comfortable endurance road bike. There have been improvements over the previous version in both performance and comfort, but it's also true that the improvements don't justify the cost of upgrading, and the weight remains high.

However, the Specialized Roubaix SL8 Pro SRAM FORCE AXS 2025 remains a benchmark among endurance bikes, even if almost €9,000 is a considerable amount. It performs well and is competitive on any course, with no rivals among other endurance bikes in the same price range. On descents and rough asphalt, it's competitive against the best road bikes.

As for the cons, its weight, price, and what we consider to be a dated aesthetic are the main ones.

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Note: The photo does not show the specific bike that was tested.