2013 Specialized Roubaix Road Bike - First Look from Bicycle World RGV, Harlingen Tx

July 28, 2012 - PRLog -- Specialized has done it again with the new 2013 Roubaix, their best-selling race and endurance bike series. The popularity of endurance bikes is growing and Specialized’s Roubaix bikes are enduringly popular.

Specialized designed and tested a number of different innovations over the past year, including putting suspension in the back of the new Roubaix. They developed several of these and the 2013 model is the final result of their creativity and meticulous research. The goal was to make the 2013 Roubaix faster than ever.

According to Henry Roberts, owner of Bicycle World RGV, "Major changes included notably, size-specific steerer tubes, which are 30 g lighter, and according to Specialized, result in forks that are 20% more compliant. The tubing sizes and layups have also been made size-specific, improving both comfort and performance."

The Zertz vibration reducing inserts keep getting better and better.  For 2013 the newly designed Zertz seatstays are straighter, giving more rigidity while still absorbing vibrations.  Roberts comments that,  "The Zerts elastomer insert is redesigned to make layup easier and increase consistency.  A key component of a bike that you intend to use for 50 or 100 miles a day has to be comfort, and reduction of vibration to the hands.  Zertz has offered a real breakthrough in this area."

Bicycle World has three stores in McAllen, Harlingen, and Brownsville, Tx.  They have begun to receive early shipments of many 2013 bikes.  You can check their website at hetp://www.BicycleWorldRGV.com for current arrivals or call the main store phone number, 956-423-3168, to see if the new Specialized bike you are waiting for has arrived.