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You got it right Mario...sleeping was not easy last night! Aaaaaawesome bike!! Very glad I went with the Cannondale. I just need to get more used to the saddle!

I ended up getting the 56cm Cannondale! It does seem to be the better bike and at a good price of R18500 (although they are both really nice bikes!) Tankman...well there isn't a Shimano BB30 crank and it also came with an Ultegra rear derailer. Agreed the Giant is probably a little more aero...but both being road bikes they will never be like the real thing...have to settle with hopefully the best all rounder. Can't wait to test ride it tomorrow!

Is there a salt water pool around that you can swim in? Or a dam? (like Silvermine Dam in Cape Town) And/or make sure you rinse it off well after

Yea I would look to upgrade the wheels in the future gummibear. Agreed CAAD4 (I see you are not biased at all )

I am not too worried about a little bit of weight difference. So far I am still leaning towards the Cannondale way...

Thanks Gman. It is just out of my price range for now...that would also be close to the Cannondale 105's usual price. Would love to go the Ultegra root...an option would be to wait a while and do that.

Trying to decide between the 2012 Cannondale SuperSix 5 and the 2012 Giant TCR Comp 2. The Cannondale has: More Traditional frame Full 105 groupset Mavic Aksium Wheels The Giant has: Compact frame design Ultegra shifters & rear derailer 105 front derailer Rest of the groupset is 'generic' Shimano componenets Giant wheels You can see the detailed specs here if you wish: http://www.skatz.co....-SuperSix-5.pdf http://www.skatz.co....t-TCR-Comp2.pdf I can get the Cannondale for R1000 more then the Giant. I am planing to use the bike for normal riding/races and for triathlons/ironman. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks