£1000-1500 First road bike

They list GURU as the 'worlds most advanced' when it's based on 2D measurements on a fit-bike.

I always believed RETUL was the most advanced, it being measured 3D and the majority of the time on an actual bike, quite often the riders own.

But I guess £99 is a good investment if you've not previously had a fit - anything will be an improvement.
 
I visited Sigma Sport yesterday. I was recommended the following bikes based on requirements and they will do a proper sizing worth £35. Apparently it is basically left to aesthetics to decide between the lot.

Specialized Tarmac Sport
Cannondale SuperSix Evo 105 5
Trek Emonda S 5
Focus Cayo 7.0

By comparison I went into On Your Bike at London Bridge and they swung me over a 52cm Trek and said "looks about right". Wasn't particularly confident on their assessment!

So now I have the above to consider plus the TCR Advanced 1/2 and the Cube Agree GTC Race (haven't managed to test the GTC Race yet).

Tough decision!
 
And now to further confuse me I've been told I should consider bikes like the Roubaix unless I've been road riding a couple of years already. My concern there is having to upgrade relatively soon...
 
Roubaix is a good bike, it's a bit more comfy while still having race winning pedigree. Also you can fit some mudguards to it for winter riding. I almost got one :p

Guess you gotta decide on what you want to do with the bike? weekend riding, racing, sportives etc.

If you've not ridden before then you wont have the core strength to stay in a really low aggressive bike position so you'll probably end up with a bunch of stem spacers on stuff like the Tarmac and SuperSix anyway.
 
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