15 best endurance road bikes 2021: All about the comfort!

Endurance bikes combine speed and comfort, and are great for long-distance cycling and smoothing rough roads. There’s a lot of choice in the market so to help you out I’ve picked 15 of the best and most interesting endurance road bikes.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
1:27 Specialized Roubaix
2:21 Trek Domane
3:20 Giant Defy
4:00 Ribble Endurance
4:34 BMC RoadMachine
5:18 Cannondale Synapse
6:04 Merida Scultura Endurance
6:49 Cervelo Caledonia
7:30 Canyon Endurace
8:10 Orbea Orca OMR
8:56 Orbea Avant
9:23 Scott Addict
9:58 Mason Definition
10:42 Fairlight Strael
11:15 Enigma Etape
11:56 Summary

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[HOBMACHINE]

bought the GIANT DEFY Endurance 1.0 at Xmas and am in love with it. I'm nearly 62, not what you'd call a skinny bloke (think of rolling 3 David's into making 1 me LOL ) and managed on Saturday last 148 km's in one go on it. Best £2, 300 I have ever spent. Keep up the great videos !!!

[MJarthur]

I’ve got the Trek Domane 2021 and must say, the versatility of multiple mounts for 3 bottle cages to mudguards and rack at the back is nice. I use this bike during the week as my transportation, but in the weekends I take off the rack/mudguards and 3th bottle cage together with my aero wheels/slim tires. Makes this one of the best “one for all bike”.

The lifetime guarantee on the frame gives me peace at mind.

[jimmansi]

6 months ago I bought a Trek Domane SL6 & love this bike, so comfortable & the compact gearing is awesome. Great for road & gravel & even light single track, great bike!

[michaelwarmer]

Just purchased a Giant Defy Advanced Pro 2. Beautiful bike. Comfort but still fast and responsive.

[discoverVNmusic]

Best endurance road bikes that you can't buy 2021 ;)

[kroko]

I just bought the ROSE REVEAL FOUR ULTEGRA. For a price of 2800€ with integrated cockpit and very good wheels tires you can't do anything wrong with it. So smooth and comfortable I really love it.

[soccerplayer]

For me the “one bike to rule them all” is the Cervelo Caledonia. I sold my Roubaix and bought the Caledonia instead. It’s been such a great bike so far. It’s incredibly fast with the carbon wheels I’ve installed. Personally I didn’t hate the suspension in the Roubaix, but really didn’t find a need for it. The Caledonia is very versatile too, with my carbon wheels and 28 mm tires for fast road rides and my cheap aluminum wheels with 33mm tires for gravel/ adventure/bad weather riding. If anyone’s thinking about the Caledonia, definitely buy it!

[dudefella]

Bought a Giant Defy Advanced Pro 1 (di2, 2020 model) this spring.. incredibly comfortable bike, and I’m still able to get into a decently aero position so I’m not catching all the wind. 10/10

[davemillet]

Scott Bikes don't get enough credit - I have a 2020 Addict SE (Shimano Di2 vs 2021 has SRAM) put 5000 miles on it last year and the Endurance bike does provide the comfort if fitted properly - I truly look forward to riding every chance I get.

[ericross]

No mention of the Bianchi Infinito CV ? Shocking. Would be top of my list.

[industryrule-]

I’ve repeatedly heard it said that the Canyon Endurace is showing it’s age but I don’t see it. I think it looks better than the models with dropped seat stays and it had aero shaping before other bikes in this category so it could be said it was ahead of the game. Then again it could be because I have one so I’m biased. 🤗

[alexcollins]

Brilliant content David. Whichever one you have, going tubeless is a game changer for comfort. Canyon VCLS split seatpost is a close second for reducing the buzz 🐝 from the road surface.

[jamesjt]

I brought the specialized allez elite, me being a heavy rider of 115kg I must say with a decent pair of bib shorts it is very comfortable and very good value for money at £1, 250

[Gabepedaler]

So many beautiful and capable bikes. Oh which to choose. 😬

[ivangsvts]

Excellent video. These types of bikes should be ridden by the majority of people, they would love even more cycling. It would be great to have a deeper review of some of them.

[warlock_]

Just got my first endurance trek domane al 2 disc🤙🏻🤙🏻

[robertovelasio]

Only because I’ve just got a Trek Emonda sl6 pro otherwise, no doubt, I would buy a Domane
Thanks for your reviews, always useful. Cheers

[jameshoward]

Can't go wrong with a Defy. Surprisingly fast (I've bagged the odd segment without knowing) and the best built big factory carbon bike. Now my all year training bike. Comfy, light, stiff, fast, well made. THE GT bike. Etape is good too - super durable, but can't match the Giant for speed. Specialized and Trek are now just gimmicky messes, though wide tyre capability on the Trek is good. Cervelo and Cannondale would be good if their bottom brackets worked... If you don't mind the weight (and if you just ride for pleasure, not performance, why should you?), steel is sublime. The best ride quality, super tough, but chips and rusts if you're not careful.

[LeoInterHyenaem]

Wow! All area impressively pretty: even the least attractive of them (i.e., the Mason & the Cervélo) are still quite handsome. I probably prefer the Scott, thee Synapse, the Domane & the titanium bike (followed by the Merida) the finest-looking of the lot by a small margin. Lovely bikes!

[BTcycle]

I went with the Orbea Ocra OMR as my first bike. Excited to get it this fall.