Bicycle recommendation needed

Ah! I feared that some Madone owner would get mad at me. That's cool, but in all fairness, the OP doesn't sound like they're ready for such a hot bike.

It was my understanding that all the C'dale frames, other than the Synapse Carbon models, were made in the Pennsylvania factory. This is definitely true as of the 2007, but I'm not sure what changes they've made for 08.

Do you race?