QUOTE(CoMMie @ Aug 16 2013, 10:49 AM)
yeah price is different
my worry is if i take that 1st option and i upgrade the components later the total cost will be equivalent to getting the 2nd option minus the carbon frame.
let's look at it this way.. on the 105 team carbon... there might be a chance you upgrade the wheel and leave the majority of the components as it is... +- 10k the whole bike..
on the apex road comp... there is also the same chance (albeit a higher chance) to upgrade the wheels making it the around 7-8k...
the major question is, do you prefer SRAM in the first place as the road comp is sram equipped although the entry level group... and yes, there is possibility that you might swap some parts out even if you prefer SRAM on the road comp but it should not result in as much as RM3k unless you upgrade the entire group to a higher end one... in that case, the same applies to the team carbon as it is also only equipped with the work horse group from shimano..
so, the question is not which is better.. the question is, if you will be itchy handed come to a couple months after owning the bike as both bikes have stuff that can potentially be bettered...
and after all that.. still comes to the question of the frame after all your upgrades where it might become a bottle neck...
if you say you are worried about trashing your first bike like crashing and damaging it.. the alloy one would be of a safer choice compared to a carbon one... but other than that... there is not much reason to get the alloy one is money is not of a constraint...and even to damage a carbon one.. you need a cataclysmic crash with most probably put you in the hospital as well to make that happen..