Old 11-15-18, 01:16 PM
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I feel like the Alpinas have largely gone out of style though. While they are still super stiff, they are very deep. Many (most?) high-end carbon frames have gone with incredibly short head tubes, meaning one has to run a lot of spacers and an upturned stem to get the hand position right on those Alpinas, compared with a shorter drop bar like Look or Scatto.

Older frames and many of the aluminum offerings still have fairly tall head tubes, so the Alpinas work better there.

Also, I found the 33s to be way too narrow for my liking.
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