Show off your Specialized Allez
12-09-15, 03:25 PM
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Show off your Specialized Allez
Post up your Allez pics. I would love to see them. Old or new.
I can't be the only person who has an Allez fetish. Ever since the film "America Fliers", I have been hooked. I'm looking to add a 2015 or a 2016 Allez to my stable this year unless I find a deal I can't pass up on something else.
OK on with the Allez Porn.
1995 Allez Sport
1993 Allez PRO
1986 Allez SE Jim Merz Edition
I can't be the only person who has an Allez fetish. Ever since the film "America Fliers", I have been hooked. I'm looking to add a 2015 or a 2016 Allez to my stable this year unless I find a deal I can't pass up on something else.
OK on with the Allez Porn.
1995 Allez Sport
1993 Allez PRO
1986 Allez SE Jim Merz Edition
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12-09-15, 03:30 PM
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My old 93 Pro I haul back from Oregon looks pretty good...for a Specialized. lol. Oh my God what am I saying??? Hahaha.
12-09-15, 03:33 PM
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I picked up the frame just days before left Oregon because it was such a good deal. Was full 8spd Tri Color 600. The group went to another C&V member and now Cory has this and I ended up with some green backs.
12-10-15, 05:13 AM
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Post up your Allez pics. I would love to see them. Old or new.
I can't be the only person who has an Allez fetish. Ever since the film "America Fliers", I have been hooked. I'm looking to add a 2015 or a 2016 Allez to my stable this year unless I find a deal I can't pass up on something else.
OK on with the Allez Porn.
1995 Allez Sport
1993 Allez PRO¡
I can't be the only person who has an Allez fetish. Ever since the film "America Fliers", I have been hooked. I'm looking to add a 2015 or a 2016 Allez to my stable this year unless I find a deal I can't pass up on something else.
OK on with the Allez Porn.
1995 Allez Sport
1993 Allez PRO¡
12-10-15, 06:25 AM
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I have a crazy collection of Allez from 1981 to 2000 but here's the one that recently topped my list, a 1986 with Tange Prestige tubing and "new" Dura Ace. This bike rides sooo well!
IMG_5828
by Jim Harris, on Flickr
IMG_5828by Jim Harris, on Flickr
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12-10-15, 06:28 AM
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Wow. I didn't know the Allez line included such beauties. Just wow. It would top about any list.
I have a crazy collection of Allez from 1981 to 2000 but here's the one that recently topped my list, a 1986 with Tange Prestige tubing and "new" Dura Ace. This bike rides sooo well!
IMG_5828
by Jim Harris, on Flickr
IMG_5828by Jim Harris, on Flickr
12-10-15, 08:17 PM
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IMG_5248 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
12-11-15, 12:36 AM
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Cool. I distinctly remember when I saw my first Allez.
Murdoch's Bicycle in Goleta, California. Would have been 1981/1982. There was this blue frameset from a company with a strange name hanging on the wall right next to the purple Guerciotti frameset. My brothers and I were not excited by the Allez, but the Guerciotti had our hearts pounding!
Murdoch's Bicycle in Goleta, California. Would have been 1981/1982. There was this blue frameset from a company with a strange name hanging on the wall right next to the purple Guerciotti frameset. My brothers and I were not excited by the Allez, but the Guerciotti had our hearts pounding!
12-11-15, 07:50 AM
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Post up your Allez pics. I would love to see them. Old or new.
I can't be the only person who has an Allez fetish. Ever since the film "America Fliers", I have been hooked. I'm looking to add a 2015 or a 2016 Allez to my stable this year unless I find a deal I can't pass up on something else.
OK on with the Allez Porn.
1995 Allez Sport
1993 Allez PRO
1986 Allez SE Jim Merz Edition
I can't be the only person who has an Allez fetish. Ever since the film "America Fliers", I have been hooked. I'm looking to add a 2015 or a 2016 Allez to my stable this year unless I find a deal I can't pass up on something else.
OK on with the Allez Porn.
1995 Allez Sport
1993 Allez PRO
1986 Allez SE Jim Merz Edition
Cool. I distinctly remember when I saw my first Allez.
Murdoch's Bicycle in Goleta, California. Would have been 1981/1982. There was this blue frameset from a company with a strange name hanging on the wall right next to the purple Guerciotti frameset. My brothers and I were not excited by the Allez, but the Guerciotti had our hearts pounding!
Murdoch's Bicycle in Goleta, California. Would have been 1981/1982. There was this blue frameset from a company with a strange name hanging on the wall right next to the purple Guerciotti frameset. My brothers and I were not excited by the Allez, but the Guerciotti had our hearts pounding!
IMG_5734 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
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12-11-15, 12:47 PM
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Frogbutter - that's a nice collection! Someday I'd like to have a 1990's Allez Pro in my collection also. I like the "Designed in California" decal with the USA background.
Erzulis Boat - I remember Murdoch's but I spent more time downtown at Hendrickson's in the loft!
IMG_5734 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Erzulis Boat - I remember Murdoch's but I spent more time downtown at Hendrickson's in the loft!
IMG_5734 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
I got my Faggin at Hendrickson's!Sorry for the derail guys...................just remembering simpler times!
12-11-15, 01:54 PM
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However I believe the biggest difference is the frame geometry and tubing. The Sport carries a kinda generic Cro-Mo decal and the PRO and the SE have the Specialized Racing Tubing decals.
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I'm happy to say that I own more Steel then Carbon. My Stable! ---> https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVZBep7
12-15-15, 08:17 AM
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I'm really tempted to copy the yellow theme of your cousin's bike, never would have though of it myself but it works really well.
12-22-15, 04:15 PM
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How do the carbon tube frames ride? I'm thinking about picking up one, just not sure about the ride quality.
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12-23-15, 07:36 PM
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I have to say, between the the steel and the carbon, the carbon was much smoother. We have poor roads around here, lots of heavy truck traffic courtesy of rock trucks and tanker trucks. The steering is twitchy, it'll track straight down the road but even the slightest steering input and it wants to immediately dart into that direction.
I think I really lucked out with the Allez, it just glides and it is silent. Take this with a grain of salt, one I'm very new to road bikes, and I'm still a bit starry eyed from actually getting this bike. I think they are very pretty.
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I love my '93 Allez Pro. Have seen only Jim's signature on an Allez NDS chain stay and w/o "Designed by", can't remember colors, bike in question could have been a respray, it was gorgeous.
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in the queue for a total refresh.
yes those hideous white tires will be gone and the proper superbe levers will be sourced.
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Ok I'll bite
93 Sport that was too small at 56 cm, so I refurbed and sold on this summer
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93 Sport that was too small at 56 cm, so I refurbed and sold on this summer
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