Miradaman

Just acquired a very nice example of this and know nothing about it, other that it appears to my untrained eyes to possibly be some sort of triathalon bike. Not finding a lot of information online. Any good resources out there for older but not vintage Specialized road bikes?
Thanks in advance.

rsbob 

Pictures would be helpful

Miradaman

Miradaman

ok, is this enough to go by?

mstateglfr 

There are no resources for a 15 year old Specialized road bike, but really no resources for any year's bike if I understand how you use the word 'resources'. What are you looking for though, in terms of resources? Like do you want to know about the components or how to maintain it? If so- neither of those is unique to the bike as they are questions that have universal answers- maintaining that bike is nearly identical to any other road bike from the early 90s thru late 10s.

Your bike is a 2005 model, to be clear.
Its a road bike- you can obviously use it for triathlons, but it is not a tri specific/designed bike.
Its an aluminum frame, carbon fork, and has a 3x9 drivetrain.
https://bikeindex.org/bikes/3670

Miradaman

Just curious about the specs and the frame design. Thanks for correcting the model year and the link.

mstateglfr 

It's been 17 years, what's actually on the bike may be different from stock. That's easy enough to determine though since it's in front of you.
The fork had Zertz inserts which were advertised as vibration damping, but really do nothing. The seat tube shape is more aero, for what that's worth.

Miradaman

I was wondering what those weird rubber inserts were. Looks like they're in the seat post too.

Miradaman

Also, in terms of components it does look to still be stock.

mstateglfr 

Yup. In later years, the teens, Zertz inserts were on the seatstays and the seatpost had this goofy Adam's apple shape to it to help reduce vibration.
Then suddenly, Zertz disappeared because Specialized moved on to other ways to claim compliance and vibration reduction. Based on internet comments, Zertz had long run its course as a marketing tool.

To be clear, there is no harm in having them. It's not like they slow you down.

cyclezen

The Allez models were designed to be full on race bikes. Alu is sometimes preferred by some riders for short course races, such as Criteriums and circuit races.
The Dims were almost the same (by size) as the Tarmac models. Some small changes for adaptation to aluminum frame.
Geometry Geeks has the 2004 model of your bike in a 56cm size listed _ I expect it's pretty much identical.
Yours is obviously a bit bigger 58 or maybe even 60..
https://geometrygeeks.bike/bike/spec...t-triple-2004/
What you're seeing on the seat tube aero flare is trickle down from the earlier Top-O-Line models of the Sworks Tarmac.
Allez was not indented to be a Triath specific bike. But as noted by others; no reason it can't be used for Triath.
The bike, with good tires and components, wheels in good shape; is going to be a quick handling, excellent club racer.
Of course, the motor makes all the difference.
Ride On
Yuri

Camilo

It's a nice bike. Ride it. Learn to tune and maintain it. And red!

Miradaman

Yeah, I knew it was a quality bike and it looks like good fun. Hoping it fits me though, it's gigantic, 58 at least, maybe bigger. I intend to take it for a decent ride and see how it works for me. Hoping it's a keeper. Got it for free from a neighbor who was decluttering his garage.

veganbikes

The Allez Elite has generally been Specialized's entry level road bike generally it had decent enough components to give you a little performance gains but nothing exceptionally special. Not a bad bike through most years sometimes they dipped down to Tiagra instead of 105 but in the end a free bike is not a bad deal. Even if it sucked there is nothing real invested in it and you might could just get some money for a nice meal or alcohol or bike parts and the best is you get a nice bike out of it which it seems like you got.

I should clarify when I say entry level I do mean it, I don't just mean the bottom end as some people take it as (not calling anyone out at all). It is a bike that is a good place to start, decent enough to get you going and upgrade if desired but also reasonable enough to ride as is.

Inusuit

I wish I had neighbors like that. Nice bike.