Written on: 20/05/2010
Great bit of kit; I thrash mine around the poorly surfaced roads in Shanghai everyday and train medium distance ~140km at weekends. All round best in class for the price and Specialised here in SH give a great service to go with it. Only problems that have already been mentioned in this article are the crappy wheel sets and the hardarse seat. One other thing that should be considered is a change of drivetrain bearings as I have heard form a number of sources that they are notoriously poor in the Allez. I have replaced mine with ABEC-7 SKF bearings.
If your thinking of buying a 1st road bike or a cheaper than carbon training bike that is going to see a lot of hard use then look no further.
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Ben Adam's Comment
Written on: 23/06/2010
I found this review very helpful because... i am looking at a variety of bikes, me and my mates are setting up a 5 times around the island over 5 days for cancer research and im looking for a bike to do that and i will also be using it all the time i already have a trek 1000 SL from 08 so i am almost certainly going to buy this bike