“ Specialize Allez – Asking $500 “ Looking to do my first half Ironman in 12-16 months. Not quite sure what to look for.
by Charming-Opposite127
“ Specialize Allez – Asking $500 “ Looking to do my first half Ironman in 12-16 months. Not quite sure what to look for.
by Charming-Opposite127
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Sizing and setup is super important on a road bike, so look up some guides and get a good idea of what you’re looking for before you commit to anything. Allez are decent bikes, but this is quite an old model, pre 2010 I think so this would be a pretty steep asking price for it imo.
It has Tri bars on but don’t be fooled into thinking that’s a big selling point, you can put this type of bar on anything pretty cheaply but it’s not necessarily super desirable for a beginner anyway. You can’t control the brakes or gears from those bars, and you probably wouldn’t be any faster in them anyway. They require a lot of flexibility and setup to actually get anything like an aero position, and even then you won’t be able to put much power down without a lot of training and practice. Riding the bike normally may not make you look like a “triathlete”, but you will be more comfortable, you’ll find out a lot easier to breathe and you’ll probably end up going faster overall because of it. Competitions often have different classifications for road bikes vs TT bikes anyway.
Just make sure you’re not using the tri bars to make the bike fit you, I saw some genius on Facebook who made a several paragraph diatribe about how everyone should use tri bars, how he wasn’t able to get a “pro fit” until he did.
In the pics he looked like a horse jockey riding a 63cm
If it was me, the first thing I would do is rip those things off, they’re meant for an extremely rolled forward position in conjunction with a tri seat for very short, fast time trial rides.