Any good aluminum frames that are closer to what an Allez E5 cost 3 years ago?
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Any good aluminum frames that are closer to what an Allez E5 cost 3 years ago?
Allez frames are $975 now. No thanks. I'm wanting to build up a beater potential race bike with microshift and some cheaper handbuilt wheels. What options are their for budget minded AL frames?
So far I'm aware of the
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Cinelli Experience
So far I'm aware of the
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Just as an owner of an Xperience, it is a brutally stiff frame. Buyer beware.
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Also, how tall are you? RA cycles has a Felt F1R 60cm scandium / al frame for $600. That is deal of the century, in my opinion. It is my size, but I have sufficient aluminum in my diet.
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Get what you want:
Specialized Allez E5 Smartweld 56cm Project Black Inc Matte Black Fact Carbon Fo | eBay
Specialized Allez E5 Smartweld 56cm Project Black Inc Matte Black Fact Carbon Fo | eBay
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On the Xperience, I ride 25's on A23 wide rims at 95-100 psi. That change let me survive 50 mile rides versus the 25 mile previous barrier. I have talked to several other BF Xperience owners, and they have had similar experiences. Everyone of them is using wide rims or tubulars. I just bought a carbon seat post to see if that helps. I could not envision a 100 mile ride on the Cinelli, and I am a guy who routinely rides 100-150 miles on other aluminum frames.
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On the Xperience, I ride 25's on A23 wide rims at 95-100 psi. That change let me survive 50 mile rides versus the 25 mile previous barrier. I have talked to several other BF Xperience owners, and they have had similar experiences. Everyone of them is using wide rims or tubulars. I just bought a carbon seat post to see if that helps. I could not envision a 100 mile ride on the Cinelli, and I am a guy who routinely rides 100-150 miles on other aluminum frames.
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Orange is faster. 
That is my caveat, I have the Xperience, you are looking at an Experience, and I have heard the same thing from marketing, but have talked to no actual Experience owners.
That is my caveat, I have the Xperience, you are looking at an Experience, and I have heard the same thing from marketing, but have talked to no actual Experience owners.
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wanna buy a used frame? I'm considering dropping my Blue Rc4Al for a winter build project (something like a Soma Smoothie or Mr Pink, but I digress). It's a crit bike all the way, yet "comfy" enough that I've done more than a fair share of centuries...
--warning, old pic, but the frame is the same...
https://static.flickr.com/115/279677159_e2bda10496.jpg
--warning, old pic, but the frame is the same...
https://static.flickr.com/115/279677159_e2bda10496.jpg
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