just purchased an 09 allez elite - new to cycling and have been doing indoor spin for about a year and half - time to get on a 'real' bike - looking forward to this summer with my new bike! stock everything except installed beefier rear tire (mavic sp?) and put some shimano spd pedals on it. I was warned about the 'no name' brakes but they seemed fine in the test ride. big fan of this forum gave me some background to work with.