Alleycat: scavenger hunts on bikes in the city--mainly fixed gears. We meet at a bar, drink some PBR and get handed a manifest (checkpoint list) when the race starts. First one back to the bar with all the right answers wins the purse of $5 that everyone threw in to race. Winner puts on the next race.

So should I just get this Specialized Allez Steel And be done with it? http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/...45678&eid=4350
Its not technically classic, but looks the part and I wouldn't have to deal with seat stay spacing for 9 speed cassettes and all that. Then, I could just upgrade the components/bike if I really liked road racing.