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Old 08-11-10, 08:37 AM
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Inertianinja
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Let me just suggest, based on my own experience, that you NOT get a flat bar bike it fitness hybrid.

If you want to make your Allez less aggressive, that's easy.
You can't make a flat bar much more aggressive.
I learned this the hard way, with my Jamis Allegro which I quickly "outgrew" and ended up selling in favor of a Felt F3.

Also, drop bar bikes give you tons of hand positions.
On a flat bar, on longer rides, many people get uncomfortable fast. Typically this results in numbness, wrist and elbow pain.

Go for a road bike if you want to ride on the road more than 15 miles at a time.

Think Trek 1.5 or 2.1, specialized sectaur or roubaix or crux (cross bike), felt Z series, etc
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