Originally Posted by Ayers

My comments are based on 3 months and approx 1000 miles of Allez ownership. Ultimately I figured out that I had been fitted with too large of a frame and parted the bike out to build a smaller frame set up. I'm much more comfortable now having gone from a 61 to a 58. That's not got any reflection of the Allez though, just the acehole at the LBS that sold me too big of a bike when I didn't know any better as a newbie rider.

The Allez is a hot bike. It climbed very well and rewarded my effort with good performance. I highly recommend them, just make sure you buy it wanting a hot rod bike. It's not supple and it's not slow handling. I personally wouldn't want any sort of off road ride on one. And causal riding wasn't really good for me when I had it. I kept my old hybrid to ride with my wife. The Allez was a "get kitted up" bike which means I felt compelled to go ahead and put on my bib shorts and of course clip less shoes, whereas the old hybrid is more of a cargo short and Nike ride when the wife feels like going along.