To compare with the 2025 Allez above, here's my 2005 Specialized Allez Elite Triple.
Saw it on CL cheap and noticed the aero seat tube. In the catalog for that year, only the metal matrix, made in USA, Allez had the aero seat tube.
And a polished frame? Had to get it.


First VIRTUAL 56 frame I had seen labeled LARGE.
BAD NEWS was that it was A1 aluminum, probably Taiwan, and chrome paint.
Still too cheap to walk away from.

In the near future, we should probably be ready to consider any bike without "pedal assist" vintage.