You didn't do badly at all. If it's actually a 10-speed, then it was upgraded at some time, since they were originally spec'd as 8-speed. I owned a '93 Allez "Comp" for several years. If it had been 2cm larger, it would never have been pried away from me. It was the lightest steel frame I've ever owned. I only sold the frameset (for $185, BTW) because once I realized my shaved-leg days were over, I also realized that my more-relaxed riding was better done on a slightly larger frame.

The aluminum fork was not my favorite, but it had a nicely shaped crown and worked just fine. I recall the Allez getting rave reviews from the bike mags at the time. Specialized was being very tight-lipped about the source of the "Direct Drive" tubeset, with its long-pointed lugs, and mags were describing it as "pseudo-Italian."

I was still young enough then that I was doing some occasional age-group racing, and often trained with a group of Cat 3/4 kids. The bike gave nothing away at all. Its motor was its only shortcoming.