I have an Allez, too! A 2005 Allez Sport (aluminum) that I use as a commuter. The Allez is great, but the Roubaix, like you said, is so smooth and yet so responsive. I'm not sure I agree about the quiet factor, but our Allez's are separated by two decades.

Still no pics of my Roubaix to post. Maybe someone will take a picture of my bike for me in two weeks at the "pie" ride.

those are the exact same things that sold me for the roubaix. its a good frame. my fondriest would be nice on rather smooth surfaces, but around here its kinda rare so if I did around 80-100km my arms and legs would really start to buzz a bit. with the roubaix nothing of this. it soaks up everything. puts a smile on my face

Hey Jason,

Yeah I think that 20 years makes a difference all right! I hadn't even test ridden any bikes at all until the day I bought my Pro and it was the first one I tried out. I think I only rode the others to say I tried a few out, but I was sold on the Pro in a New York minute. Hopefully and probably there will be aabout a dozen camera's on the Pie Ride, so we should get a pic of your bike somewhere out there.

I don't know if you read it, but OC is going to loan me a compact crank (a really nice one too, that kind of scares me) for the ride...what a guy, huh!

By the way, you need to remove the "slow climber" from you sig, it's a dirty lie.

Ralph

Yeah, I know I already posted my bike in this thread, as well as several others , but I like this one much more than just leaning it against a wall or garage door. I also made the terrible mistake of not putting the chain on the big ring for the pic

uhm.... so is that another rule i didn't know about (and that i also have broken in ALL the pics i've ever taken of my bike! )

gorgeous pic!!!!!

HEY!?! aren't you supposed to remove the water bottles???

I was just going to mention water bottles before you edited your post...

I like to photograph road/race bikes as naked as possible. That means no saddles bags as well...

Yeah, I saw about the compact. Glad to see you can get your equipment needs sorted out. As for "slow climber", I'll probably change that in a few months.

That's a gorgous spot for taking pics... Nice shot...

Thanks, but now you have be wishing that I had stripped the bottles off first . It wasn't exactly my train of thought after the freezing climb up.

my bottle especially stand out.. they're stark white polars! i didn't take my saddle bag off.. but at the time i took my pics i was using a bento bag to hold my cell phone/keys/etc.. and took that off! also decided to leave it off.. cuz the little sob was actually "scuffing" the paint! how DARE it!?!

He..He..He... ...some of us 'claim' to be slow climbers, including Caligurl, but I bet when time comes you guys are just gonna blow some of us by on the pie ride........I'll be happy just to finish the ride by sun down...
In fact, I'm bringing along a set of blinkies...

I had one of these on my previous bike for 2 or 3 rides. Then I noticed it was KILLING my shorts when I was climbing out of the saddle so I dumped it. Oh well it was pretty nice for carrying stuff like Powerbars and cell phones.

Ummmmmm...you mean versus correct?

Yea yea yea.

no.. trust me.. i don't play that saying "i'm slow" game when i'm really fast just to sucker people in.. i'm NOT fast!!!! when i say it... i really mean it! plus... as i said in another thread.. i must be the only person who took up cycling and gained weight.. so i have those extra pounds to pull up the hill (ok ok ok.. so my bike "lost" a few pounds! ) but no... i have ENDURANCE.. i don't have SPEED!

however i am trying to work on having more speed.. but i'll never be able to keep up with the majority of you guys that are regular riders!!!!!

Sorry chopper, I just couldn't help it
You still rock....no worries.
I gotta say that is one sweet bike, I'm lovin' that colour scheme.

Cheers,

Brian

woooaa thats a nice background . i would love to ride there.

Here's my Roubaix....

04 Roubaix Comp
Ultegra 9
Stronglight Vulcan Compact 50/34
Topolino Wheelset
Zero Gravity Brakes
Nokon Cables
FSA K-wing Bars
S-works Pave post
Toupe Saddle
16lbs even on Alpine scale

RoBeast - Sweet bike...all of these great looking black ones sort of makes me wish I had gone with the 05 Pro over the 06 Comp.

I prefer black as well. What was the MSRP and the best price you were able to find on an '05 Pro frame?

Well my LBS had a demo frame/fork they wanted to sell me for $980. They still have it. I went with the 06 because at the time I liked the color a lot better and it came with a number of parts I thought I would use (seat post, saddle, stem) that the Pro frame didn't come with...plus it would be NEW vs have a few hundred miles on it with some chips. In retrospect maybe I should have gone the other way...but I am happy with what I have.

i lusted after the 05 pro.... FLAT black.... LOVE it! but they only made the comp version of the ruby in black.... so i ended up with a ruby colored bike instead.. (which has really grown on me)... but i still LOVE black bikes!!!!! (especially flat black!)

I paid $800 for my Pro frame, fork, headset and seat post, all brand new.

I know this isn't the best picture but here is my new 06 Pro. I had the stem flipped but trying it like this due to some neck problems. Picture to big for here so follow link.

https://www.bikejournal.com/images/Feltrider100_0410.jpg

Hey RoBeast, we have the same bike and the same wall color

here is mine
all stock, with shimano 959 pedals
How do you all like your Specialized Alias saddle, anyone can give me feedback ????