Why An Aluminium Frame? | Specialized Allez Sprint | Oompa Loompa Cycling E26
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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A very well put together bike. It’s cool that that with the alloy frame, it comes with S WORKS carbon components.
The smart weld system is very clever. Might not look great with the bulging welds, but the stiffness of the BB and head tube area is right up there.
If you are wondering why only his left portion of his body is in frame, he did not want to be on camera and I had to somehow try to conceal his face. Not the best way, I know, I will think of some other angles next time. Good for you guys who have knee fetishes' (left knee to be precise).
hmm actually if that is the case, you can just focus fully on the bike. I think it is ok to have just the narration since in the moving shots we do get glimpses of the rider.
Lol
great edit. to have the external cable at the bottom bracket, gnarly
It’s ok it’s not hydraulic u won’t die
it just for the shifer cable. even losing both of them worst case scenario would be u have a fixie instead of rb.
Gorgeous bicycle. Wonderful to see a rim brakes bicycle, much better looking than Sagan's version.
An out of saddle sprint will only point out that you have spacers under the stem and the steerer tube will flex there. Carbon stems are mainly for integration, unless you go for ultralight stuff like Darimo, but difference in stiffness between carbon and alloy stems is impossible to notice.
lucky guy owning a rim brake version of this, hard to fine one that's being sold that's not overpriced
i am currently using one of this , red + alloy color though.. very fast bike, i prefer this one over my older wilier cento1sr carbon bike.. yes it can be too harsh sometime but i like the liveliness of this bike.. and mine is around 7.3-7.4 full bike with pedal and two bottle cages + 50/85mm ws
Great stuff. Allez sprint, one of the fast bike around the market.. hope to see caad12/caad13 in the future.
Interesting to see a local episode on alloy frame, and the Italia colour fork is very eyes catching.
I’m also riding an alloy bike CAAD12 (upgraded from CAAD8), and went thru the journey of upgrading from 105 groupset to Ultegra and now SRAM Force AXS eTap. Wheelset also upgraded from Mavic alloy to Mavic Carbon to Winspace Hyper 38.
A good alloy frame do hold up well to all these upgrades and remain a special bread.
Hope to see more varieties of frameset including Ti frame, steel frame and other alloy frames
Can I film ur bike
@@OompaLoompaCycling it’s 3.5 years old, u can take a look to see if worth filming 😜
@@mkche9124 sure just send me a message on Instagram
The bottom bracket shell actually consists of three pieces brazed together: left & right halves and a sleeve.
stiffness is good in a frame compliance shud come from the saddle and post if not the rims.
Its a nice frame for crit
Nice sharing of specialized bikes
Nice it’s up!
Damn that was fast
Play at 1.25x, better
1.75 for me
Any kind of bike as long as you ride it and having fun its not how expensive or cheap its how you having fun and you ride everyday
Great crit bike
Pretty weird color pattern💁🤥but nice bike at all and great video as always 😉
Whoooo hooo #teamChrisKing
nice budget build bike
Nice set up my dude 👍🏽, maybe carbon bars to dampen the ride...
Sagan changed back to carbon bike when 2nd round crit XD
The Bianchi Impulso was raced against carbon about 10 years.
The weight is impressive for an alu bike.
The 2022 Allez Sprint is released, accordingly the exact geometry with Tarmac SL7.
Specialized calling it an alloy super bike. Will u consider upgrading to the latest version?
It's nearly identical actually, not like for like.
weight isnt bad you can lose over a pound with da and lighter calipers
the allez is all over the aftermarket
I like my alu bike because its not expensive to repair if I crash it.
nice man, more alloy bike like caad 13, emonda alr etc2. btw about bb 30 allez sprint is that bad, he say about creking sound
He said pressfit BB30 is ok and doesn’t creak on his bike
@@OompaLoompaCycling which better pressfit or thread bb for alloy?. so this allez sprint ok for climbing or what? since only 7.7kg
@@erixcornius I had no creaking issues from my own alloy frame 5 years ago (pressfit). I guess it depends on your luck whichever BB standard you choose and whether it creaks. No one stop answer/solution to your question BUT from reviews and forums - pressfit seems to have lesser chance of getting a creak.
The bike is mostly used for crits/sprints. Would be funny to see someone getting this bike just for climbs.
@@erixcornius With sufficiently tight tolerances, PressFit BB standards are just as good, if not better.
@@OompaLoompaCycling Whether a PressFit BB creaks is dependent on the BB shell's tolerances and the BB config you pick.
Pure press-fit: Two halves of the BB press-fit into the frame. Most prone to creaking. Examples: Kogel, Shimano, SRAM
Thread-together: One half of the BB threads itself into and closer to the other half. Not as prone to creaking, but not sure-fire invulnerable if BB shell tolerances are too loose. Examples: Enduro TorqTite lineup, Wheels Manufacturing, CeramicSpeed.
(due to the BBs having splined cups, some riders may mistake them for threaded BBs)
One-piece: As the name suggest, a single unit press-fits into the frame, usually from the left side. Takes longer to install, but doesn't creak and allows cranksets to spin nicely, even with steel bearings thanks to perfect bearing alignment. Currently, I know BBInfinite and Hambini manufacture them.
(Remember: Bearing alignment is more important than a ball bearing's material when it comes to BB smoothness. A ceramic-bearing BB with less-than-ideal bearing alignment will never beat a steel-bearing BB with perfect bearing alignment.)
The response from that frame must be telepathic.
I used to have one of those, same size different color, great looking bike, but a lot of toe overlap and I am shoe size 41. I think this was also the most uncomfortable I have ever owned. I loved the look but hated the experience.
why was it uncomfortable? Too stiff?
Yeah it was incredibly stiff and vibrated like a aluminum bike does. I think the geometry is also very aggressive, and unless you are very young and flexible, you can endure it on shorter rides. All those things together just made for a very un pleasant ride. I always felt so beaten up after riding it, that I ended up selling it. I can send you some pictures of it if you’d like, it was a really good looking bike.
@@OompaLoompaCycling give me an email address and I’ll send you some images of my Allez.
@@hmudesign The Allez Sprint is more punishing than your average aluminium road bike, this bike's designed for crits.
@@hmudesign I would buy in a heart beat. I sprint and need all those characteristics. Not on the bike for more than 45 minutes
early
Late for me I want to sleep. But thanks for being early!
why not deeper wheel ?
Next time ask earlier on my insta la
New subs sir
beautiful paint! if you consider to sell it 😉
I tried to checked at their website but out of stock
The first-gen Allez Sprint has been discontinued. Your best bet would be to look into the second-hand market.
However, there will be some sellers who will try to mark it up. If you're serious about getting one, make sure you're truly happy with the frameset's condition as not everybody takes good care of their bikes. Bonus if the seller knows his/her bike well and I mean very well.
If it needs new headset bearings, it may be hard to find online as it's a proprietary zero-stack headset.
is that 7.6kg with pedals? I have the same frame, same size but running full ultegra 6800 and it's about 8kgs with pedals. Wondering where i can trim some weight.
Yes
no. 7.84kg look at the video. with pedal.. I think maybe wheelset give very significant weight weenie
did u get 8.0kg exact.. it is good way man.. no need sub 7😂😂😂
@@zulhelmihei5864 you're right scale says 7.8kgs, but i heard 7.6kg mentioned. yeah good point on wheelset, i'm running 55mm deep wheels.
@@zulhelmihei5864 yep 8kg, rim brake. I'm not bothered, this bike is still fast!
My 6700 Shimano pedal is also used, very abused, cosmetics looks like shit. But it can last 10years and still working great , you wont be changing pedal every few years.
Agreed! I bought $50 shimano pedals because the pedals (and RD) will be the first to take the impact if the bike falls.
everything is stiffs,many stiffs and overly stiffs 😅👍
i became stiff just by reading this comment.
im 5’9 what size fits for me?
Gotta go to a local bike shop to try and test different sizes
Another specialized fanboy 😔
Not one of my favourite episodes, content wise.
Nonetheless, great work on putting in work and getting it out on UA-cam 👍👍
Why?