I agree with the mind set that cycling should be fun!!! I'm a big boy rider who rides heavy "slow" road bikes, but aesthetically, I really enjoy my ride. Just gotta be fast enough to keep up with everyone else and that is more about the rider than the bike, haha.
@tomermahlis12
Жыл бұрын
I realised cycling in Singapore is all about status and how much you payed for your bike
@bryanfernandez3552
Жыл бұрын
100%
@squareballz
Жыл бұрын
Same as Malaysia.
@yonglingng5640
Жыл бұрын
@@squareballz Especially in the T20 and top half of M40 groups. All I want for my bike is: Easy to work on Reliable Real, quality parts without wallet-killing price tags
@squareballz
Жыл бұрын
@@yonglingng5640 yeah. Someone told me before, why u still buy mechanical shifter bike. Now people use electronic shifting already.. That’s why until today I ride solo, only a china carbon bike, china carbon wheelset, ultegra rim brake group sets. Even with this specs, still looked down by other cyclists.
@slowcyclist4324
Жыл бұрын
Maybe if you spent more time just enjoying your bicycle, over some snoty kid who thinks cycling is mainly about fitness and speed, you’re perhaps one day have as much fun as these Singaporean who splurge on their bikes without batting an eye.
@U.s.e.r.3493
Жыл бұрын
Love the humility that it's all about vanity haha
@azfararif1373
Жыл бұрын
the bike shops not really giving him good advice in terms of choosing bike geometry. pushing aggressive frames then compensating with spacers and weird stem angles and elevated handlebars. Also checkout Trek Emonda ALR. compare the welding between that and this. Night and day.
@yonglingng5640
Жыл бұрын
One of the riders I fear the most is those who want a race-centric bike, but end up not being able to ride at the highest possible cockpit height with a negative stem rise (or worse, not being able to do the same even with a positive stem rise). Some of them are also the same people that refuse or are reluctant to ride endurance bikes simply because they're said to be slower, even though they're more forgiving on one's body.
@jockclark3660
Жыл бұрын
This guy’s position looks like he would be better on an endurance geometry bike. But he will have to have a conversation with his ego first.
@roborovski008
Жыл бұрын
dude be mastering the art of selling/buying bikes more than riding Kappa
@tansy007
Жыл бұрын
Shimano makes 160mm 105 crankset as well, it is just super rare and non-existent in SG. I managed to order a set from a Japanese website.
@kiatyuan
Жыл бұрын
Yes, but at that time, even Japan no stock. Trust me I tried all avenues.
@francisdayon
Жыл бұрын
Road cycling definitely has an elitist element to it. Local bike shops are so used to attend customers spending thousands of dollars in a single purchase that if you walk in looking for cheaper components in the $100s only, they don’t give you the same attention. Not all but this is very prevalent in local shops all over the world.
@OompaLoompaCycling
Жыл бұрын
True
@yonglingng5640
Жыл бұрын
Having used to work in one, that wasn't my case. Whatever customers were looking for, I only do honest talk. As in, so honest my ex-boss wouldn't like it.
@bonbonflippers4298
Жыл бұрын
They also like to mock you and think you don't know what you're talking about. I once asked a shop if they have compressionless braking hosing...they front desk slowly repeats what I said like I was dumb and just making stuff up. Fk that shop.
@OompaLoompaCycling
Жыл бұрын
@@bonbonflippers4298
@lestonycyclistone
Жыл бұрын
Should try out Latex tube. Comfort and less rolling resistance compare to tubeless
@kiatyuan
Жыл бұрын
Yea that's what I'm on. I'm not on tubeless. I'm on ridenow.
@TheMrkittyhawk
Жыл бұрын
@@kiatyuan RideNow is TPU, not latex... 3 watts more RR over an hour than latex.
@kiatyuan
Жыл бұрын
@@TheMrkittyhawk ic sorry got it wrong
@TheMrkittyhawk
Жыл бұрын
@@kiatyuan Can try it out for yourself! :)
@BenjaminStone-s9c
7 ай бұрын
Honestly, on group rides when I would rode my CAAD12 that was built up would get more looks than when I rode my tarmac or even when I was test riding a pinarello. When you are on a group ride and everyone is riding similar bikes, the different bikes get the looks.
@planelover26
Жыл бұрын
That's the sexiest alloy bike I've ever seen
@yonglingng5640
Жыл бұрын
Its predecessor looks fiercer.
@JFomo
Жыл бұрын
12,000SGD is Tarmac SL7 Pro money. Insane that he spent that much on an Allez Sprint. $180 for a bottle cage? GTFO.
@athletic91
Жыл бұрын
dude has the financial power to sell at a expected loss in 6 months time as he is moving overseas.. respect to him
@Curian53
Жыл бұрын
Damn this tim bike fitter sounds good. Which shop does he work in? I am considering to go to him
@davidngqkalone88
Жыл бұрын
he has his own shop. LOUE Bicycles.
@sadisticnoob123
Жыл бұрын
Would have been better off on a Domane SLR 9 , to negate the spacer stack
@ariffau
Жыл бұрын
This Allez is great for those who have cash to burn. A high performing disposable race bike that’s pretty alright for its asking price. I mean you can take a look at Condor’s alu ‘race’ bike price. Roughly the same price but with cables and hoses exposed and I hope it handles as well as this new Allez but we can keep our expectations low since the Condor is selling an old bike at the price that’s similar to this Allez. Test rode this new Allez. It’s nice to ride. Shoots in and through the apex effortlessly (with my poor cornering skills). Responds to my 13 watts per kg surges perfectly. If I had a lot of money, I would love to race on this bike. But if you break an Allez, that’s it. But I wreck my carbon Orbea, it can be repaired.
@yonglingng5640
Жыл бұрын
Aluminium is more impact-resistant, but of course it won't survive just about any impact.
@ariffau
Жыл бұрын
@@yonglingng5640 any material will fail under the correct amount of impact. However, steel and carbon can be repaired easily. Can’t do that with aluminium hence debunking the myth that aluminium makes great crit bikes. 😆 I mean they are great if you’re super rich LOL
@davidngqkalone88
Жыл бұрын
@@yonglingng5640 false. Aluminium yield strength is lower than carbon Fiber. anything that breaks carbon will break alumnium. (caveat- aluminium is isotropic, CF is not). Main difference is Aluminium yields in a ductile fashion, CF fails in a brittle fashion
@ariffau
Жыл бұрын
@@davidngqkalone88 hence carbon > alu Even for crits. There, I said it. If one races crits on an alu bike like an Allez Sprint or a CAAD, that fella is probably richer than people giving their TCR Adv.2 a whack. ALU FOR CRITS ARE DECEPTIVELY CHEAPER. They are … until you crash them and it’s New Bike Day. Lol 😆
@slowcyclist4324
Жыл бұрын
Santa Cruz released a video more than a decade ago comparing the strength of their carbon vs their alu frames. No points for Guess which broke first. (Hint: starts with A)
@lordalfa600
Жыл бұрын
The rider is short reach. I see from the previous bikes the stem was positive angle. The Allez is a shorter stem and with a Specialized Hover bar to raise the reach. The Specialized Short Reach bar can also achieve this. 65mm reach compared to 80mm reach on the Hover.
@haziq97
Жыл бұрын
Ridenow definitely faster than butyl. Pair it with GP5k, your bike can fly. But not recommend it over 100psi.
@maximillianchong9934
5 ай бұрын
11:55 Honest Man
@slowcyclist4324
Жыл бұрын
Creaking may be the BB area. Can consider changing to single piece BB.
@yonglingng5640
Жыл бұрын
The second-generation Allez Sprint now uses a BSA-threaded BB shell and there are no one-piece BSA-threaded BBs in existence for spindled cranksets.
@slowcyclist4324
Жыл бұрын
Hambini and BBinfinite, who are literally the main two one-piece BB manufacturers, both make one for BSA threaded. So, as you were saying?
@yonglingng5640
Жыл бұрын
@@slowcyclist4324 This is enough to tell me you clearly have never worked on a bike this far, if you've ever worked on one at all. So there's no need to tell you what their BSA-threaded units are like.
@joeblack3345
Жыл бұрын
Darimo seat post as a gift ! Nice !
@OompaLoompaCycling
Жыл бұрын
I want one too 🤣
@kiatyuan
Жыл бұрын
@@OompaLoompaCycling T3 has the new Darmio for the Dogma F. Hint Hint
@OompaLoompaCycling
Жыл бұрын
@@kiatyuan 😅😅😅
@yonglingng5640
Жыл бұрын
@@OompaLoompaCycling But I don't want one, let's see if anybody can figure out why.
@ariffau
Жыл бұрын
Specialized is not overpriced. I ride an Orbea. If you compare spec for spec, Orbea is more expensive Take a look at Orbea Orca OMX Sram Rival and compare with Spesh Tarmac SL7 Sram Rival Recently Orbea Orca OMR 105 Dii2 got released and it’s more expensive than Colnago V3 105 Di2 We have to compare like for like.
@DnDMF
Жыл бұрын
40:44 nothing closer to childhood than riding a bike.
@Helllyeah
Жыл бұрын
Real cycling could do wonders for this guys quality of life, yet he is consumed by his ego, materialism and “the look”
@slowcyclist4324
Жыл бұрын
I don’t know man. But a guy who can change 3-4 bikes within a year, afford a car in Singapore and even afford to migrate. Seems like he is doing pretty well in the quality his life. Which is more than what I can say for most cyclist who stays on their year 2000 rim brake alu bike because of finance, and not by choice (even if he pretends it’s deliberate lol)
@Helllyeah
Жыл бұрын
@@slowcyclist4324 but he is fat so who cares
@golfnerd3107
Жыл бұрын
I don’t know if looking down on other people for their personal choices they make with their own money is cool in Singapore, but I find it to be cringe as fuck. “Why would you spend x moneys on a an alloy bike Keklol?” “Because it’s my money that I earned, go live your life.”
@milkbunnies
Жыл бұрын
Oompaloompa: gets another speshialies victim… Me: goes and gets a can of petrol and a lighter… shit brand… see carouhells victims “selling cause no time to cycle” “ selling for a friend…” expect to see this bike coming soon to a 2nd hand sale near you
@bozidar753
Жыл бұрын
Ride!
@pepessz32
Жыл бұрын
2000 SGD only? wow, spez definitely overpriced here. Market price here in Indonesia for secondhand 2019 sprint is 1300 SGD. Damnit.
@dabian85
Жыл бұрын
Get that Xiaomi pump save you all the pumping!
@babyrabies
Жыл бұрын
nice bike but im sure as hell it wouldnt live up to its potential. There, i said it.
@ariffau
Жыл бұрын
What’s the max potential of my bike? Didn’t know got such spec when I bought it. What’s the max potential of your bike? Like car ah? Got top speed and all 😂
@happywolfie1980
Жыл бұрын
The bike should live up to its potential? So that it can grow and mature into a good bike?
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