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BBDave is rubbing off on me. I even found black and orange Arundel carbon cages, and I’ll be looking like the Great Pumpkin riding in my club’s black and orange attire.
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Beauty!
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I met the owner of Allied at NAHBS this year was very impressed, wonderful paint work. Best of luck with your new bike, hope you post a ride report after you have had a few good rides on it. |
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I have an Alfa frameset on order. Congrats on the new ride. Eager to hear your ride impressions!
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I like that they have low and high geometries. I don't like that the AllRoad has QR because I prefer TA. The AllRoad's concept of aggressive road geo with chubby tires is refreshing - not a slack gravel bike. I messaged a few questions, and Chris@Allied called me just 1 minute later. Good talk. fwiw the AllRoad does not fit 650bx42 but they are coming out with a 650b bike in Q4...intriguing. Quote:
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I got over the Waltons thing a bit when I learned that the grandkids have considerable distance from the family. Supporting Allied/Rapha is a far cry from supporting WalMart for me. The money I spend on Rapha (considerable) doesnt feed into a system that perpetuates Rapha. Does it enrich these two kids? Maybe. but I think its pretty separate at this point. I still loathe just about everything regarding WalMart. I am very, very interested in allied, but QR is a total deal breaker on any "all-road" disc bike. I had early QR disc adoption and it was pretty bad, comparatively. |
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I'm curious, why is QR a deal breaker?
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Curious as well. My Coconino Dirt Road Racer was built for QR and I've been fine with it. I have two wheelsets for it and both will convert to TA if I go that way in a few years, but I haven't noticed any negatives.
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I know their "builder" makes it look QR, but I don't think that's actually the case. I'd venture the guess that is tied more to the regular road frame and using the same "frame image" to apply the colors to, but what do I know! |
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Yes. Allied bought CyclArt for its expertise, but recently booted the CyclArt people after having them set up the plant production line. So sadly, CyclArt is history.
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Allied brought Jim and Susan Cunningham here to Little Rock to paint for them. Where did you hear that they were booted from Allied? |
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Agreed. not QR in the actual bike photos.
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