Specialized Allez/Cannondale/Custom

[Gwyn Oakley]

In message <[email protected]>
"Saint" <giant2334@no_spam.com> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I am on the quest for a second (or first i.e. 'posh',
> whichever way you look at it) road bike and have really
> liked the look of the Specialized Allez Comp and
> Cannondale R500 models. I am also (still!) toying with
> the odea of getting a custom build with a full campag
> groupset for around £900.
>
> Just wondered if anyone had any personal experience of
> either of the above models? Never ridden a Cannondale but
> having read the archives some seem to love 'em and some
> the opposite. Also looks like you pay a bit over the odds
> for the name too and must confess not too thrilled at the
> components (full Tiagra I think!) although they are
> servicable. Specialized is pricey at £1300 but looks the
> business.

It is American and therefore by definition is ****

>
> The more I learn the more I understand that 'names'
> matter less but they both look like nice bikes so just
> thought I'd ask.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> S
>
>

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Gwyn

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:44:37 +0100, Gwyn Oakley <[email protected]>
wrote in message <[email protected]>:

>It is American and therefore by definition is ****

That explains why that American bloke on his American bike
has done so badly in the Tour the last five years, then...

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[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, Gwyn Oakley
('[email protected]') wrote:

> In message <[email protected]> "Saint"
> <giant2334@no_spam.com> wrote:
>
>> Tiagra I think!) although they are servicable.
>> Specialized is pricey at £1300 but looks the business.
>
> It is American and therefore by definition is ****

A little prejudiced, surely?

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[Michael Macclan]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:35:04 GMT, Simon Brooke wrote:

> in message <[email protected]>, Gwyn Oakley
> ('[email protected]') wrote:
>
>> In message <[email protected]> "Saint"
>> <giant2334@no_spam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Tiagra I think!) although they are servicable.
>>> Specialized is pricey at £1300 but looks the business.
>>
>> It is American and therefore by definition is ****
>
> A little prejudiced, surely?

Yea, I bet he'd be the first to say he was a victim of
prejudice if anyone said that anything Welsh was ****.

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