201x Specialized Allez Sprint DSW and Gen2

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by mythical on Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:50 pm

Indeed, great find! :thumbup:
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by nathanong87 on Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:14 pm

i'll need to win the power ball to buy one :( haha
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by duvivr6 on Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:10 pm

What Specialized site is this from?

Nothing comes up fopr the Sprint in Germany :(

Aqui esta lo que me enseña España
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by nathanong87 on Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:45 pm

black and white is way better than gulf paint imho.

waiting specialized, im waiting!
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by CrankAddictsRich on Thu Jan 28, 2016 12:18 am

Its looks like there are some Allez Sprint 2x models showing up in Taiwan too... not on the website, but if you search the hashtag #allezsprint on instagram there are a few shops that see to have them. I've seen the black/white, the gulf colors, black/blue and also a gold/red version.
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by prebsy on Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:43 pm

If you convert the price from the Colombian specialized website the 2x version should be ~$1850 USD
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by 53x12 on Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:11 pm

Tinea Pedis wrote:
53x12 wrote:Honestly as a long time CAAD owner + fan, this Allez Sprint ticks off all the boxes (except for being Di2 ready)

Just go eTap.


I hear you brother and have thought about that. Just can't justify the price for Etap Red, so would have to wait for SRAM to eventually release Force and or Rival Etap which could be awhile out.
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by CrankAddictsRich on Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:17 am

53x12 wrote:Honestly as a long time CAAD owner + fan, this Allez Sprint ticks off all the boxes (except for being Di2 ready) and don't see the need for a CAAD any more. CAAD 12 is nothing to me now.


how is it not Di2 ready? Its all internal cables...
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by 53x12 on Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:46 am

CrankAddictsRich wrote:how is it not Di2 ready? Its all internal cables...


The RD cable is run externally from the BB and back.

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I also came across this tweet by the Specialized customer service twitter account:

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by 53x12 on Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:09 am

Nice review article:

"Aluminium will never die. A review of the Specialized Allez Sprint"
http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/ar ... view-bikes
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by CrankAddictsRich on Wed Feb 03, 2016 1:43 pm

53x12 wrote:
CrankAddictsRich wrote:how is it not Di2 ready? Its all internal cables...


The RD cable is run externally from the BB and back.

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I also came across this tweet by the Specialized customer service twitter account:

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ahhhh... yes. I just caught that too. well, eTap it is.
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by wingguy on Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:29 pm

Shouldn't be too hard to drop the battery in the downtube and run a rear mech wire under the chainstay with the chanelled DI2 tape though, right?
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by nathanong87 on Wed Feb 03, 2016 3:59 pm

are internal batteries compatible with venge seatposts? which i think the allez sprint has a similar seatpost.
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by SLCBrandon on Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:14 pm

I'm fairly certain the Sprint seat post is the same as the non-ViAS Venge's.
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by pyrahna on Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:50 pm

SLCBrandon wrote:I'm fairly certain the Sprint seat post is the same as the non-ViAS Venge's.


It is actually the seatpost from the VIAS.
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