With our recent move to a new apartment I made a decision to upgrade my GT Avalanche 2.0 mountain bike to a road bike. Many factors affected my decision including: 4 flight walk up, more participation in triathlons in the future, and also I never quite used my MTB for it’s intended purpose being off road biking (which I hope to TRY someday, maybe even as part of a Tri).

I first had to sell my mtb in order to make my road bike purchase, hellooo craigslist. The bike was listed for about a day, and got sold pretty quickly, me being 6’3″, there is a pretty high demand for larger frames, that also led to the rapid sale.

The search began for my new best friend. After visiting a number of bike stores and trying out different makes and models of road bikes, the choice was boiled down to a Trek 1.2 vs Specialized Allez. I fell in-love with the Allez 2010 frame and was sold.

The purchase was made at Bicycle Habitat. Matt, who is one if not the best salesman at the Habitat, helped me  figure out the best bike and fit for me and my riding demands. We choose the Specialized Allez Sport 2010.