Skinnyboyalex
Retro Newbie
This is my recently updated and modernised Alan Super road bike. I've owned it from new. Originally had Shimano Sante groupset throughout. Later added 105 STI kit. This year I luckily found some new, old stock of a later Alan non lugged , aero forks , aheadset style. Added ITM headset , bars and stem. USE alien seat post . Shimano RS20 wheels , Schwalbe Lugano tyres. Original Flite saddle.
I have always loved this frame and will never sell it. It was great to bring it up to date. Loads of newer younger cyclists have looked at it envy , when compared to their oversized alloy or carbon frames. I weigh less than 10 stone , so the flexibility isn 't an issue wit my low gear pedalling style.
I think that it's a nice combination of old and new.
Apologies to all the hard core Alan fans who would prefer it to be kitted out with retro campagnolo kit.
Not many cyclists who can say that they have owned and ridden the same alloy frame for 23 years though !!!!
I have always loved this frame and will never sell it. It was great to bring it up to date. Loads of newer younger cyclists have looked at it envy , when compared to their oversized alloy or carbon frames. I weigh less than 10 stone , so the flexibility isn 't an issue wit my low gear pedalling style.
I think that it's a nice combination of old and new.
Apologies to all the hard core Alan fans who would prefer it to be kitted out with retro campagnolo kit.
Not many cyclists who can say that they have owned and ridden the same alloy frame for 23 years though !!!!
bike, good to hear you have been riding your Alan for 23 years and she's still going strong, i've always loved Alans since i first seen one in the 70's but could never afford one in my youth. I built up a NOS 90's frame (current rBoTM entry) 6months ago but got a poor response from a couple of LBS's before i'd built it, saying they flex, crack, split, etc and that i should have bought a modern bike, I'm 13.5 stone and feels great on the road, definite modern classic 
