Author Archives: Justin Fox

Mailman gave me a stiffi. My STIFFI Shuriken 4 spoke carbon wheels from Stiffi Wheels are here! Not hard to support local when they make the best. They were the final piece, now onto the build!

Now.

And then!

Eugene’s riding on his own brand of bike.

Spesh.

360.

Awesome catchups with Nick and my BFAM Eugene this morning. Last time we took a shot together with our bikes was 1990! He was riding on a full carbon Ventoux, his own brand of bikes which he sold in Taiwan when he ran his own bike shop. The Allez was awesome, still need to dial in my cleat position, and saddle position too as I’m putting way more weight on my hands than my butt, but damn the bike feels fast, and yes, crosswinds are sketchy AF as expected!

Clickety Clack.

Rotor crankset.

Bromance.

Welp, had to happen at some point, but I scored a flat tyre today whilst doing laps around Centennial Park. I scored the flat a couple of laps in and half a lap away from my car, and what’s worse is I was just trying out my new Specialized S-Works Torch road shoes (what’s next? Lycra?!) and as expected, there’s just no way you can walk in these fucking things! I ended up taking them off and walked around the park bare foot, and you know what? It was nice (I feel grounded lol!).

I’m trying here, to be less stubborn and at least give new technologies a go, but nah fuck that. Tubes are going back in ASAP.

PS: These shoes are awesome. I’ve got wide feet and these shoes come in a wide version and the fit bang on. They’re a lot stiffer soled than the Adidas Velosamba’s and clicking into and out of them is way harder than MTB SPD’s but I like this. The new carbon deep wheels are awesome too. Crosswinds weren’t an issue, love the hollow sound they make. The freehub isn’t anywhere near as loud as I thought they would be, but that’s probably a good thing!

PPS: Also got some more fixie parts in. A Rotor crankset + Brotures pedals and straps from Japan. Just waiting on wheels for the fixie now so I can start the build!

ENVE 65’s, ENVE tyres (running tubeless now) + a 100mm 12 degree stem.

New rotors.

Vader.

Dropped in to see Sam at CCACHE today to pick up the bice! Looks unreal, will have to test ride ASAP.

UPDATED SPECS:

2022 Specialized Allez Sprint Comp in Tarmac Black/Brushed Foil.

GROUPSET: Shimano 105 11-speed 165mm crank arms, 52/36T, 11-28t, Shimano 105 R700 carbon pedals.

WHEELS & TYRES: ENVE 65 Foundation wheelset, ENVE SES 27mm tyres, Tubolito S-Tubo Ultralight tubes 80mm valve, Shimano 160mm RT-CL900 Ice-Tech centerlock rotors.

COMPONENTS: Specialized Expert shallow bend handlebars (400mmx70x125mm, 31.8mm), Specialized Power Comp saddle 143mm, CCACHE x Kalloy Uno V2 Stealth stem -12 degrees, Supacaz Super Sticky Kush bartape, S-Works Tarmac FACT Carbon seat post (20mm offset), AliExpress carbon cages, Pas Normal Studios bidons.

FORK: FACT Carbon, 12x100mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc.

WEIGHT: 8.65kg.

I love this thing more every time I ride it!

Reward for laps.

Daily driven. Nick’s S3.

The weight weenie in me had to have these. Probably the lightest brake levers in the world at 46g a pair. Definitely the sexiest!

Izumi Mash chain and Ultegra calipers.

Picked up these goodies from CCACHE this morning. The Extralite Ultralever 3’s are so sexy and so god damn light in the hand, you wouldn’t believe it if you picked them up. As much as I love weight weenie culture, the Dosnoventa isn’t going to be light, and I hate giving up strength and functionality (especially with brakes!) for weight savings, but they look so hot and they were in stock so I caved.

I had my mind set on some Dura Ace calipers, but they weren’t in stock so I picked up this Ultra set instead. Forgot to also buy some pads for carbon wheels, will have to pick them up next week.