what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

I’ve never owned metal fenders or fenders this skinny (30mm) and it felt kind of strange installing them on a sunny warm afternoon because I’ve only ridden this bike across Iowa and on warm sunny days in Seattle. But now I'll be riding it all winter. 

choose ONE of the following:

A) large tires

 B) full fenders

       C) all of the above

on most of my bikes I'm all (C) with canti brakes and tires as big as all get out. Riding across Iowa with no fenders I was rolling 700 x 28-32ish tires...

...but today, on this bike I've answered (B)

As I was touching up my hair and pooching my lips for a selfie with these full metal fenders, my attention was drawn to the Wheelsmith sticker on the downtube. 

I’m sure I told you about this sticker in 2015 when I got the bike at BikeWorks, gently used with all its OE components.  This is a 1994 Allez sport and I’d like to think it arrived in a box at Wheelsmith in Palo Alto late in '93. Right around the time Lance and Frankie made their appearance at the shop to schmooze with the cycling fans and sign autographs, just as Ric described. 

from the '94 Specialized catalog

that was then, this is now

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Be careful dropping off curbs with that rear fender

someday a real rain will come

It’s pretty amazing how you can take a fast looking bike and make it look slow. That said. You are going against the grain, swimming up river and being that kid in the corner doing his own thing-slowly.

fenders only 30mm wide? OMG

pilder... I can make any bike look slow just by sitting on it.

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