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If you consider that a Specialized Allez Smartweld frame (not even the S-Works Allez) retails at somewhere between £700 and £800 (£750 i think) and for that you get frame only, wheras with the canyon you get a £100+ VCLS post and a Ritchey stem for the £639. Ive also just looked up the "Sponsoring Programme" prices for 2015 - £559.03 for the Ultimate AL SLX frameset.
Unbelievably good value!
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Dick
Cannot beat Canyon on pricing - £639 for an Ultimate AL SLX frameset with stem and seatpost - even less if youre a BC member or other club member under their "sponsorship" deal (if they still do it, not checked if they do and if the AL is still on there as frameset only option but it was last year)
Had an Ultimate AL myself that i built up with DA, Rotor, Hed Ardennes and got down to 6.8kg without going mental weight weenie. Brilliant bike that i smashed all over Switzerland, Germany and France last Summer. Was nippy as hell and a great climber but just didn't compare on the flat and deal with speed as well as previous bikes - perhaps id just got fat and slow..
Going back to Carbon this season and hopefully gonna have my mucky little paws on an Emonda SL veeeeeery soon....