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Onto the road and back in 2010 an office colleague and friend got knocked off his bike while commuting and broke both his wrists as well as the fork. His broken bike was left outside in his garden for about 12 months before I made him and offer and for £150 this bag of bits was mine.
A new carbon Tusk fork for about £60, a clean, lube, getting rid of the Dork Disc and general bit of TLC and the Specialized Allez Pro 2009 Gerolsteiner team colour bike was reborn in June 2011 (don't worry; this was a test configuration. I soon cut down the steerer tube)
This was my main commuter for about 5 years and according to Strava I've covered 25,000 km on this.
My eldest boy uses it as his road bike when we have been to France to follow Le Tour
It's still the most comfortable road bike I have ridden irrespective of whichever tyre/wheel combo I've had on there, and believe me over 25k I've had a few variations.
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