E54s Quiver (Cervélo T1 completed)

@Chak many thanks, thats what I was thinking, too when I saw it for the first time in august (before I have not looked into this kind of bike because #unaffordable)

@Sig_Arlecchino I really had to laugh out loud (literally) when I read this because white bikes for me always have/had strong anti potential.

Plus, Specialized for me is, other than its name, not very special but more mass produced random stuff, so on your level here, too

HOWEVER:

• color was set as the price is really uncontested (in particular now that I have sold the OSPW)

• I was not happy with my silver brushed allez in the first place but the longer I owned it the more I enjoyed the neutral color and I can imagine its the same with white, too

• when I got into road cycling six years ago the budget for my entry bike (the festina s-works, see page 1) was 500€ and this was the best I could get at the time plus I found out that it (allegedly) was the first CAD drawn bike which I found a lovely side fact

• when i replaced the Festina after 2 years in late 2019 I set myself a 2K budget and the allez sprint was the best I could get back then. When I found out about the hydroformed parts I also found this quite nice (my father developing hydroforming machines for the heavy industry). Plus, aesthetically it was kind of the successor of the festina with its aero tubing and compact, stiff geo

• now that I had to replace the allez, the Sl6, again, was the best money for value I could imagine plus as you guys noted, the lines and proportions are very well balanced (now, me being #old and look bitta meh on too aeroish bikes) and make a great overall bike which ist agile, fast, stiff and easy to maintenance

So bottom line: even if I am not the biggest SPESH buddy ever, with my three major road bikes being the above described, all of them had something appealing to me (plus always the price argument)

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Below further photos #coz

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