Have you taken a look at prices of a used Allez lately? Put a few IG/TikTok faces to it and it doubled the cost. Once upon a time it was a cost efficient way to race crits and not worry too much about cost of crashes. Now it is apparently a high end highly desired bike …

Edit: I’m also a ma… hang on, when does middle age start? I may still have a year to go technically! (But not in reality)