I Am Specialized: Chuck Teixeira
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Meet Chuck Teixeira, senior advanced R&D engineer. Chuck brings a wealth of talent and expertise to Specialized, especially in the world of aluminum alloys. Working (and riding) alongside other members of the Specialized team, an entirely new way of engineering alloy bicycles frames was realized. Get inside Chuck's head and explore D'Aluisio Smartweld technology. Learn more about select bikes that feature D'Aluisio Smartweld at http://www.specialized.com/allez Video shot and produced by Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. in and around Morgan Hill, California, USA.
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Only if Giant put SO MUCH time and effort into marketing and videos like this...
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I just got the 2014 Allez Comp Smartweld this past weekend. I could not be happier. Thanks Specialized!
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@thechosendude he says " the least amount of tubing" not aluminum tubing
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is this only for road bikes?
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I have both carbon and aluminum. A 14 Sirrus Expert Carbon and a 14 Allez Race. Power and stiffness both pretty much the same. Comfort depends on tire pressure, its so close that if you do the pepsi coke blind taste test you can't tell the difference. I am probably going to buy top end aluminum from now on.
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Bridgestoneの neo-cot が20年前にCr-Moでやってたことに追いついたか。
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good lord, $2000 for an S-works alllez frame set really?
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"If you haven't ridden an aluminum bike lately, you haven't ridden an aluminum bike," the most intelligent statement said in the history of man. Congratulations.
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Beautiful bike, great profile of a passionate cycling pioneer.
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still runs a 7800 groupo...I do too on my alloy frameset.
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Sure, aluminum can remain competitive but when it comes to lightweight frames carbon can perform better.
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1:37 - "If you wanted to make aluminum frames, you wanted to make them out of aluminum tubing." What kind of ironic bullshit is that coming from a Specialized person... considering Specialized actually used Colombus aluminum tubing on their top-of-the-line bikes just prior to the carbon revolution in the early 2000's.
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Before the carbon boom, and several years before Cannondale was purchased by Dorel, their CAAD 7 road bikes were some of the most amazing riding aluminum bikes ever built, with their ubber narrow wishbone seat stays. Of course Titanium was always a better ride IMO if you didn't mind flex. His comment about performance is probably aimed at those low-grade Chinese carbon frame sets, that don't properly engineer the right kind of carbon weave and directional weave to optimize weight to stiffness.
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awesome vid!
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Being a materials engineering major, him saying "a low cost carbon fiber bike truly does not perform better than a great performing aluminum bike" is VERY misleading. People don't necessarily buy carbon frames for "performance," they buy it for the dampening characteristics. You'd be VERY hard pressed, if even possible, to get ANY aluminum frame to match the ride characteristics of a carbon bike. Lastly, comparing the TOTL Al frame to a BOTL carbon frame is apple to oranges.
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Wow, terrific video. Very impressive. Chuck must be a genius AND a hard worker. That's a rare combination. I'm just glad he's putting his effort into BIKES!!!
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Chuck Jobs
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Looking forward to see aluminum frame winning in TDF 2014!
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Yeah I meant front bracket (sorry that's not my first language).
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If you want to climb better why would you get a venge? That makes no sense. A stiffer isn't making you faster its making you more efficient, same speed using less watts or power. If you're getting dropped on easy climbs you're red lining your legs and heart too much and blowing up. If you want to get faster learn to train correctly and spend your money on AT LEAST a heart rate monitor . Interval and threshold training makes you faster, its not about the bike.
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