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We have a winner! Christmas Schwag Grab Specialized Allez Double worth £500

Win a bike for Christmas!

Golly where did Christmas Eve go? And that bottle of egg nog… and the other one? Luckily there's still time to announce our Christmas Schwag Grab winner and give someone an extra and unexpected Christmas pressie, and that someone is…

timmers

The fickle finger pointed his way and Santa says he's been good too so the shiny red, and nearly new Speicialized Allez will be heading North West just as soon as we get back to the road.cc offices. Treat it well timmers we've grown very attached to that Allez shaped box which has been an integral part of the road.cc these last few months. While you're enjoying your new bike some of us will be looking for new places to balance our mugs of tea while fettling bikes. Ah well, them's the breaks.

timmers wins the Specialized Allez Double we tested back in the summer when described it as a "Benchmark setting entry level road bike that'll help you rack up the miles in comfort".

The Allez Double normally sells for £499.99… let's call it £500 then, and for that you get an A1 Specialized aluminium frame with the same distinctively curbed top tube as the higher end Tarmac models. It's all really well finished and there are even eyelets for attaching a rack if you wanted to try some fast touring or commuting. Upfront is a carbon fork which along with some skinny chainstays does a lot to kill road buzz and makes for a comfy ride. Geometry is racy but not ridiculously so. Drivetrain is an eight speed Shimano 2300 12-25 set up on a 53-39 chainset. It handles well, it's plenty upgradeable and most importunely of all that red paint job makes it look fast and Christmasey too which is apt cos postie permitting one lucky road.cc user will be riding it this Christmas. Okay it'll probably be closer to the 12th day of Christmas than the big day itself but it'll be something special to look forward to and certainly an improvement on 12 drummers drumming.

We'll have another schwag grab… soon. 

road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.

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Marco Panettone | 13 years ago
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Allez in a manger
No crib for his bed
The little lord jesus
Loved his new schwag

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kboy | 13 years ago
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hello yes please thanks

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OrkneyDullard | 13 years ago
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Hit me!

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seanick | 13 years ago
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allez,allez,allez,oi,oi,oi yes please!!!!!  16

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marsbar | 13 years ago
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allez les rouges

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bikeandy61 | 13 years ago
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Saves buying new tyres and a chain so I'll go for it. Ta

Merry Cringle

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jimmyd | 13 years ago
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Put me in the draw please.

I would love to win this bike and I would use it loads but also take care of it

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CLX1 | 13 years ago
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I'd like a nice red bike!

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Mnk | 13 years ago
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Give it to me pls Xx

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leelec | 13 years ago
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it would be great to win this bike and to give it to my girlfriend so we can road bike together.
while i recover from a nasty fall from the second ramp at dolby forest (if you have been, you will know what i mean lol).
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hairyairey | 13 years ago
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You've been treating it with love? Hopefully not this kind

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm

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robdeanhove | 13 years ago
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Yes please - it'll save me cleaning my knackered old winter bike!

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Bigpikle | 13 years ago
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me too please!

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rch | 13 years ago
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yes please! will it fit in my xmas stocking?

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81bambi | 13 years ago
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Oooh yes please!

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BillyD | 13 years ago
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on the first day of christmas

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slugwash | 13 years ago
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True up yer wheelsets for the Baby Jesus!

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G-bitch | 13 years ago
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That'd actually fit me perfectly.

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liz.farrelly | 13 years ago
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Very nice, s'pose.  4

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fasted | 13 years ago
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It's very red - just the colour for Christmas - just decorate with a bit of holly and away you go = yes please.

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richiecoops | 13 years ago
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This would get me so many gold stars off my other half - so yes please!

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antlaff | 13 years ago
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I don't have a red bike!?!??

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Boneshaker | 13 years ago
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Pick me and i'll ride it till the cows come home.

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HaloJ | 13 years ago
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Nice fit for me.  16

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Cattywat | 13 years ago
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 21 I can just see my rosy red cheeks parked on the saddle of that rosy red bike

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gdbike | 13 years ago
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Yes please

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funkeypunk | 13 years ago
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Oh yes please!

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polo | 13 years ago
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appy xmas!

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pedalismo | 13 years ago
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OMG yes please!
Happy Chrimbo to all at road cc.

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the_mikey | 13 years ago
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Allez toujours!

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