Review: NeilPryde Alize

NeilPryde Alize

For those who read my blog regularly will know that at the end of 2010 I became a NeilPryde Epic rider. What this meant was I could choose which NeilPryde bike to ride – Diablo or Alize – and then spend the next 12 months riding it, with the purpose of writing about it for the NeilPryde website. So for the past eight months I have been riding the Diablo and have loved every minute of it. An extremely stiff and aggressive bike that keeps wanting more from its rider.

At the start of last week, I took my Diablo in for a service at the local bike shop. Unfortunately I don’t have the specific tools required by Shimano to service its products, otherwise I would have completed the service myself. I had a ride on Sunday so six-days would be more than enough to get it serviced. Well, so I thought. Turns out they hadn’t even started on the service yet.

Not worrying too much about it as I have my Basso at home that I could ride, I let it be. So on Friday I was exchanging a few emails with Scott, the UK agent for NeilPryde, and we were talking about the weekend’s upcoming ride. I told him about the situation to which Scott then suggested I ride the Alize. Jumping at the chance to ride it we arranged to meet up the following day.

Cycle Show 2010: MCipollini RB1000

I attended the 2010 London Cycle Show with all the intention of getting some pictures of the new bikes we could be seeing on the roads in the UK. However, since then my life and work schedule has been super manic so these postings have been on the backburner for a while. Anyway, decided to start with a small set of pictures first and then work my way through the rest of them.

While at the Cycle Show, Mario Cipollini was there with his new bicycle and clothing range. I didn’t take picture of the clothing. If you want to see what it looks like, go check out Giordana, as they make all his clothing line.

As for the bike (and for all you tech heads out there), the general specs are:

Type: Monocoque
Frame Material: CARB. T1000 – M46J
Fork Material:  CARB. T1000
Frame weight:  1050 gr (Size M)
B. Bracket:  BB30
Sizes:  XXS – XS – S – M – L – XL – XXL

If you’re looking for more detailed spec, then click here. Just way too many options to list here.

The MCipollini RB1000 in Naked Silver/Orange

The MCipollini RB1000

Nice curves on the MCipollini RB1000 with integrated seat post

From the front

Rear stays

ISD team issue RB1000

And here is Mario on his RB1000 in the Tuscan hills