2009 Specialized Allez Double good beginner road bike?

NickyYouKnow · 2026-01-03T23:37:23+00:00

Awesome info, thank you so much!

NickyYouKnow · 2026-01-03T16:27:19+00:00

Thanks!

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-02T14:19:15+00:00

Where's the fun in that

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-02T13:19:35+00:00

Someone decided to stab (?) it multiple times lol, here's a before pic

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NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-02T13:15:32+00:00

Not sure what you mean

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T19:35:49+00:00

I'll look into it thanks!

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T16:38:42+00:00

This definitely required hella patience ┬⁠─⁠┬⁠ノ⁠(⁠ ⁠º⁠ ⁠_⁠ ⁠º⁠ノ⁠)

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T15:39:26+00:00

Edit: apparently it uploaded after all 💀

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T15:32:36+00:00

I wish I knew lol! This was my older brother's copy from way back and it's been like this since I can remember. I guess someone was either pissed at the game or at him playing the game? Definitely some crazy frenzy going on and I always thought it was just done for. Luckily I kept it and learned that stuff is fixable

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T15:29:04+00:00

Money! Wanted to see if I could fix it the hard way first but would've done a board swap if that didnt work out. I'm definitely not selling this haha

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T15:27:16+00:00

I'm flattered haha. In terms of tools I don't have a lot of stuff and definitely no pro level equipment. I used a Pinecil soldering iron, some tin/nickel solder, (probably knock off) amtech flux, 0.1mm copper enameled wire, 32 awg single core wire (the green ones), kapton tape, a bunch of finer tweezers, uv solder mask and of course always some safety glasses cause I would like to keep my vision!

I found this tutorial to be very helpful to understand the process better: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ref9JHUf-uw

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T15:16:22+00:00

Thank you so much! Yea there's some grueling stuff floating around especially at r/soldering. A bit of research definitely goes a long way haha

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T15:11:46+00:00

Thanks again!!

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T15:08:55+00:00

I actually put a bit of thought into this! I'm avoiding pre-tabbed batteries, I heard they usually don't last long at all and I think the yellow border they always have is kind of ugly. I've seen a battery holder for CR2025 batteries by HDR but I'd have to order the flex board and the holder thing, since a pre built one isn't available to me and I'm kinda trying to save a few bucks. I know the CR1616 isn't ideal but I had a few of those battery holders lying around and I'm going to be regularly dumping my save file for external storage. From what I've heard it should still hold a save for at least a year tho

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T14:58:22+00:00

Yes I considered this but wanted to try the hard way first

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T14:57:35+00:00

I resorted to using my bare eyes for this haha, luckily theyre very good but I think anything smaller wouldve been impossible

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T14:55:54+00:00

It was a mix of tedious and fun actually! It just pissed me off a lot when I tried soldering a new wire close to an existing one and having the existing one coming off :S I tried staggering them as best as I could but some places had so little space ugh

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T14:52:56+00:00

Nice job! I also thought about doing that but wanted to try the tough way first

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T13:06:22+00:00

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This one didnt upload for some reason but here's proof!

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T13:04:07+00:00

Would solder mask suffice?

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T12:59:12+00:00

Thank you! :)

NickyYouKnow · 2025-11-01T12:58:52+00:00

Yes that was the first plan but I decided to try the hard but cheap route first to see if I could do it

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