Which road bike is better and is carbon dead? The new Trek Emonda ALR goes head to head against the Specialized Allez Sprint in this ultimate aluminium road bike review.

If Specialized and Trek are to be believed then their latest alloy road bikes are carbon killers, but how similar are they? We take a look at the looks, bike tech, geometry, riding quality, tyre clearance and bike prices and specs to see if we can find which is the best aluminium road bike.

Which alloy road bike would you choose for your cycling? The Trek Emonda ALR or the Specialized Allez Sprint? Let us know which of these 2023 bikes you want in the comments section below...

Our full Trek Emonda ALR 5 review will be available on the road.cc site soon!

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⚫️ In this video

0:00 Introduction
0:49 Are aluminium bikes worse than carbon?
1:20 What's new on the Trek Emonda ALR?
1:38 Looks!
2:34 Integrated cables
3:53 Colour schemes
4:34 Geometry
7:13 Weight
8:10 Tyre Clearance
8:58 Bottom brackets and no mudguard mounts
10:00 Price
10:30 Available builds
12:30 Which is better?
13:16 Outro

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