The original Alan was a model called Olympic, with the bolt on seat stays and 1.5 mm thick tubing. I had a gold anodized one and it was a fairly whippy riding bike. Apparently, Alan figured this out. They came out with the Competition model with 2 mm thick tubing, beefier looking fork blades with less rake. I had a silver one of these, and it was much improved. Soon after came the Super Record with the same 2mm tubing and geometry as the competition, but nicer insertion seat stay tops, arrow shaped cutouts in the lugs, and fittings. Not sure when the cyclocross models came along; I think right after or the same time as Super Record
Steve Benson Charlotte, NC
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In a message dated 1/18/01 1:15:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, bicyclemark@juno.com writes:
<< ALAN style, red anodized w/white panels & yellow lettering, GUERCIOTTI, 23" (58cm? - c to c), frame, fork, Campy bottom-bracket set, & I think a Campy headset. >>
There were two models imported by Ten Speed Drive in the 1980s...
There was a cheaper model recognizable by a more mechanical, cobby seat stay attachment, and slightly smaller tube diameters (I think) and a fancier model (= to the Alan "Record") with a smoother looking seat stay attachment. The inexpensive version was only in anodized red or flat black (I am pretty sure) and the top end version came in Red or Blue ano.
There were also stable mate bikes called "Tommaso," with labeled Alan-made frames (named after Tom Eason, the owner of Ten Speed Drive Imports.)
Here in the Southeast USA there were many of these, I sold a bunch at CDO... there were many complete bikes sold with Campy Victory and such groups....and they haven't fetched very much, $-wise, as used bikes. Without wanting to start yet another thread on aluminum frame durability (Please, no!) I observed through dealing with many examples that these particular bikes seem to last rather well perhaps because they are "glued & screwed" together and are made with fairly beefy gauge tubing.
Dale Brown