"How do we kill it, Ash? There's gotta be a way of killing it."- Ellen Ripley

As the man behind the spray gun at Allied Cycle Works, Lucas Strain, doesn't often get to paint bikes for himself. For his new ALLROAD theme, Lucas turned to Alien. "It's one of my favorite sci-fi movies and this is a tribute to Sigourney Weaver and her badass character in the movie."⁠

Lucas has been racing with Easton Cycling support under a number of banners over the past two years, and while this is his first ALLIED, he’s been riding our EC90 SL wheelset, EC90 SL Cranks and EC90 SLX and EA90 SL cockpit for much of that time.

About the Easton #EC90SL build kit: "[Easton's] attention to detail and versatility in components makes them an amazing choice for pretty much every build. In fact, most of these parts have been raced for 2+ years, but they still feel like I just pulled them out of the box."⁠

His EC90 SL wheelset has done many jobs, from road to cyclocross, and complement his crit-tested EC90 Aero55 wheels to make his ALLROAD a versatile crit machine. With the XDR replacement freehub, he has switched from Shimano to SRAM, and though the mullet build can use any of our 1x chainrings, he has paired the MTB AXS chain with the new Flattop compatible FLT 12 speed ring.

About the ALLROAD: "Also special. My friend Sam designed it... My friend Olivier made it... And I painted it, as well as, the combined effort of about 40 people in between. So rad to work at a company where everyone truly wants to make something better."⁠

Photos by Jared Hall

"How do we kill it, Ash? There's gotta be a way of killing it."- Ellen Ripley

As the man behind the spray gun at Allied Cycle Works, Lucas Strain, doesn't often get to paint bikes for himself. For his new ALLROAD theme, Lucas turned to Alien. "It's one of my favorite sci-fi movies and this is a tribute to Sigourney Weaver and her badass character in the movie."⁠

Lucas has been racing with Easton Cycling support under a number of banners over the past two years, and while this is his first ALLIED, he’s been riding our EC90 SL wheelset, EC90 SL Cranks and EC90 SLX and EA90 SL cockpit for much of that time.

About the Easton #EC90SL build kit: "[Easton's] attention to detail and versatility in components makes them an amazing choice for pretty much every build. In fact, most of these parts have been raced for 2+ years, but they still feel like I just pulled them out of the box."⁠

His EC90 SL wheelset has done many jobs, from road to cyclocross, and complement his crit-tested EC90 Aero55 wheels to make his ALLROAD a versatile crit machine. With the XDR replacement freehub, he has switched from Shimano to SRAM, and though the mullet build can use any of our 1x chainrings, he has paired the MTB AXS chain with the new Flattop compatible FLT 12 speed ring.

About the ALLROAD: "Also special. My friend Sam designed it... My friend Olivier made it... And I painted it, as well as, the combined effort of about 40 people in between. So rad to work at a company where everyone truly wants to make something better."⁠

Photos by Jared Hall