2011 Specialized Dolce Elite Compact

Bike photo
Serial
WSBC602086808F
Manufacturer
Specialized
Name
Ella Mae
Model
Dolce Elite Compact
Year
2011
Primary colors
Black and White
Frame Material
Aluminum
Wheel diameter
700 C
Tire width
Narrow tire
Distinguishing features
Ella Mae has her name painted on the right front fork, and "S Downard, Chicago, ILL" painted on the top tube, in pink. She is outfitted with: -- two bottle holders on the frame (seat tube bottle removable from either side, down tube bottle right-side remove only), -- a silver frame pump on the right-hand side attached to the downtube grommets under the bottle holder, -- some pretty scraped up Shimano SPD-SL pedals, -- a beat-up Terry saddle on an aluminum seatpost marked for height, -- Profile Design clamp-on aerobars (or scrapes in the handlebars where the clamps would go) -- turquoise bar-end caps -- some seriously raggedy bar tape (my cat likes to chew on it; dude, I don't even know), -- a silver trainer axle on the rear wheel rather than the standard black one, -- SRAM drivetrain and double-click shifters, -- a Cateye double wireless cadence/speedometer with magnets on rear wheel spokes and left crank arm, -- there's a Kozy's Cyclery sticker on the seat tube and a sticker showing the frame is 51 cm, -- there is a small black bento box velcroed to the head tube and top tube, -- there is usually a large Novara seat bag which has a hard plastic twist-to-release mount on the saddle rails. (Inside the main compartment there are sunscreen wipes, bug repellent wipes, a business-card first aid kit, a patch kit, tire levers, CO2, and spare tube; inside the bottom compartment there's usually a Clif bar, some gels, and maybe a fizzy electrolyte tab. I am totally the person you want to have on your group ride.) -- (unless I'm racing in which case there may be just a tiny seat bag which is only barely big enough to fit the spare tube and tire levers and a CO2 cartridge) -- sometimes I have a black rear rack on; if not, there will be scrapes in the paint in the grommets where it was screwed in -- occasionally I have silk flowers zip-tied or twist-tied to the head tube.