I was bored today, so I went looking at bikes and stuff.

[Racing roadkill]

Funnily enough a review of it has just popped up in the Guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/19/cervelo-p5x-triathlon-bike-review-tri-tips

Sounds about right. I didn't pay the quoted price. But even if I find it's not my bag, when I get to actually ride it. I'll put it on the wall, as an ode to engineering.

 

[StuAff]

I did have a good talk with the rep. Full hydro brakes would be lethal on a bike like this, it weighs less than a cigarette paper, and is very easy to get up to high speeds.

Rep was spouting twaddle. Full hydraulic TT systems aren't available yet, Cervelo will start fitting them when they're available. And hydro systems are just as easy for a rider to modulate as cable discs or callipers.

 

[StuAff]

BTW, eTap or Di2 version?

 

[Slick]

The seat is regulated by UCI rules. The 'nose'has to be a regulated distance behind the centre line.

I didn't know that. On a bike fit I had, the guy spent some time getting the seat, my hips and pedals lined up. My new bike feels like the seat is behind the pedals, I assumed this would reduce your power, but maybe it's supposed to be like that.

 

[Crackle]

The seat is regulated by UCI rules. The 'nose'has to be a regulated distance behind the centre line.

You surely mean ITU rules, there's no way that thing would get near a UCI race.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I didn't know that. On a bike fit I had, the guy spent some time getting the seat, my hips and pedals lined up. My new bike feels like the seat is behind the pedals, I assumed this would reduce your power, but maybe it's supposed to be like that.

The UCI clamped down on seat length, because some teams were going to put extensions on the nose of the saddles on the TT bikes,
that took them virtually to the bars. The wind tunnel CFD modelling work has been done now, that shows just how many watts are saved, by having a ' wing saddle'. It seems to back up the UCI stance.

 

[Slick]

The UCI clamped down on seat length, because some teams were going to put extensions on the nose of the saddles on the TT bikes,
that took them virtually to the bars. The wind tunnel CFD modelling work has been done now, that shows just how many watts are saved, by having a ' wing saddle'. It seems to back up the UCI stance.

Every day is a school day, cheers.

 

[Cuchilo]

Another version https://www.strava.com/activities/887427988

 

[jowwy]

Im guessing the purchase was cancelled

 

[vickster]

Im guessing the purchase was cancelled

I doubt it ever actually existed

 

[Jody]

How can a person be so cynical?

Bored one day, goes looking at bikes and drops £15,000 on a purchase. Sounds legit

 

[vickster]

I'm sure he would have done it long ago if there was an equivalent Decathlon BTWIN model

 

[Jody]

Absolutely. It is exactly the sort of thing Roadkill does, usually just after payday.

It's like Cyclechats own version of Katie Hopkins

 

[Cuchilo]

It's like Cyclechats own version of Katie Hopkins

but Katie Hopkins hasn't got a pointy helmet

 

[Jody]

but Katie Hopkins hasn't got a pointy helmet

She is a pointy helmet