New Sportive Bike From Cervelo

[Smokin Joe]

The P5X.

Ideal for blasting between the cake stops -

 

[midlife]

It has competition...

Shaun

 

[screenman]

Proper tri bike, I think they both look great.

 

[Roadrider48]

Space age magnificence!
@Cuchilo just bought a real sexy beast by Giant.

 

[Tin Pot]

It's nice to have an aero bike, but would be better to have an aero me.

 

[huggy]

Bit main stream and common those 2.

As ridden by one Jesse Thomas to 16th in a local sportive in Kona yesterday

 

[vickster]

I'm sure that abomination has been posted before!

 

[steveindenmark]

Loads of places to hide a battery on those bikes :0)

 

[Smokin Joe]

Bit main stream and common those 2.

As ridden by one Jesse Thomas to 16th in a local sportive in Kona yesterday

No disc brakes? Sooooooooooo last year, dahling.

 

[Ajax Bay]

As ridden by one Jesse Thomas to 16th in a local sportive in Kona yesterday

How can you be 'placed' in a sportive? They are not races.

 

[Tim Hall]

How can you be 'placed' in a sportive? They are not races.

16th in the "best looking bike contest." Out of 15.

 

[Bollo]

Somebody at the UCI has just inked up a stamp with a big fat 'Non' embossed on it.

 

[steve50]

U.A.S. imo.

 

[winjim]

How can you be 'placed' in a sportive? They are not races.

Of course they aren't.

 

[Ajax Bay]

"Let's start with a phrase you'll become very familiar with if you get into riding sportives. "It's not a race". You'll probably hear this said during the riders' briefing at the start, followed by a smattering of derisive laughter because, as with any sporting event, some people always treat them as a race and everyone knows that.

"On a more serious note though, they're not races, because using the word "race" for cycling on the road triggers all sorts of legal, health and safety, and insurance issues, which would involve getting the police and local authorities involved and making organising such events prohibitively difficult. If you're interested in racing on your bike, then sportives are not for you."