The P4 is the eagerly anticipated successor to the current time trial standard, the Cervelo P3. As the P3 is still the fastest bike available three years after its introduction, it is clear that creating its successor was no easy task. After millions in research & development and over two months of intensive testing at the San Diego Low Speed Wind Tunnel, the P4 is the fastest bike ever in the wind tunnel, including both UCI-legal and illegal bikes.
P3C
Despite the fact that we supply only one cycling team and a handful of triathletes, the P3C victory list is staggering. Its two world championships and nineteen Ironman victories alone are a record that no other bike can match. No wonder every other bike manufacturer uses the P3C as the reference. In fact, the P3C is so far ahead of its competition that if it was its own brand, it would win the yearly Kona Bike count all by itself, without needing the help of any of the other Cervélo models.
P2C
So how good is the P2C? Consider that it has quickly become the frame of choice for professional riders who want to ride a Cervélo but whose teams won’t allow them to ride something as obvious as a P3 Carbon. And although nobody would have noticed because it was not labeled a Cervélo, it was even used in the 2006 Tour de France, barely three months after its introduction.
S3
For the S3, the engineers at vroomen.white.design used the R3 seatstay technology, rotated the stays 90 degrees and gave them a proper Cervelo aero shape. This reduces the weight, increases the vertical compliance and improves the aerodynamics. Sounds simple, but the structural design is extremely complex, which is why only Cervelo has such stays. The chainstays were also redesigned to optimize aerodynamics. Finally, the cable routing system (ICS2) is the first to have cable entries through the top of the toptube without sacrificing shifting performance.
R3
Cervélo and Team CSC designed a bike originally focused on the demands of one specific race. After Cervélo had finished project FM-28, the Soloist Carbon, there was one race left for which Team CSC really wanted something special – Paris-Roubaix. For the world’s most grueling test of road bikes, Team CSC wanted a frame that was bulletproof, yet comfortable and light. So we started project FM-41. By March 2006, Team CSC received the fruits of this project, the R3. By April, Fabian Cancellara had won Paris-Roubaix on it. But winning the one race it was originally designed for was only the start. The R3 not only was the fastest, it was also the lightest frame in the race.
RS
Cervelo constantly receive feedback from riders across a wide spectrum of abilities, from relative novices to the pros of Team CSC. With regards to geometry and fit we always receive positive feedback, the only request that sometimes receive from riders with higher than average handlebar positions – including a few at Team CSC – is to offer headtube lengths to match that higher bar position. Enter the RS, our new stiffness-to-weight (STW) design to accommodate these more upright positions while maintaining the high performance characteristics that set Cervélo apart. After all, your flexibility has nothing to do with your performance level, even a good portion of the pros have rather limited flexibility (which is not that strange, they were not selected for their ability to touch their toes, but for their excellent leg muscles, heart and lungs).
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Cervelo
The P4 is the eagerly anticipated successor to the current time trial standard, the Cervelo P3. As the P3 is still the fastest bike available three years after its introduction, it is clear that creating its successor was no easy task. After millions in research & development and over two months of intensive testing at the San Diego Low Speed Wind Tunnel, the P4 is the fastest bike ever in the wind tunnel, including both UCI-legal and illegal bikes.
Despite the fact that we supply only one cycling team and a handful of triathletes, the P3C victory list is staggering. Its two world championships and nineteen Ironman victories alone are a record that no other bike can match. No wonder every other bike manufacturer uses the P3C as the reference. In fact, the P3C is so far ahead of its competition that if it was its own brand, it would win the yearly Kona Bike count all by itself, without needing the help of any of the other Cervélo models.
So how good is the P2C? Consider that it has quickly become the frame of choice for professional riders who want to ride a Cervélo but whose teams won’t allow them to ride something as obvious as a P3 Carbon. And although nobody would have noticed because it was not labeled a Cervélo, it was even used in the 2006 Tour de France, barely three months after its introduction.
For the S3, the engineers at vroomen.white.design used the R3 seatstay technology, rotated the stays 90 degrees and gave them a proper Cervelo aero shape. This reduces the weight, increases the vertical compliance and improves the aerodynamics. Sounds simple, but the structural design is extremely complex, which is why only Cervelo has such stays. The chainstays were also redesigned to optimize aerodynamics. Finally, the cable routing system (ICS2) is the first to have cable entries through the top of the toptube without sacrificing shifting performance.
Cervélo and Team CSC designed a bike originally focused on the demands of one specific race. After Cervélo had finished project FM-28, the Soloist Carbon, there was one race left for which Team CSC really wanted something special – Paris-Roubaix. For the world’s most grueling test of road bikes, Team CSC wanted a frame that was bulletproof, yet comfortable and light. So we started project FM-41. By March 2006, Team CSC received the fruits of this project, the R3. By April, Fabian Cancellara had won Paris-Roubaix on it. But winning the one race it was originally designed for was only the start. The R3 not only was the fastest, it was also the lightest frame in the race.
Cervelo constantly receive feedback from riders across a wide spectrum of abilities, from relative novices to the pros of Team CSC. With regards to geometry and fit we always receive positive feedback, the only request that sometimes receive from riders with higher than average handlebar positions – including a few at Team CSC – is to offer headtube lengths to match that higher bar position. Enter the RS, our new stiffness-to-weight (STW) design to accommodate these more upright positions while maintaining the high performance characteristics that set Cervélo apart. After all, your flexibility has nothing to do with your performance level, even a good portion of the pros have rather limited flexibility (which is not that strange, they were not selected for their ability to touch their toes, but for their excellent leg muscles, heart and lungs).