Those are some pretty low head tubes, and the chain stay lengths on this bike (this is the gemoetry chart for a Cervelo P3C) do enable the rider to use the bike with the saddle at 81 degrees.
My point lies in the "enable the rider to use" admission. Not even Cervelo is willing to say, "if you're riding this bike, here's how to ride it."
I can ride my Specialized road bike with a Fast Forward seatpost and aerobars; I can also ride my Yaqui with drops and a layback post. If I did either of these things I deserve to crash since neither bike is designed to handle with this weight distribution.
Why does Cervelo think we're dumb enough to believe that a single bike is OPTIMAL anywhere between 74 and 82 degrees and with a variation of 10cm worth of stack height?
Specificity of purpose leads to excellence. There is an insufficent degree of specificity in triathlon geometry right now to make me dig into my pocket to pay either a fitter or a mass bike manufacturer.
My point lies in the "enable the rider to use" admission. Not even Cervelo is willing to say, "if you're riding this bike, here's how to ride it."
I can ride my Specialized road bike with a Fast Forward seatpost and aerobars; I can also ride my Yaqui with drops and a layback post. If I did either of these things I deserve to crash since neither bike is designed to handle with this weight distribution.
Why does Cervelo think we're dumb enough to believe that a single bike is OPTIMAL anywhere between 74 and 82 degrees and with a variation of 10cm worth of stack height?
Specificity of purpose leads to excellence. There is an insufficent degree of specificity in triathlon geometry right now to make me dig into my pocket to pay either a fitter or a mass bike manufacturer.