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Comfort (or lack of) on old school Cervelo P3SL
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planetsbr
Oct 28, 17 5:22
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This came up in another thread.
Have a 53cm 2005 Cervelo P3SL. Love the bike but around age 50 I'm taking a beating on longer TT rides.
I do a bunch of riding on commuter and MTB.
Currently have stock alu vision cockpit and carbon seat post, alu track dimpled zipp 606 wheelset, michelin prorace3 23mm tires, profile tri-stryke saddle.

One tip was going 25mm tires. Any more tips on making the seat mast area more compliant?
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Orbilius
Oct 28, 17 5:34
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What tires and tire pressure are you running?
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Morelock
Oct 28, 17 5:38
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besides tyres, saddle is probably the next place to look.
You *might* gain something by going to the carbon post from the aluminum one (if you don't already use it) but likely nothing noticeable.

Fork maybe...

P3SL wasn't/isn't the most plush bike
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planetsbr
Oct 28, 17 6:55
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Orbilius wrote:
What tires and tire pressure are you running?
Michelin Pro Race 3, 23mm, 100PSI

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planetsbr
Oct 28, 17 6:59
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Morelock wrote:
besides tyres, saddle is probably the next place to look.
You *might* gain something by going to the carbon post from the aluminum one (if you don't already use it) but likely nothing noticeable.

Fork maybe...

P3SL wasn't/isn't the most plush bike

Already have the carbon post, running Wolf fork. Oh well.

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the_thief
Oct 28, 17 7:22
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The were 3 Wolf forks with 3 different steertubes. CL = steel, TT aluminum and SL = carbon. If you are riding the TT version it would help to track down CL one.

The SL was recalled and shouldn't be ridden.
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