Cervelo's Graphic Designer did a great job with Dave Mirra's custom painted P5. The question is why didn't they use this paint scheme for mass production instead of the ugly red/white combination.

http://lavamagazine.com/...p-mont-tremblant-qc/

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http://www.verynooty.com

Hot damn!

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The solid color scheme would be awesome if done in any color but all black. The all black look is pretty meh.

Actually take the color scheme that was just posted and replace the matte black by matte red, replace glossy black by matte black (and make the stripes on seatstay black also) and it's a great paint scheme.

is that an enve sticker on a super 9 disc?

yup

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the horror!

The best color scheme on a Cervelo I have ever seen. Perfect.

I'm over the whole "everything blacked out" color scheme. I've never understood it. Dave's bike looks awesome though

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I hope the P7 is a beam bike!!! Damon....get on it! Forget about this UCI compliant stuff...you guys know that we triathletes are the bulk of the market anyway.

Hi hows the ride because right now i an choosing what to get p3 or p5. Really need great infos :) thank you so much ;)

can someone confirm a new color scheme?

teampeewee wrote:

Hi hows the ride because right now i an choosing what to get p3 or p5. Really need great infos :) thank you so much ;)

I got the P3 Ultegra for many reasons:

1. I am an engineer (at least originally) in my professional life. I didn't want hydraulic brakes nor Di2 because I prefer to see more field deployment of products and all the incremental refinements that come with that. I still see too many field failures of both from peers. Neither of these would qualify for mission/flight critical reliability for Aerospace (yes, my standard is a bit high). I wanted conventional braking and conventional mechanical shifting that have millions of hours in field deployment. Less hassle
2. the P3 uses stock components. When I travel, I can get any part from a shop and fix myself
3. It was easy to swap out the Cervelo provided cockpit for the one I wanted.
4. P3 is "almost as aero" as P5....my position is the bigger problem
5. P3 is less hassle to pack in my bike bag. I travel with it around 3-8x per year. I want something that I don't need to baby
6. After the fact, I cound out that the P3 uses standard headset bearing that I can get in pretty well any bike shop (I managed to crush one in re assembly....my fault).

Dev

Dev,

Hydraulic brakes may be "new" on road/tri bikes, but the basic technology for hydraulic brakes on bikes has been around for a LOOOONG time now.
My wife has Magura hydraulic rim brakes on her old '96 ProFlex Beast mtb, and they still work well.
(the XTR disk brakes on my new mtb are insanely good. Literally 1-finger braking, w/ oodles of stopping power. It feels like cheating.)


The Magura hydraulic brakes on my P5 are AMAZEBALLS.
Granted, it's only n=1, but I've had zero issues whatsoever with them to date.
I can certainly see how having regular brakes is 'better' for travelling, just in case there's any issues, since replacement parts are readily available almost everywhere.

Also agree about DI2 - seeing people stuck on the side of the road because their bike won't shift at all, is a dealbreaker on that.

At least if cable shifting goes south, there are lots of ways to MacGuyver a fix to at least get you back home.
And get replacement parts to fix it easily and cheaply.

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Best advice on ST

Even with an issue here or there, I have yet to talk to a person with Di2 that does not LOVE it.

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Yeah, it's mainly the part in bold. My "use case" is not totally the same as most age groupers given my race schedule. But my race schedule is the delta between my VW Jetta and the Audi A6 that I chose not to get...would rather give my money to Airlines, hotels, WTC and Cervelo :-)

Dear Dev - I would like to hear your considered views...

All else being equal (fit, position, etc.) do you think the P3 is an improvement / upgrade over the Slice?

ie - do you think you are faster / "bought some speed" getting the P3 from the Slice?

(Current Slice owner thinking of "upgrading" to a new frame)

Did anyone see the cervelo tweet today? New colors seem to be true

How much do you charge for that paint job? Looks awesome!

I like the P3, the P5 not so much. The P2 paint job continues to look like shit.

Hey Dev,

What cockpit did you select? Any thoughts about Zipp Alimina on that frame?

Scott

the red looks sweet in person, the photos do not do it justice

I've been running di2 for 2 years and the only problem I had, one time, was a low battery because I didn't' charge it. Otherwise it has been flawless and I wouldn't have anything else. Benefit is I don't have to be concerned about cable stretch or slippage. Shifters on the brakes are nice as well.