Last year's S22 was more expensive that this years S25. I loved the S22 last year, but for $200 this year's bike has Dura Ace shifters and derailleurs and a one-piece carbonX bar and also uses the B2 frame ($1400 frame alone).
The Tektro RX2.5 dual pivot caliper uses tha same cartridge brake pads only found on Dura-Ace level calipers with rotory "v-brake" style conical washers to adjust toe. The set also weighs a mere 330 grams. Three years ago the tektro reverse brake levers modeled after the mighty Dia Compe 188s were labled generic too, that is until they showed up on LA bike, then every bike company from Aegis to X-Lab specced them.
I'd like to also say, I've got no beef with Cervelo. They have paid their dues in the wind tunnel and learning empirically. Their support of professional athletes should not go unnoticed either, nor should professional athletes willingness to buy a P3 and have it painted up like their team bike for ITTs (Wohlberg, etc...) Their bikes have cult status here and amongst the tri/tt crowd the world over. I just don't think their reputation encompasses "good value" as I and many consumers define it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/...bike-for-the-new-era
The Tektro RX2.5 dual pivot caliper uses tha same cartridge brake pads only found on Dura-Ace level calipers with rotory "v-brake" style conical washers to adjust toe. The set also weighs a mere 330 grams. Three years ago the tektro reverse brake levers modeled after the mighty Dia Compe 188s were labled generic too, that is until they showed up on LA bike, then every bike company from Aegis to X-Lab specced them.
I'd like to also say, I've got no beef with Cervelo. They have paid their dues in the wind tunnel and learning empirically. Their support of professional athletes should not go unnoticed either, nor should professional athletes willingness to buy a P3 and have it painted up like their team bike for ITTs (Wohlberg, etc...) Their bikes have cult status here and amongst the tri/tt crowd the world over. I just don't think their reputation encompasses "good value" as I and many consumers define it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/...bike-for-the-new-era