I have not taken any pics since changing the bars, but here you go anyway.

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to each their own, but with all those spacers and a positive rise stem on one of the bikes with one of the lowest if not the lowest stack means that your on the wrong frame…i'm just saying...

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is that in addition to your P4? One of your frames wouldn't happen to be a 54 or 56 that you would like to get rid of would it? =]

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are those the new aero brakes?

My stable has a P3C, a P4 and a Felt AR1. Nice stable, eh? All 51cm. Now that I've got the P4 dialed in a bit, I'm quite pleased with it. But I can't see parting with the P3C. I have in mind that she'll remain my long course bike, but as I get more miles on the P4, I can't see why I wouldn't use it regardless of the course.

Why did you chose the AR1 over an S3 or an R3? Just to mix it up a bit?

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Because if I had to deal with another bike that used the Cervelo ICS cable routing system, I might just hang myself. That plus Felt is a sponsor of the team I'm on and SuperDave helped me score this awesome Garmin team frame. I've had it for about 2 weeks now and I get stoked every time I ride it. Very impressive machine.

Oh man. You should sell the Zipps and buy the Easton EC90 TT. Oh dear lord, those wheels were made to be put on a white bike. :)

Here's mine:)

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i'm really liking the new paint/ graphics for the p3c. all these bikes are SO much nicer than the p4...no comparison!

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Awesome thread to testify to the awesomest of all bicycles!!

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I probably, no not probably, do have the most worked over and white trash P3 out there. I'm really hard on bikes, wish I had a pic of the yellow one I had for 6 years before this one. Takes a lickin, but keeps on tickin...Notice the black electrical tape to hold on the pump, that alone is 3 years old. I think I still on the original chain too...

Sorry for the bad pic...stupid phone...yea I am missing 1 sticker on the wheel...still waiting for it to get here in the mail, otherwise Tai really hooked me up!

Y'know, I was looking at that disk and thinking, "Man, that thing could really use another sticker".

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It's like a mullet. Business up front & PARTY IN THE BACK!!!

My wife's bike.

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the most worked over and white trash P3 out there.

Dude, if that were a real white trash P3, it would be sporting a front basket with a 12 pack of Natural Liight, a carton of generic smokes and a big bag of Cheetos.

Street Cred Bro!!

Get with it......

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That is the kind of disc wheel that is easy to make fun of as it sits stationary, but when you see it in motion, it fucks with your head and makes you crash as you become hypnotized.

Well played jilanderson!!

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Saw it at clearwater...

Yeah I know let me have it, non-drive side pic, but I was taking a pic of both my bikes in this pic.........

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Man oh man, how can you ride either of those bikes without sliding off the seats. Seriously, get a proper bike set up. Those seats are just wrong. You'll be using so much of your upper body just to stay on the bike.

I'm trying to decide between the P3 & P4. You mentioned keeping the P3 as your long course bike. Is there a reason for this beyond your setup? Thanks.

Nice bikes. I am new to road bikes, still researching for the first. Are most of these bought as a frame and parts are added as the rider preference or are they be bought "off the floor"? I guess that is a general statement for most tri-bikes and riders.

If you are buying a bike brand new, by a long way the cheapest option is to buy a complete bike, that is, frame, group set (gears, brakes etc that make the frame go somewhere) and wheels.

The wheels won't be race wheels, but usually good quality training wheels.

There are two options:
1) A road bike, which you can add clip on aero bars to.
2) A time trial bike.

For example, the poster above with the two cervelos. The road bike is the white one, and the other bike is a dedicated time trial bike.

There are some good articles on slowtwitch main site about choosing a bike.

Once you get the initial complete bike, the next thing most people purchase is a pair of race wheels, that are usually lighter but most importantly more aero-dynamic then training wheels.

Thanks Dynamic.

Wow that bike is sweet! I really like the gold.

Changed things a bit from this picture (moved saddle back a little, cleaned up cables). Love this bike to death, still can't believe I get to ride something so nice.

Whole bike built for about $2100

will some of you folks, please, PLEASE cut the excess steerer tube off above your stems? :'(

i don't have excess steerer tube! :)

I'm trying to decide between the P3 & P4. You mentioned keeping the P3 as your long course bike. Is there a reason for this beyond your setup? Thanks.

Yep. There's a very important reason. It's an excuse to keep the bike. ;-) Seriously, the more time I spend on the P4, the more I can't wait to see what kind of 112 split I could do on it.

The P4 is a lighter bike. I know a lot of folks think that doesn't matter, but it can. I've only done one race on it but my performance relative to a bunch of folks I race against quite frequently was pretty substantially better. The only thing that should give you pause is if you like to mess with your bike a lot and do your own work. It's a royal pain in the ass to work on. The internal cable routing scheme just plain sucks. There's no sugar-coating it. I've changed out bars and done a few things a few times that required me to re-cable the bike and it's a horrendous nightmare. With the learning curve, it becomes just a plain nightmare. And as has been said in many threads, the rear brake is pretty much just an ornament.

The P4 is like being married to a gorgeous, glamourous woman. She can be a royal pain in the ass to keep her happy, but oh my, when you get to ride her ...!

That's great information, I appreciate it. I know aero trumps weight but if you can have both, why wouldn't you. And as for the rear brake, I used to own a Zipp 2001 back in the day so I'm used to a token rear brake :)

Funny thing is the R3 had not been ridden but for about 5 miles at that time and last night I actually had adjusted the seat and tilted it up a little more. The seat angle on the P3 is not that bad and I do not have any soreness, I have been wanting to mess with it but just haven't had the time. It is comfortable for me so why mess with it? Thanks for pointing it out though when I get a chance and have some time to play with my position a little more I will tweak it.

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Here was mine pre-steerer tube cutting and pre theft.

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So what's the story w/ painting your P3 in Fuji stripes?

With modern pads and holders, the Zipp brake is just fine. I actually ride around on mine quite a bit with only a rear brake.

Chris

I actually raise & lower the cockpit by 1-2 spacers depending on the time of year and type of race... all the way up when i'm fat and not racing any in the spring, plus my one IM where I valued comfort more than for shorter races; in the middle (1 spacer above & below) for Oly or HIM when I need to save a little for the run; and all the way down for sprints/TTs with short or no run. Sorry.

Was her's...she's probably a bit faster than me though :-p.

WTH? Is this a Fuji sponsored athlete who wanted to ride a P3 in TT events???

WTH? Is this a Fuji sponsored athlete who wanted to ride a P3 in TT events???


This should be good. You might want to duck and cover.

Wow, so I guess Kristin didn't ride the Aloha? :)

Thinking of having some of these made up for mine for the downtube:

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Stop teasing us with decals, non-descript shots of your build and other items that you have built and just show us the damn build will you.

Show us the:

Aerobar set up, custom parts, disc wheel, basebar and other items that you have done

Just took this pic. Build should be back together in less than a week if all goes well.

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Why do you keep hiding the aerobars in every picture.

Damn you.

One month old--getting a riser kit to drop a few spacers out of there though.
onth old...

Here's mine.

See, now why couldn't Cervelo come up with cool colors or better paint schemes like this? Personally, white bikes are my least favorite bikes but the ultegra 2010 frame was a little more annoying than the DA color I thought. So I went with the white/red stripes. Ruby red is sweet! Was this painted at Cervelo's official "warranty-safe" paint shop?

zipp/blackwell disc with hed decals? I like the color scheme though.

I like your behind the seat bottle carrier. I've been thinking of a good way to make one to do just this. Do you mind posting a close-up of this or PM'ing me some detail pics? What is it made out of?

Thanks, nice set-up

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It's actually a clincher mavic comete.
I got the cage mounting idea from right here on ST.
aka "Jonyo special"

Rocky- I have a painter (mostly does cars, motorcycles...) that lives right by me. He hears what I want with a paint job and adds his twist. He has painted a couple helmets and a disc for me too

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They really arent that impressive. But the ST crowd are usually a bunch of a-holes about anything a little different than the norm.

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Send me a PM as I am interested in not being an A**hole

Just noticed the "Vroom. Vroom. Design" That is awesome. That is a spectacular paint job.

Yeah, I wanted to change things up a little. Did you see the e on the head tube at the very front of the bike? That was a surprise by the painter. He did the same thing with my web site on the seat stays.

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Finished this build over this past Christmas ...



... specifications currently in the classifieds.

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Here's the one I bought "used" last fall and built it up with Dura Ace, Quarq, HED aerobar and wheels.

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nice build

you should get a FSA super chainring for the outside.

nice touch with the gold quarq and the barend shifters…bling! =]

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Don't think I haven't considered it ;)

The gold was sort of an accident, but it worked out nicely.

chris

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that is one hell of an expensive bike. wow.

serious question... who did the paintjob on that???

rev,

thats the nicest p3 I have seen - the simkins breaks really look sweet on that frame

Here is mine in action today! Pic taken by Reventon himself

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that is a beautiful build…

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http://www.airephix.com/ his name is Rich. He normally paints really far out there scenes with skulls, swords and birds of prey on Motorcycles and cars. This was really tamed down for him. I actually had to ask him not to surprise me with any screaming skulls with bats flying out of their eye sockets racing down my down tube. He actually ruined the bike. It is way too nice to ride now. I just look at it.

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methinks you are not sitting on the adamo correctly if it is pointed like that...

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I love that paint job!

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Someday i'll get to ride the damn thing again.

simkins front brake/ modified tekro centre pull on rear

The bento box is only used in training to hold my iPhone, my wallet and a tube.

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Was your bike just sitting in CMS? I think I poked at it a few times.

can you post a more detailed picture of your rear brake? Thanks!

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She's a little fat right here and set up for a 80 mile ride, and yes...she's facing the wrong way, but

MissP's rig ready for battle at IMH last fall:

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Are they 650s or is that an enormous chainring? or both?

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650s and 53 (or 54) tooth chain ring

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Cabling needs some work, but other than she is good to go.

Here's mine... too bad I don't ride it that much.

New Upgrade w/ the ST Group buy wheels............

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Here's mine, from this weekend's race. (Not a great photo, though, sorry)
I'm really thinking I need to put different decals on the wheels so they match the color scheme - what do you think?

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What...no kitchen sink? ;)

Is this a joke?

Here is McStumpe's P3C, he couldn't figure out how to post the pic so here it is.
I took it for a spin the other day, Very smooth and the Zipp RTC shifters and awesome!

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One of the biggest mistakes...

You are fucking with us, aren't you ;-)

What took you so long? I was waiting for your comment. :-) Got any scratches on that OLD Felt????

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ouch my eyes!! hydration nightmare, cable housing, small ring, rear light, all on a WC colors P3. yikes.

what version of the p3 is this? I can't seem to find it anywhere..is it custom painted?

what version of the p3 is this? I can't seem to find it anywhere..is it custom painted?

it's the World Champion version so it has the rainbow stripes of the WC jersey painted on it. cervelo did a limited edition run of them after fabian cancellara won his first world time trial championship on his P3C. you can find them on ebay every once in a while. people complain about cervelo's boring paint schemes but they've done limited edition frames like this one, the olympic rings on the S3, and the 100th anniversary giro d'italia RS.

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What saddle bag were you using in that pic? It looks very compact and a good fit. My rails are about there and I might like to try whatever you had. Thanks!

Here is my ride. I was not the most flexible when I bought the bike and plan on removing spacers this year as I change out componentry. Still a decent drop. Right now it is a SRAM/Campy hybrid.

Why did you buy a P3 if you cant ride it as it was designed? Just wondering.

I was sized and fit by a shop specializing in fitting and I trusted their assessment. The 'fitter' at the time indicated I should continue to work on flexibility, which I have improved on quite a bit. When I purchased the bike, I did not know any better as I was transitioning from being a pure cyclist and had not really paid too much attention to time trial frame setups. I did not care if I purchased a P3/P2/Trek TTX/etc. I assumed (incorrectly) that going to a reputable shop with a reputable 'fitter' would result in the sale of a bike that fits me properly. I have not gotten around to lowering the front end as I have been comfortable on the setup (completed first 70.3 this year without problems) and have had good results on the bike.

Interestingly enough, the same person who 'fit' me on this bike is still busy 'fitting' people on this board (think Treck SC thread).

Regardless, it is still a very fast bike, I am comfortable, and I plan on making some changes. I don't think I'll ever get down low in the front as some people, especially considering the height of my seatpost...

I don't think the P3 was a terrible choice for you, the Oval bars are about as low of stack as any bar out there. Something with a high stack would probably be a bit better combo for you and that bike.

I'm guessing with a 3T ventus, or maybe any syntace you could cut down on half or more of those spacers.

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Quarq Powermeter with Garmin 705, Rotor Crank, with SRAM 54x42 chainring, Zipp Vuka Aerobars, zipp 1080 front tubulars, zipp sub 9 rear,

I think R&A Cycles has select sizes listed on their sale page.

nicely done, simple and clean.

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That makes more sense. Is the fork a carbon post? I would worry more about snapping myself. The same thing happened to me on my first bike. So this one I fit myself nicely on. IMO flexibility has little to do with drop. Really it seems more like just tilting yourself foward more(moving saddle up, lowering front end). How does that seat feel? It hurts just looking at it. Like the other person side I would get a higher stack aerobar(v.t. or p.d. are cheap), that way you could still have the same amount of drop with less spacers.

Here's mine. 51cm frame bought from a fellow forum member, then built up with Red, Bontrager XXX bars, Cosmic Carbon front, HED3 rear with a conversion to HED3 disc performed by another forum member (really cool wheel!). Just under 18 pounds as pictured.

Nice bike. Most Cosmic Carbones have decals with some yellow in them, but I've seen a few like yours that are all white/silver. I that an option from Mavic, some after-market decals, a different model of the Cosmic Carbone?

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Aftermarket/ebay.. :) The originals were yellow.

Looks great,been on the road with it?

Not yet, hopefully get to take it for a spin within the next few days. Parenthood... :)

Maybe you can help: I own a Cervelo P3 (aluminum) which I bought new in 2001. Unfortunately the clamp of the seatpost broke. Since this is my only tri bike I desperately need a replacement.
Does any of you guys know which seat post of newer models could fit? Cervelo Canada and Cervelo Europe couldn#t really help me yet.
Thank you so much and greatings from Germany

pretty sure the old soloists were the same

Google FU found some online. Here at Sigma

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Sorry for the misunderstanding, but it seems my English wasn´t good enough here: the part that is broken is the clamp at the top of the seatpost that directly holds the rails of the saddle. In the old P3 i have this is some sort of cast aluminum. This part is broken

P.S. this clamp can be turned 180 degrees from normal road racing position for a more forward tri position.

ebay
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Thanks man!

NP ;)

In keeping with the thread, my P3alu doing track duty

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My new old P3...

Nice paint work.

(but the big cluster of stuff behind the seat, a bit less so ... )

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But I need a spare tube somewhere...have tried different bags/setups...I like this one the best

TT duty

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This post makes my heart happy. This was a pic from before my first IM so don't chuckle too much about how overloaded he is.

What saddle is that?

Dash Tri 7

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