ETN79 wrote:
Brad,
Thanks for starting the thread. I'm getting back into multisport after some time away, I am currently on my original P3C (2006) and am very loyal to the brand as I have both a Cervelo TT and road bike. I have been considering whether or not I want to go with the P5 of switch to the Speedmax next year. I am very interested to hear your thoughts and opinions on the two bikes as you've ridden both bikes. Some of the questions I have are:
1) which bike is lighter (I know the ST crowd will crucify me for this question due to the aero trumps weight, but i'm a smaller rider)
2) I have heard that putting together a P5 is quite involved, any differences here with the Speedmax?
Once again looking forward to your thoughts on the matter.
Eric
Hi Eric,
Sorry for the delay here on coming back to you, definitely the most popular topic is comparing the P5 to Speedmax, briefly did it above in another post, off the back of another users comparison. But will answer your questions directly.
1) I did not weigh my Cervelo before disassembling it, and did not have the same wheels with me to do an exact comparison. Wish I would have done this as it is a popular question. Need to weigh the Speedmax again, but off the top of my head believe it was ~22lbs, and that was with FLO Disc / FLO 9, no bottle cages, but had tool kit in the storage compartment (2x Co2, Tube, Multi Tool, tire lever, air chuck), as well as both the bento and integrated bottle on.
2) I believe all super bikes that have this amount of integration and "clean" setups will be a touch harder to work on and assemble/disassemble. It really depends how mechanically savvy you are. For traveling it really comes down to what case you are traveling with and then what size bike you ride, along with how much stack and how far your extensions go out. All of those variables can dictate the amount of disassembly you have to do. If you are able to leave your base bar on with your case, and are running the "V-Bar" on the P-5, then I would give the head nod to the P-5 in ease of tear down and re-assembly. If you have to take off the base bar, then the head nod goes to the P5 as it would only be 4 bolts, to the P-5's 7 bolts. Think we go back and forth on this a bit in the above posts, but not positive. Definitely something I will cover in my P-5 vs. Speedmax blog whenever I get it up.
Lastly, the biggest selling point in my opinion is the Speedmax was built with integration in mind, where the P-5 you need to decide what after market integration you want to use, some good options out there, but nothing nearly as clean as what the Speedmax has done.
Good luck with whatever direction you go in, I was on Cervelo for a long time and was always happy with the bike(s) I rode. I am super happy with the Canyon as well, and really like all the integration.
-Brad Williams
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