I had not seen anything about a carbon soloist - is this in production?

Whoa. No shit... Where did you get the phot? How recent?

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Holy chainstays....

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

I'm lovin that.....GERARD WHATS GOING ON !!!!!!!

Found the pic at www.grahamwatson.com, under the Giro d'Italia

Yeah it does look different than normal. Compare rear triangle to the current Soloist, especially where it meets the seattube. This has serious sweetness potential.

Graham Watson is the BEST professional cycling photographer out there. That's how I "watch" the big races in Europe - Tour de France included. Follow the news online during the day if I can, then go to Graham's site the next day or even very late in the day, on the day-of, and look at the still shots of the action. He always manages to get the best shots of the key action in the race.

Fleck

P.S. I don't usually swoon or drool, over these new bikes( "It's not about the bike" !!), but I must say that this prototype Cervelo looks very nice. Nice work Gerard and Phil!

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Pretty neat--A mouthpiece-mounted hydration system.

Its a good thing that there is a Carbon version now. Saving those few grams allows the pro to carry 5 bottles (or 6?). Or is that a new technique to pick up extra weight/speed on a long downhill. I think the helmut mounted bottles (remember the beer can thing from university) would be more comfortable than the mouth mount.

I think I'm in deep shit for spilling the beans on this. It might still be some version of a "secret".

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

if it's any consolation, we all appreciated it very much:) my team soloist is due in sometime in the next few weeks, so i was happy to hear about a carbon version so i might upgrade after the 2nd generation comes out...

if it weren't for you...who'd we hear these things from?

I dont understand why a manufacturer would be angry about someone "spilling the beans." I think it gets people more excited for the product than if it was simply introduced by the company. It builds suspense and speculation, then we see pics like this and get even more excited. Whats that saying about no such thing as bad publicity??

How can you have "spilled the beans" when there are PICS??

Seriously, what did you do? You acted as surprised as the rest of us. Unless you are Jason or that French guy, you spilled nothing.

Anybody have an idea what black thing seems to be hanging down from the bike's left chainstay?

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Where would you want to swim ?

That is a 15 year old Reggie Jackson baseball card so that he can sound like he is on a motor cycle.

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

ah, such comedians we got here...

so, you keepin' the p3 frame?

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Where would you want to swim ?

believe it is the timing transmitter

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Trizilla...My local bike shop a few thousand Ks away


Speed Hurts ...How fast do you want to go

Am I the only person who thinks it looksl ike he's getting ready to drop a load on the Volvo?

I think that is some timing/telemetry thing.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Interesting. Is this provided by his team or by the race organizers. It seems a bit big.

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Where would you want to swim ?

 I like the paint on the bike, it would be nice if the production version looked just like it. Maybe a small e if they gotta have one. He must be grinding in that picture cause the back tire looks like its gonna pop.

Here's a link with some info about the new Soloist.

http://www.pedalmag.com/index.php?module=Section&action=viewdetail&item_id=4210

greg

So you do not have to go look for it.



May 6, 2005 - Gerard Vroomen of Cervélo flies into Reggio di Calabria Friday night to deliver the first prototype of the Soloist Carbon (info below) to Team CSC for the Giro d'Italia.

Some Team CSC riders like Jens Voigt swear by the Soloist, which perfectly suits his riding style of long breakaways. Others like Carlos Sastre, the first ever professional cyclist to ride a prototype R2.5, have a preference for the R2.5.

As early as 2001 Cervelo initiated a project called FM28 whose goal was to create a frame with even better aerodynamics than the Soloist at approximately the weight of the R2.5.

Thanks to the feedback of Team CSC the goals and direction of the FM28 project have somewhat changed over the years, but what has remained is the desire to offer a frame that is too good to be true. Now, at the 2005 Giro d'Italia, Cervélo is ready to show this creation to the world.

While this is still a prototype and a few details in shape and lay-up will likely still change, we have to test the frame in the real-world condition of professional cycling in order to determine those tweaks, and so we can no longer keep it hidden. And so we introduce the result of project FM28, the Soloist Carbon.

While some specifications such as the final weight and stiffness properties are not yet finalized as they depend on how the lay-up is changed after Team CSC's feedback, the following features are certain to be included:

- New profile downtube – Our work into improving the downtube and headtube on the P3 Carbon has directly benefited the Soloist Carbon.

- Horizontal teardrop-shaped sloping top tube – Since the top tube has a slope to it, the aerodynamics can be improved by giving it the proper airfoil cross-section in the direction of the airflow.

- Stealth aero headtube – While the headtube may look round at the front, this is an optical illusion. The headtube is ultra thin and only 1mm wider than the P3 Carbon headtube. Although the leading edge is kept straight, the sides neck down in the center section, resulting in a very good airfoil shape around the headtube in combination with a classic side profile.

- Oversized bottom bracket area – The increased volume of the bottom bracket area provides even greater bb stiffness so that Jens can continue to power away from the competition. The smooth contours of the BB volume help both for this BB stiffness and also for its strength as the fibers have a much more continuous path to transfer the loads better.

- Wolf seatstays – The seatstays have an asymmetric airfoil design from the Wolf family, designed for optimal airflow around a thin frame member interacting with a spinning wheel.

- Laterally stiffened chainstays – The chainstays feature a new design to further improve the lateral stiffness at the bottom bracket as well as the torsional stiffness of the frame.



Tom, I think you are safe now. LOL