Well, I've been mulling this over since selling my P2K.

If I was buying a new bike today, which is hypothetical because I'll go secondhand, my first choice might be a Guru Chrono.

Other considerations in no particular order would be Lightspeed Blade/Saber, Cervelo P2C/P3C, Felt DA, Kestrel Airfoil Pro, Softride FASTT, QR Ti-Phoon.

I'm sure there are others also worthy of a serious look, but can't think of them at the moment.

In no particular order:

Look 585

Pinerello Paris

Colnago C-50

Cervelo R3.0

Can't really think of a 5th.

Fleck

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

Serotta CXII

independent fabrications Crown Jewel

Columbine

Waterford

Colnago Master X Light.

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

Dream bike would be as follows (i.e. only top two 'cos my Isaac Joule fits the bill just fine)
Either Kestrel Airfoil or C4 Carbon Frame with Blackwell aerofork and USE aeroseatpost (either would stick out in transition).
Ideally USE all in one aerobar.
Planet X wheels (82 in front, 101 in rear) with wireless PowerTap Hub
All Dura-Ace 10 speed components
Crank Brother titanium peddles and Profile Tri saddle

SteveMc

The power of marketing in the bike industry is simply amazing......

All look good to me.

1 pink planet x bike

2 2007 p3c

3 quintana roo lucero 2007 / scott plasma

4 blue t14

5 2007 p2c ( i like it)

Just one...

GURU CRONO LIMITED EDITION

http://www.gurubikes.com/...ndex.php/cPath/58_77

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Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze

1. Ducati 999r

2. Lotus

3. P3C

4. P2K

5. Hooker Elite

Kuota?! Why an Asian plastic fantastic?

Yeah...that bike is sick!

1. Guru Crono, no need to look at anything else...

peace

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"Bros b4 Hos, man" House MD

Team Aquaphor 06-08

There seems to be consensus on the Guru Chrono.

If this list was for road bikes the Guru Geneo would also be near the top of my list.

Other road bikes I like:

1) Almost any Litespeed

2) Cervelo R3 - the rectangular downtube is about as aero as a brick, but otherwise who can argue with the engineering behind the design

3) Felt F1C - this company offers a lot of value for the money

4) Cannondale Six13 - proving that you don't have to be Italian to get it right.

5) Lemond Tete de Course - sad to see this ti/carbon bike go out of production and be replaced with an all carbon bike. The spine design was maybe the most clever method of mating of two materials on the market.

1. Look 496--nice modernistic lines

2. PX Pro Carbon Stealth--unique

3. QR Luc--b/c of with new paint job.

4. Felt DA--b/c its new

5. QR Caliente--love the nostalgic black and white paint job.

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Matt Amman

Remember that mine is posted from a retailers perspective.

1. Felt S32: This bike has brought more entry level athletes into triathlon over the past three years on a tri-geometry bike than any other bike I know of.

2. Cervelo P3C: Groundbreaking. A stock bike that has won numerous Ironmans, hold Tour de France time trial records and can be bought at the corner Cervelo Dealer.

3. Colnago C40: For years this was the standard against which all other road bikes were judged. It has since been surpassed, but remains an early classic. In particular, the Colnago philosophy of using different carbon configurations on each frame size was groundbreaking.

4. Quintana Roo Superform: The first triathlon bike. Seat tube angle: 80 degrees. no the industry is trying to nudge its way back to a bike designed 20 years ago in 1987 by Slowman himself along with Ralph Ray.

5. Quintana Roo Kilo PR (Ves Mandaric version) and Quintana Roo Redstone: Two bikes that started the aero-fairing revolution. To this day I'd love to have a black Redstone in my size.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Gee, I can only think of a few that are totally awesome:

1) Beyond Fabrications Think Carbon Road

2) Blue RC6

3) Scattante CFR LE

4) Almost any Kuota

5) Jamis Xenith Carbon

nuh-oh, no you did-nt. You just listed a SCATTANTE in the TOP _5_ bike list!

I threw up in my mouth, and not just a little - E

My top 5 in no particular order

1 - Soloist Carbon

2 - Pinarello Dogma FP

3 - Felt DA

4 - Litespeed Vortex compact

5 - BT Stealth Track bike

Now that was funny!

here's mine:

1. Ridley X-Night

2. BMC Pro Machine

3. Colnago C-50

4. Pegoretti Big Leg Emma

5. Cannondale System-Six

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Geoffrey Nenninger

Litespeed Blade
QR Ti-Phoon
Guru Crono Limited Edition
Cervelo P3C
Trek Equinox TTX (yes, I said Trek :P)

Sorry, my sarcasm switch seems to be locked in the "on" position today.

I was so desperately looking for the smiley face. Seriously, I did like 4 or 5 takes on that one, nice job.

Aren't those all the same bike???

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

Richard Sachs

Richard Sachs 30th Anniversary

Spectrum (Ti)

David Kirk Terraplane (Fillet Brazed)

Hooker Elite

(Softride FASTT or TT7 - I need something I can actually TT race competitely!)

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Azby