Hi all,
I have a P2C that I am not using any more and instead of buying a Cervelo road bike was wondering whether it would be smart to convert the P2C frame and components o a road bike.
I am thinking that all I need to do is change the handlebars, add brake shifters, and change the seat post. Your input would be welcome.
yes but there is a reason that there are two different types of bikes they arent for the same thing.
if she did it why don’t u?
http://www.chrissiewellington.org/pages/gallery.asp?Page=4#
check out the picture # 9
Cos she’s riding it in a triathlon, not a road race. Her position in the aerobars is a gold standard tri position. Only the controls are road orientated. Why people can’t understand this is beyond me…
To the OP, FWIW I convert my alloy P2 to a road bike config every off-season. I don’t want or need two bikes (hell, I can’t afford it!) and I enjoy the different stimulus…I don’t miss the aerobars at all during winter. That said, if your P2C frame is just lying around unused, ie, you’re not going to build it for tri use, I think you’re better off selling it and getting a frame with road geometry.
A bike with a steep seat tube and short top tube will be a lousy road bike for you unless it was too big to begin with (for a tri bike) then it will only be bad. I’d steer clear of the whole plan, especially if you just need a road bike, get somethingthat will fit correctly and have the right weight distribution.
I sometimes ride the “b” race in our training crits to help the new guys at the back. One week a triathlete showed up with a setup like this and he was so godawful slow through the turns, in large part due to all the weight on his front wheel, it was remarkable to watch him lose a couple bike lengths on each turn.
Sure you can do it but it’s not as good as a Soloist or R3 as a road bike. We used to have a guy riding a converted 650c QR Kilo with drop bars and STI at our group rides. The hardcore roadies rolled their eyes a bit but it can be done. The big question is why.
Easy solution:
Erik Zabel rode a P2C painted as a Bianchi a few years ago as a road bike. Dig through cyclingnews.com and you’ll see a picture. It’s possible and if it’s good enough for him, probably not a bad alternative.
I say this with all due respect. Bullshit.
yes, you could, no problem.
you don’t need to change the seatpost, just put the saddle clamp in the rear hole. and obviously when you switch the bars and move the seat, you need to totally re-fit the bike for your changed position, which will also mean a different length stem.
not sure who’s bike this was, but i don’t think the claim is bs:
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That’s Magnus Bachstedt’s bike, and it’s a TT bike, not a road bike.
One cyclist I can think of off the top of my head who used a converted TT bike was Ivan Dominguez when he was with Toyota-United. As for Zabel, I can’t imagine anyone that old school using a converted TT bike, and I certainly can’t imagine it being rebadged as anything other than Pinarello, Giant, or Colnago (Team Telekom, T-Mobile, Milram).
can’t see too well in that cropped photo, but if this was a tt bike, where are his aerobars, or elbow supports? and spoked wheels on a tt bike? seems odd.
http://www.cervelo.com/blogs.aspx?id=gv
Here’s a picture of the P2C rebadged as a Bianchi, that was ridden by Magnus Bäckstedt from Team Liquigas in 2006:
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races06/eneco06/eneco06st04-bianchi.jpg
Looks like a road setup to me. Either way, it’s not Zabel.
Well, you could just take my word for it. But here you go (scroll down).
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/P4_Drag_Numbers_P2009701-7
Sorry, fuzzy memory…Magnus. Looks like a road bike though.
thanks, actually, i found the post #. but i still wonder if the bike in the pic i posted has the same (tt) bars. it sure looks a lot like road bars, but hard to tell …
It is hard to tell, but the circumstantial evidence–Backstedt on the TT bike racing a time trial, the bike itself being lined up with other more obvious TT bikes, as well as a number of pictures of Magnus competing in road races on a standard Bianchi road bike if you do a search…I think we can conclude that Magnus was riding a rebadged P2C as his TT bike.
Glad we got to the bottom of this one.
