I’m hoping someone can set my fears at ease. Two seasons ago I purchased a 2009 Cervelo P2C. This was the red/silver Durace setup. The bike said P2C on the rear fork.
Last year, towards the end of the season my bike was getting tuned and a small crack was found in the frame. Cervelo was great about the incident and instructed the shop to just replace the cracked frame with a new 2010 frame from the shop. Cervelo in turn would send a 2010 repalcement frame to the shop.
I was pretty stoked at how good Cervelo was about the issue. The shop swapped out the components from my old bike onto the new frame. I didn’t think much about it as the season was ending. I started riding this spring on the new bike and all of my riding was done on the trainer. Then, recently I rode outside for the first time with a friend who asked why my bike didn’t say P2C on the rear fork like my old one did. I hadn’t noticed until he said something that my bike just says P2.
I always thought the C on P2C stood for carbon. So naturally my fear was the shop replaced my 2009 frame with a lesser frame. I looked online and it seems like the images I see of the 2010 bike all just say P2. Is that the case? If not, is there anything I can do about it if my fears are correct? BTW, my 2010 frame is the red/white frame.
Originally, Cervelo made aluminum bikes called the P3 and P2k
Then they made carbon versions called the P3C and P2C
Now, they figure that since no one remembers those alu bikes they can drop the C because its obvious. This is why many people will refer to original P3 as the P3alu so that its not confused with the new P3 which is carbon.
i stand corrected, partially. unless the bottom joint isnt complete the difference in diameter there would throw me off a little. but i was unaware that this was an option. plus i never really looked into it, so its my fault.
