Some interesting reading here about Cervelo’s new Carbon Soloist bike. A notable feature is that the bike **does **use the variable geometry seatpost configuration that will enable a wide range of effective seat angles but still having good handling and weight distribution.
The little video presentation with Phil White is fun too.
THAT IS a good looking bike
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is there a realistic shipping date for a 51cm?
i don’t want the P3C answer that has had people beeootching about their rides…if i put an order in for a 51cm now - can i have it guaranteed by thanksgiving?
Am I the only one that thinks the production paint scheme is kinda fugly?
Totally agree. Other than the P3C, I’m not a huge fan of the Cervelo paint jobs of late.
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anything bike that reminds me of Ron Dayne winning two Rose Bowls and hockey at the Kohl center is worthy of my disposable income.
all new models take a while to grow on me…i thought the new Jetta was fugly until i saw a couple driving around, now i like it.
Not at all. Too much Red, too much paint. A carbon weave lay up would be very nice or a black SL style.
Why is everybody so crazy about the carbon weave? It’s like having a carbon pen, it’s fake as can be. Nothing wrong with it, you need to cover it with something and carbon weave is as good an option visually as paint, but it’s so heavy and structurally it doesn’t add anything in most cases, It’s also why these frames that look so pretty when you cut them open are so heavy, because they use weave on the outside AND the inside just so they can say their frame looks pretty when you cut it, and people feel it’s a superior frame. but it really is a silly way to do things.
Gerard, I personally think you should have the black option that we saw in the prototype pictures. That’s an awesome looking bike/color.
oh and thanks in advance for letting me win the Soloist Giveaway…HINT HINT
Mike
PS I like the red colors, but every bike I have is red…
I have to agree Gerard - if you offered an option for an all-black one with the small “vroomen.white.design” on the downtube I would choose it, no questions asked. That was a hot-looking setup.
Maybe put a “e” on the headtube and leave it at that.
that is just me though, I am sort of a minimalist when it comes to this kind of stuff. In the end I think that the current paint job is well-done and I am willing to bet that it looks even better in person (you can ship me one to let me verify this statement 
I think that red CSC paint scheme is very fetching.
know anything about delivery dates? are they going to have more shipping in the first batches than just big sizes?
Not sure I understand the Carbon Weave logic here…? These guys got it right
gotta agree with Gerard on some points others not. Now the carbon pen, very very cheesy and fake but a nicely finished carbon bike is gorgeous in my opinion. Maybe a little red or blue tint in the clearcoat ala Fondriest (yes I know they are just “prett” bikes) and a couple of small decals and it’s perfect. I have to admit I am not a fan of the paint on the Carbon Soloist.
But he’s right, that cosmetic layer is a pain, it’s more expensive and heavy. Hell you’re paying, what $3K for a frame mainly because it’s a light light light and aero bike. And then you want to add grams on to get a nice carbon look, that’s just wrong. I don’t do a lot of work with carbon but we make our own carbon parts in the lab I work in and I’m always a little dissapointed when our parts aren’t all shiny and clean looking but they are lighter, easier to manufacture, and in many cases getting rid of that extra layer of cosmetic cloth gives you more room to lay down material that actual has a performance benefit. Cervelo could also just not apply the cosmetic layer and clear coat it but we all, including myself, would freak out seeing what the real layup looks like.
" I think that red CSC paint scheme is very fetching"
“fetching”? Who says “fetching”? What was your metrosexual score again?
Maybe if they used that 0/60/120 weave with the holes. But I’ve heard that’s an incredibly expensive (but very very strong) carbon weave. That would definitely be an interesting looking layup.
Because it looks attractive in an understated way, in the same may as I would prefer the minimalist Bayonne/SL decals to the Team finish of my r2.5 (although I like the team colours). Personally, I think Red is too much of a “look at me” colour, and that is not my style. An earlier poster put it better I think:
“I have to agree Gerard - if you offered an option for an all-black one with the small “vroomen.white.design” on the downtube I would choose it, no questions asked. That was a hot-looking setup.”
nothing beats the black and white soloist Al
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