Why hasn’t specialized created an all carbon tri-specific frame?
I love my roubaix pro, but won’t consider a new tri bike if its not carbon and specialized appears to have missed the boat as my dollar will go elsewhere
I though they did…at least at the pro level…look for pictures of them on the tour… …
this is a guess, but they just got into the tri specific bikes in the last year or two. yes i know peter reid uses s-works for yrs…
but if they expect sales for a new player in the market to be modest, they may not dump a bunch of money into the crowded carbon market just yet. I’m sure they have market/industry guys who know the trends of a new brand, albeit a trusted name, in the tri market and advise accordingly. Maybe in a few years, maybe next year, like i said, just a guess. This is in no way a reflection of the bike/company itself, just a market forcast based on current trends or on last years sales.
They may have missed your boat, but you may have been the only one at the dock.
…look for pictures of them on the tour…
If it’s in the Tour it’s not a tri frame
you’re right, the P3C isn’t a tri frame…
Have you ridden one of the Specialized tri bikes? I’d bet $10 the Carbon doesn’t make that much of a difference in a triathlon!
“I’d bet $10 the Carbon doesn’t make that much of a difference”
I know some of their higher end aluminium road bikes ride very nice.
I love my roubaix pro, but won’t consider a new tri bike if its not carbon and specialized appears to have missed the boat as my dollar will go elsewhere
Another slave to the marketing…
Specialized does some nice stuff with their body geometry and zertz inserts. Arguable over how well it works, but I for one, am sold on Bar Phat. I have it on one bike and not the other. When I ride the bike without it my left hand is numb for days. Though, I will admit, it makes masturbation interesting.
Turn it around the other way - maybe Specialized is ahead of the game. The bike business being the bike business, if you will excuse the pun, this business loves cycles! So this carbon fetish cycle we are in now, it will only last for so long and then we will be into the next cycle. Even more than cycles the bike business loves to RE-cycle, so that if you wait for it, it will come back, like aluminum will make a come back. Who knows!
The S-Works Transition is a very good bike. It should not be over looked just because it is made of aluminum. If it fits you, it should be on anyone’s list of mid to high end bikes to have a look at and give some consideration to.
Fleck
Turn it around the other way - maybe Specialized is ahead of the game. The bike business being the bike business, if you will excuse the pun, this business loves cycles! So this carbon fetish cycle we are in now, it will only last for so long and then we will be into the next cycle. Even more than cycles the bike business loves to RE-cycle, so that if you wait for it, it will come back, like aluminum will make a come back. Who knows!
The S-Works Transition is a very good bike. It should not be over looked just because it is made of aluminum. If it fits you, it should be on anyone’s list of mid to high end bikes to have a look at and give some consideration to.
Fleck
Within the last year I read in some magazine(bicycling or velonews?) that specialized was a step ahead of most companies in their frame design and construction. I do believe they are one of the better mountain bikes.
The Gerolsteiner bikes are Walsers (with Specialized stickers). So based on that, a “Specialized” carbon bike would be an awesome ride…
My S-Works Transition is superb. Very comfortable despite the aggressive low position I ride. It helped me to smash all my TT PBs this year. I have tried the same courses a few times using other bikes I train on. The S Works is fantastic.
I have other alu bikes - all my bikes have Michelin Pro tyres and SLR XP saddle. Without a doubt - this is the most comfortable!
That was a Walser rebadged (as it often is). Over the years Bianchi, Cube, and others have covered that beauty up…
2006 sees Specialized hit the streets with a carbon Epic and Stumpie HT… so who knows for 2007?
carbon fibre MTB’s. From a design point of view I don’t think that actually makes a lot of sense.