Switching Cervelo Dual--TT to road and back

Triathlon Forum
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Seriously considering the Cervelo Dual. Just wondering if anyone has experience switching back to road setup from TT, and vice versa. Are you looking at a switch to TT once a year for the racing season or once every few weeks as your riding desires change?

Would the easiest thing be to have 2 sets of bars/lever and cables? ie, 1) the Bullhorns + Clipons/Barend shifters/and levers with their own cables and 2) STI’s and Dropbars with their own cables. This would mean removing the bars and cables with them en bloc. Would that work? Is there a better way? Would STIs on the bullhorns and the dropbars work? (i know that barends are better, but would that be a workable idea?).

thanks

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The Dual is designed as a dedicated tri/TT bike. Why don’t you have a look at the Cervelo Soloist. It’s designed as a road/TT bike and it’s a lot less effort to turn the seat post mechanism around for TT’s than it would be swapping handle bars and shifters back and forth.

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The geometry on the Dual is really set up for TT, I think you would have trouble getting a good road position out of it. Check out the soloist instead it is meant to do what you want to do.

Jim S

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Just making sure–the dual and soloist are the same frames, yes? so when you say different geometry, really it’s just that the seatpost has been turned, yes? thanks for your input, ross.

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“the dual and soloist are the same frames, yes?”

No. Click on the Cervelo site and they have the geometries. They are different. Better yet, go to the LBS and have a look at them side by side. You’ll see the differences.

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thanks cerveloguy. i actually hadn’t noticed that. my brain just read “adjustable geometry” for both bikes and that was it. definitely the soloist is what i’d want then, assuming i only have room (and funds) for 1 bike.

thanks again for the help.

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I agree with Cerveloguy. You should closely look at the Soloist. The ideal situation would be for you to have a dedicated tri-bike and a dedicated road bike. But since money is an issue, you might like the soloist with a pair of clip-on aerobars. I think the geometry is ideal for both road and tri set-ups. If you ever purchase a tri-specific bike in the future then you have a great road bike in the Soloist.