“Head tube length on the P1 is higher than Cervelo’s P1 and P2 bikes, the pure bred triathlon geometry bikes. That means getting high enough on the front end of the S1 with aerobars won’t be difficult but getting very low will require using a low stack height aerobar, perhaps one that mounts underneath the drop bars with very low elbow pads along with a low rise stem.” - Think you wanted S1 in at the start there.
“this is the nicest stock road handlebar on any road I’ve ridden.” - Did you miss the word ‘bike’ in there?
And of course your headline grabbing statement mid article is also about the wrong bike. “The P1 is a bike of small details that make it the most versatile high performance bike available.”
Fiddlesticks. I didn’t psot the link because I hadn’t proofed the darn article. Oh well, now I’ll go back and do that. Thank you for helping with that Neil, I often write so much and so fast that I make boo-boos.
Now I am not kidding here- where the heck did *that *come from. I never saw that. We just tought it up and did it. Obviously we weren’t the first…
Where was the old one from?
I grabbed that off of the 2002 Cervelo website WAAY back when I bought my Soloist. You can probably still find it using archive.org
I guess great minds think alike…and who would believe that after 7 years, the same things can be said about that same basic frameset? It’s truly a “classic” design IMHO.
BTW, I totally agree about your point of it NOT having a “rigid” ride for an aluminum frame. I found it to be more comfortable than another bike I had which sported a full carbon rear triangle (with the same wheels/tires)…go figure
You know, and I am also being entirely sincere here, I wonder if my pre-stroke brain “remembered” that and somehow analogged it over to my post-stroke sections somehow subconciously. Mysterious. It’s kind of cool though. Thank you Sir.
You know, and I am also being entirely sincere here, I wonder if my pre-stroke brain “remembered” that and somehow analogged it over to my post-stroke sections somehow subconciously. Mysterious. It’s kind of cool though. Thank you Sir.
I wasn’t aware that you’d suffered a stroke! When was that?
I’m curious if you’ve experimented with any of the cable connector options that would allow the full cockpit transition without having to reroute the frame cables each time? I’ve seen others post about using the connectors common with tandem cables to pull it off but I’ve never seen an example that looked entirely practical for this applicaiton.
I agree with you that it should take about 20 minutes for a full swap. I’m a Soloist owner myself and I find the cable routing isn’t always as easy as it seems it should be (especially if resuing cables that aren’t perfectly straight). I’d sure love to find a quick connect option that didn’t clutter up the front end.
Thanks for any input you might have.
BK
PS. Very glad to hear that you’ve recovered so well from your health issues, I had no idea that had happened.
That is something that I would also be interested in sorting out. I have a full aero front end that I would love to install on my SLC to do the odd triathlon once in a while and currently run Sram Red on drop bars. I would love to be able to use this bike for both as you can do that with the double position post as per Tom’s article. I can easily change out the full cable set in 20 minutes or faster if the full aero front is completely set up from before but I think the tandem connectors would be a lot faster but not sure how they would work and look.
That is something that I would also be interested in sorting out. I have a full aero front end that I would love to install on my SLC to do the odd triathlon once in a while and currently run Sram Red on drop bars. I would love to be able to use this bike for both as you can do that with the double position post as per Tom’s article. I can easily change out the full cable set in 20 minutes or faster if the full aero front is completely set up from before but I think the tandem connectors would be a lot faster but not sure how they would work and look.
I looked into this at one time when my Soloist was doing double duty as my TT bike and I was doing the full front end swap. The difficulty with trying to use the cable connectors is that they require a length of cable with no housing over it…simple to do on a bike with externally routed shifter cables…not so simple on a bike with internal cable routing like the Soloist
In the end, I just had a complete front end setup (including cables, housings, and stem) ready to go and didn’t use crimp on cable ends. I just put a drop of superglue on the ends of the cables to keep them from unraveling.
IIRC, Greg Steele (gregclimbs) had a “plate” made at one time to allow quick change between his “aero or die” and more traditional TT bar setups…let’s see if I can find a pic of that…
