I remember when I started tri’s these seem to be popular bikes (not Cervelo or Spesh popular obviously). I believe they were pretty high the bike count for a bit (at Kona), but now I rarely see these bikes anywhere. I competely forgot about the brand until I saw a Kuota CX bike today. That’s what got me thinking about what happened.
Their US/Canadian distributor had some issues. Bike shops put up with them early on when Norman S was riding a Kuota and folks wanted their bikes but over time shops dropped them due to difficulties dealing with them.
I saw a couple at my last OLY. I’m wondering were the Kestrel bikes are. I’ve done 3 tris this year and have not seen 1. I was thinking of getting a Kestrel Pro 4000. They look great, but I don’t know what to think.
I saw a couple at my last OLY. I’m wondering were the Kestrel bikes are. I’ve done 3 tris this year and have not seen 1. I was thinking of getting a Kestrel Pro 4000. They look great, but I don’t know what to think.
kestrel is a great bike, Andy Potts rides one and he seems to do ok.
+1, I saw no less than ten of them at Timberman last weekend.
I saw a couple at my last OLY. I’m wondering were the Kestrel bikes are. I’ve done 3 tris this year and have not seen 1. I was thinking of getting a Kestrel Pro 4000. They look great, but I don’t know what to think.
kestrel is a great bike, Andy Potts rides one and he seems to do ok.
I had a Kestrel Talon, and after being hit while riding, insurance replaced it with an S2. To be honest, I find the S2 a bit more stiff and responsive, but on the whole, I realized the Kestrel was actually a pretty damn good bike for the money. I’d buy another one in a heartbeat.
But I’m no Andy Potts, so what do I know =).
Andy Potts I saw him crush the field at IMLP 2012. Yeah hes prdtty good.
Normann threw them all.
They were not particularly aero, and the distributor apparently couldn’t get bikes to their dealers, so they shut it down in NA.
Dunno if they are still available in Europe or not.
Kuota appeared at this year’s Tour de France. I can’t remember which pro team rode them; only that they were represented.
Are you sure it was this year’s Tour? Last year AG2R rode Kuota but they ride Focus now.
There is a distributor in North America in Quebec, D’AMOUR BICYCLE & SPORTS INC The new Kuota Kalibur is a very nice bike to ride reengineered 3 years ago. Next year they plan to open the bikes up to the US. If you want a frame or bike u can purchase from them directly. I ride 3 of their bikes and I am very happy.