Has anyone ridden a Cevelo RS?

wilwil
wilwil Posts: 374
edited October 2008 in Workshop
Well have you? What did you think?

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  • gavintc
    gavintc Posts: 3,009
    Cracking bike. I bought the frame back in May, swapped the kit from old bike and my first ever ride was a sportive - Etape Caledonia, The immediate impression was smooth, when I hit a slight rise, the impression changed to speed. It was so much faster than my old carbon frame. I love it, My only complaint is the colour scheme. I so wanted the lovely red of the soloist.
  • wilwil
    wilwil Posts: 374
    gavintc wrote:
    Cracking bike. I bought the frame back in May, swapped the kit from old bike and my first ever ride was a sportive - Etape Caledonia, The immediate impression was smooth, when I hit a slight rise, the impression changed to speed. It was so much faster than my old carbon frame. I love it, My only complaint is the colour scheme. I so wanted the lovely red of the soloist.

    What was your old carbon frame?
  • 100%
    100% Posts: 236
    I've demo'd one, wuth full Ultegra groupset.

    It was amazingly comfortable to ride, and felt very stable on the descents. Also felt very stiff and responsive climbing out of the saddle. climbing in the saddle felt hard work, but this is mostly related to the 11-23 and 53/39 of the demo bike - I really need a 25 out back.

    In my memory, it was heavier that I was expecting though, but I didn't notice it riding. I haven't bought one, mostly because I can't justify ~£2,700 on a road/racing bike. I was tempted by the entry level builds, but I don't think I'd have been happy with that...

    If you're vaguely in the area, then Stonehenge Cycles in Salisbury is where I did my demo through. They're a proper Cervelo demo centre and have quite a few different bikes, very helpful too.

    Cheers,
    Steve[/url]
  • wilwil
    wilwil Posts: 374
    I have demoed one and agree with all the comments here. Mine also had 11 -23, 53-39 which was tough but not as bad as I think it would have been on a lesser frame. The wheels were Shimano but not sure which ones as they had no model name on them.

    It rode much better than my Izoard and the Ultegra worked much better than my Centaur, except the brakes.

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