Cervelo r3 2010

thebadgerboy1982

Hi all,

I'm thinking of getting a cervelo r3 frame nos 2010 to replace my supersix as my bad weather trainer. It's the r3 with an English bb. I've heard some shockers about the bb decoupling from the frame on a few forums. I'm i kidding myself that this is a good swap or is it a few isolated cases that can happen with any carbon frame? It will be nos so a full warrenty will be provided.

Cheers
Ross

foggymike

If it's a bed weather trainer don't you want something with mudguard eyes? Seems a funny choice :?

TMR

I agree with Foggymike. If you want a bad weather bike then get a Genesis Equilibrium or a Ribble Winter Trainer. The Cervelo R3 is one of the finest road bikes ever made, don't waste it with censored weather duty; it's akin to using an Arabian Stallion to haul a coal cart FFS

Monty Dog

TMR wrote:

The Cervelo R3 is one of the finest road bikes ever made according to Cervelo's marketing but in fact has an appalling litany of problems including a fork recall and numerous other problems

FTFY - do your research :roll:

TMR

Because problems affecting a small number of frames automatically means that every R3 frame made at that time is worthless. Oh wait, you seem to have your head up your bottom.

napoleond

I sold my R3 as preferred riding my Ribble winter trainer. I kid you not.

thebadgerboy1982

What made you prefer the ribble nap? I ride a lot of hills and love my s2 so was thinking the r3 would be a good choice

napoleond

It was dull as ditchwater. Didn't like the handling. I ended up racing on my ribble this year. I had an S2 that I never should have sold.

TMR

NapoleonD wrote:

I sold my R3 as preferred riding my Ribble winter trainer. I kid you not.

I love my RWT as well, but not more than my Cervelo RS

The Ribbles are very, very good for the money though.