Cervelo R3-SL

Price Paid:  $0.00 at Cool Breeze Cyclery

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
the one that leaves from my garage every Sunday morning

Bike Setup:
Cervelo r3 sl 51cm frame
Wolf SL fork
Full Campagnolo record carbon group
Syntace P6 seat post,
Ritchey WCS 4-Axis stem
Bontrager Race XXX Lite VR OS bars
Fizik Aliante carbon seat
Look CX-6 pedals
American classic 420 wheels

Summary:
As other reviewers have indicated, this bike is SUPER light! The best thing about it is the ride. I have ridden a lot of high end biked, but never one that had such a perfect balance of stiffness and smooth ride. The bike just powers over rough pavement (I guess that's why CSC uses it in Paris Roubaix). It climbs like a goat, too!

Strengths:
Stiffness and smooth ride
light weight

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
Specialized Tarmac
Cannondale Six-13
Trek Madone 5.9

Price Paid:  $0.00 at coolbreeze cyclery n

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
any

Bike Setup:
Cervelo r3 sl 56cm frame
Alpha q gs30 fork
Full Campagnolo record carbon group
Easton ec 90 seat post, stem and bars
Slr seat
Speedplay zero ti pedals
American classic 420 wheels ( Mag 300's for climbing)

Summary:
Two words. BAD A@#! This bike rocks. Not only is it crazy light ( 13.2 lbs complete!) it is stiff and solid as a rock. I'm no lightweight. At 180 lbs I can flex about any frame. It climbs like a dream. Crit. races like a sports car. I work at a bike shop and have rode or owned about every high end bike out there. I will not be selling this one.

Strengths:
light, stiff ( where it counts), crazy light. What's not to love

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
Trek Madone 5.9 sl, Pinarello paris, Colnago c40 and 50, and many other

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Price Paid:  $6000.00 at Two Wheel Tango

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
El Tour de Tucson

Bike Setup:
Full Dura Ace, 3T Ergo Sum Carbon bar, Zipp 145 stem, Synatce P6 seat post, FSA ceramic BB, FSA ceramic pulleys, FSA ceramic wheel bearings, Mavic SSL & Zipp 303 wheelsets

Summary:
This is a 2008 model. Very light, stiff, and comfortable. The bike is very fast and highly responsive. Easily the best bike I've ever ridden and I've ridden a lot of really high-end bikes.

Strengths:
It's hard to believe that this bike can be so light and at the same time to stiff. While not cheap, it's a lot more for your money than certain other brands.

Weaknesses:
None - I've tried to find a weakness, but can't find one yet.

Similar Products Used:
Cervelo Soloist Carbon
Colnago C50
Litespeed Siena
Litespeed Ghisallo
Cannondale

Price Paid:  $0.00

Model Year:
2007

Bike Setup:
Fsa SLK Seatpost, Sella Italia SLR Seat, Ritchie Pro Bars, FSA140 OS Stem, FSA Team Issue Cranks, Ultegra SL Running Gear, Time RXE Pedals

Summary:
Must say, I was looking forward to riding this after reading the reviews on it. Initially it felt different to any other frame I'd ridden, however I must admit it's the first full carbon bike I've owned.

However once you get used to it, my word, what an absolute gem. The bike feels really stiff, when you stand on a hill it just springs forward, same for sprinting. But it's not in anyway uncomfortable, helping iron out the bumps on our dodgy roads in NI.

I've only been on it a few times so I guess the jury will still be out, but I can't see this to be anything other than 6 out of 5 =D

Strengths:
Stiff, comfortable, light, nice black graphics

Weaknesses:
None, probably the rider!

Similar Products Used:
Litespeed Vela x2, Ridden various Treks, Ridleys and Massis.

Price Paid:  $0.00 at The Spokesman Santa

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
Calaveras

Bike Setup:
It's built with Sram Red, Zipp Carbon Vuma Quad Crankset with Ceramic BB and 303 wheels, Easton EC90 SLX fork, Zero Gravity negative G brakes, Ritchey carbon bars and stem, Fitzik carbon seat,

Summary:
I took delivery of my R3SL dream bike the day before thanksgiving. Its maiden voyage was a race the next morning up Mt Hamilton, a local tradition on turkey day. This bike is amazing, At 13.85 lbs its climbs like no other and its the best decending bike I have ever ridden.

Strengths:
Very light, stiff bottom bracket, nice ride because of small pencil like seat stays. Fastest color known to man BLACK

Weaknesses:
Cervelo is very slow shipping, they do not have an American distributor

Similar Products Used:
Scott Cr1 full Dura Ace, Easton Ascent II,
Colnago 50th Anniversary Dura Ace