View Poll Results: Which one and why...S1, Tarmac Comp, Madone 4.5
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51.61%
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9.68%
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Poll: Tarmac Comp, Cervelo S1, or Madone 4.5?
07-29-10, 02:28 PM
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Poll: Tarmac Comp, Cervelo S1, or Madone 4.5?
Which one and why?
This comes as a result of finding out the 2011 Tarmacs have been pushed back to Sept for release and I can't go that long w/o riding
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I'm a triathlete and road racer (more the first rather than the latter). When I ride it's almost always hard, unless I'm absolutely dead and doing a recovery ride. Averaged ~30-40 miles per ride on my allez elite w/ clip-on bars before a car decided to pick a fight with it...it lost badly and I'm looking for a replacement. I'm gonna need to put some money down anyway b/c I'm definitely upgrading but to which bike I'm still not sure. I see benefits in all of them.
The Madone and Tarmac are both at the same LBS that I bought my Allez Elite from and that is helping me with the logistics of filing and following up on the claim to get replacement $. I'd need to go elsewhere to get the S1, but I'd prob buy the S1 only(only dealer in the area that carries Cervelo) and get everything else from the first store b/c of their service
This comes as a result of finding out the 2011 Tarmacs have been pushed back to Sept for release and I can't go that long w/o riding
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I'm a triathlete and road racer (more the first rather than the latter). When I ride it's almost always hard, unless I'm absolutely dead and doing a recovery ride. Averaged ~30-40 miles per ride on my allez elite w/ clip-on bars before a car decided to pick a fight with it...it lost badly and I'm looking for a replacement. I'm gonna need to put some money down anyway b/c I'm definitely upgrading but to which bike I'm still not sure. I see benefits in all of them.
The Madone and Tarmac are both at the same LBS that I bought my Allez Elite from and that is helping me with the logistics of filing and following up on the claim to get replacement $. I'd need to go elsewhere to get the S1, but I'd prob buy the S1 only(only dealer in the area that carries Cervelo) and get everything else from the first store b/c of their service
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07-29-10, 02:45 PM
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Depends. What are you going to use it for?
07-29-10, 03:10 PM
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oops...my bad. I'm a triathlete and road racer (more the first rather than the latter). When I ride it's almost always hard, none of the touring stuff.
07-29-10, 03:22 PM
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S1 then. I have a Soloist Team (same exact bike, just the older name) and think it's a great deal for the working man racer. Great road racing bike (especially for crits). Then flip the seat post, slap some aerobars on it, and you have a tri bike.
07-29-10, 03:23 PM
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07-29-10, 09:32 PM
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07-30-10, 08:22 PM
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I voted Tarmac, but would like to change to S1 because of the seatpost. If you use the bike for a lot of triathalons, having an aero frame and set-forward seat post will help.
07-30-10, 08:29 PM
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S1 for Tri. Probably the fastest bike out of the 3 anyway. And yes, I'm Cervelo biased, for obvious reasons.
07-31-10, 08:58 AM
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Thanks everyone. However I got an email from my LBS that has been helping me with the claims process and getting all the receipts/quotes for everything damaged saying that they had just been contacted by the specialized rep. I would have first dibs (for roughly $2000) on a 09 Tarmac Expert that just happened to be in my size(54...they actually found 2). The rep found it in the Demo stack, still in its ORIGINAL box. Brand new bike that's just been sitting there collecting dust. Not a bad upgrade from the Allez Elite if I do say so myself. If you want to know where I got it, PM me and I'll let you know once I get mine next week (I think)
