Interbike / sweet new Cervelo P4

[Kevin]

Interbike Day One

The wait is over; Cervelo unveils the P4

By Jay Prasuhn and Brad Culp

Sept. 24, 2008 -- After over a year over hype, rumors and anticipation, Cervelo unveiled the new P4 at Interbike in Las Vegas this morning. Cervelo spent over three years and a million dollars in the wind tunnel developing this frame, which will be available in 2009. Enjoy the pictures--there will be plenty more to come.

Super-rider Bjorn Andersson and Cervelo co-pilot Gerard Vroomen show off the new ride
http://www.triathletemag.com/Assets/P41.jpg


Black was the only color that could do justice to this stealth-like frame
http://www.triathletemag.com/Assets/P42.jpg

The custom water bottle fits snuggly in the frame and actually makes the bike more aerodynamic. If you'd rather run a saddle-mounted hydration system, this bottle can be removed and a "box" for your tire, CO2 and any other needs can be inserted.
http://www.triathletemag.com/Assets/P43.jpg

[AntonioGonzalez]

I was at the conference when this bike was revealed. Very interesting use of the H20 cage/bottle. A few key changes- cable routing (Cervelo followed the Felt/Trek approach behind the headtube) and shape of downtube and thickness of seat tube. Fork design similar to Felt, though I like the fact that they are using a standard stem as opposed to a proprietary 'one size fits some stem' option (like Felt) that is built into the fork. Brake behind the bottom bracket, again similar to Felt's. I think mounting the brake behind the BB is a bad trend- much harder to adjust mechanically and impossible to adjust on the fly (like when racing and your brake is rubbing against the wheel).

A big trend that a lot of companies are starting to do with their TT bikes- mounting front brake behind the fork. Requires a different style of brake. I believe Quintanna Roo, Fuji and few others are doing this for '09.

[Doc Rob]

Wow it does look fast. Good thing they don't use me in their ads, I'd make it look like an overpriced Huffy.

[jmain]

Very nice looking bike. I kind of wonder how much they are really shaving off a P3C though. We've got to be getting seriously into brass tax for all but Olympians and Masters. Still envious though...