Cervelo P4 Debut.

Other than Rumor, not much.

I am going to an event at the LBS (A Cervelo Dealer) on Thursday and I will make a point to ask around and see if anyone knows anything

Rumors have been flyign for months and everyone actually thought they would have it at the Tour.

All the "in-the-know" people over on Slowtwicth keep hinting at it ........

The TT is tomorrow .... it will be all over Cyclingnews by Weds. .........

The difference is that was a rumor.  The facts are that every major Cervelo dealer has had soem insight and have been told to expect something at the Olympics.

They debuted a prototype C3 road bike already, so one can fully expect the TT bike to also be unveiled.

The reality is that there will probably not be that many significant changes other than some sort of bayonet fork design like the Felt and the prototype Giant that Team Columbia used in the Tour.  Seems to be the direction the big designers are going right now.

I will put money on it that he will be riding a P3C.

amiine - 2008-08-12 2:32 PM

Daremo - 2008-08-12 11:48 AM

WaterDog66 - 2008-08-12 12:46 PM

Other than Rumor, not much.

I am going to an event at the LBS (A Cervelo Dealer) on Thursday and I will make a point to ask around and see if anyone knows anything

The TT is tomorrow .... it will be all over Cyclingnews by Weds. .........

who cares! we already have the fastest brand around

When did you switch to Cervelo?

I may be wrong, but I think that there is 0% chance that the P4C will be unveiled for the TT.

The guys at Cervelo have said that they will not have a new bike until they can have a substanial improvement in aerodynamics over the P3C.  Now, if they have achieved this and are able to put it under an athlete at the Olympics, I suspect that they would have done everything in their power to have it under Sastre for the final TT at the TdF (even a prototype given all the speculation about how hard it would have been for Sastre to stay in front of Evans).

Shane

Wow - some debate!

Who wants to put money on it?  I'm thinking, YES, it shows up - even money....

IF there were a P4, it would have been debuted at the TdF not the Olympics. The Olympic bike photos leaked over at slowtwitch what a month ago?

IF there were a P4 I am pretty sure that there would have been some photo from somewhere in the world that would have been leaked out and before you say that its under wraps, I seriously doubt that Cervelo has enough cash to keep that under the type of secrecy needed to get the bike all the way around the world, get whomever fitted on it and tested without some photographer somewhere snapping something and sending it out to ST, Velonews or any other cycling forum...

I have been wrong in the past but my money is that it will not there.

Not tomorrow.

Look for the P4 to be a next year model, with a bigger frame that includes cheetah-like hydration setup. Why have cages if the reservoir can be internal, made of carbon, be a cervelo product, and provide a pseudo-fairing? 

I called my shot. Let's see if I'm right.