Cervélo
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Cervélo Cycles is a Canadian manufacturer of racing bicycles which started operations in 1995. Its founders, Phil White and Gérard Vroomen act as 'co-ceos' and continue to run the company.
Originally dedicated to developing time trial bicycles, as of 2002, Cervélo provides bicycles for one the world's top professional road cycling teams, Denmark's CSC. Cervélo products are of the highest quality - combining high-end parts and materials (such as carbon fibre) with CAD and computational fluid dynamics design along with a high research and development budget. Cervélo designs but does not manufacture all of its carbon fibre frames, relying on a subcontractor in China.
The most distinctive features of Cervélo bicycles are their compact frames and very narrow aerodynamically shaped down tubes. Currently, Cervélo produces two ultra light road bikes, the R3 and now the R3 SL, along with the Dual, P2 SL, P2C, and P3 Carbon time trial/triathlon bikes, the P3C Track bike, and the Soloist Carbon, Soloist Team, and SLC-SL aerodynamic road bikes.
Cervélo's R3 was the lightest in the 2006 european peloton. The R3 frame weight is 870 grams, allowing sub 14 pound bikes to be built. Breaking the 14 pound barrier has made some question the UCI 6.8 kg weight limit, and places the R3 in the same league as the Parlee Z3, Canyon F10 and the Scott CR1.
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