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Cervelo R2.5

slow poke

Mar 17, 04 9:25

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Cervelo R2.5	Can't Post

I know there has been some discussion about the Cervelo carbon R2.5 before, but, I'm wondering if there is any new information out. Has anyone had one on the road, good or bad comments. And when will they be available.

I see the CSC riders aren't even riding them yet.

Tom Demerly

Mar 17, 04 9:52

Post #2 of 15 (585 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [slow poke] [In reply to]	Can't Post

that I am aware of, none have reached dealers yet. I've been waiting on mine 2 years.

trischnitz

Mar 17, 04 10:02

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Re: Cervelo R2.5 [Tom Demerly] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Not true. There are a few out there. I've got one. Had one on order since interbike, but a friend of mine is a friend of a guy who works in a shop in Virginia where they had 1 in the size I wanted. They were happy to get rid of it as the chances of seeing another one or getting it in a different size for a customer were slim to none for a while.

Gerard claims that any being produced are going to customers right now and that's why CSC isn't riding them right now. Customers first...how do you like that! I think you'll start seeing them in shops in a few months.

I've been out on it once (there's 6 inches of snow on the ground here) for about an hour until I froze to death. Very smooth, shockingly stable too, even no hands. Amazing bike, if you can find one.

Hid

Mar 17, 04 10:28

Post #4 of 15 (533 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [trischnitz] [In reply to]	Can't Post

From the Cervelo Yahoo group...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cervelo/

From: <gerard@c...>
Date: Mon Mar 15, 2004 8:31 am
Subject: customer service

Charles (and others),

Thanks for your feedback, it's good to be confronted with the sides of
our company that could use improvement.

With regards to our deliveries, a lot has improved since last year. If
you talk to a dealer now you will find that by and large, we do deliver
on time. This is mostly due to the new process we use for introducing
new product, and it seems to be working. Unfortunately we are still
working through two issues from the past but once we are through with
those I am confident these problems will be gone.

The first issue is the carbon seatpost, in retrospect it should not have
been introduced in 2003 and with our new intro process it would not have
been. But it was, and it has been slow solving it. While I appreciate
your suggestion of not providing estimated dates for shipping the posts,
unfortunately that does not work in the real world. People demand a
date, and us saying "we honestly don't know, we'll let you know when we
do" does not work. We tried. And so we offer the best estimate we can,
and unfortunately those best estimates have not been good enough.

The second issue is the R2.5, again it should not have been introduced
that early and we could have saved ourselves a lot of trouble if Team
CSC hadn't used it in the tour. But they had been riding the prototypes,
loved them and wanted them. Demand has simply been overwhelming, and it
has basically taken until now to get a better handle on it. During the
remainder of the '04 season we will catch up with this issue, and then
we will hopefully not encounter these issues again.

But again, thanks for pointing it out and I will do my best to make sure
it does not happen again.

Gerard.

"Ride Fast & Have Fun" - Steve Larsen

flytri

Mar 17, 04 10:32

Post #5 of 15 (522 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [Hid] [In reply to]	Can't Post

I saw one at my local tri shop....

"You're guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you never take" - Wayne Gretzky

Tom Demerly

Mar 17, 04 11:39

Post #6 of 15 (456 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [flytri] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Where?

Wants2rideFast

Mar 17, 04 11:57

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Re: Cervelo R2.5 [Tom Demerly] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Tom,

flytri saw it in the Cervelo poster on the shop wall.

Ben Cline

Better to aspire to Greatness and fail, than to not challenge one's self at all, and succeed.

chris

Mar 17, 04 11:57

Post #8 of 15 (427 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [Tom Demerly] [In reply to]	Can't Post

There is a 58 at RBM in Richardson, TX and it sure looks nice!

Tom Demerly

Mar 17, 04 12:04

Post #9 of 15 (419 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [chris] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hrmph. Where the hell are ours?

john

Mar 17, 04 12:09

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Re: Cervelo R2.5 [slow poke] [In reply to]	Can't Post

http://gallery.consumerreview.com/roadbike/gallery/files/R25_sv.asp

cerveloguy

Mar 17, 04 12:37

Post #11 of 15 (385 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [slow poke] [In reply to]	Can't Post

I saw one at the Toronto Bike Show a couple of weeks ago at the Endurosport exhibit. Only one I've ever seen in real life. Endurosport is a multi-sport shop in Toronto that is particularly tight with Gerard so they probably as good a bet as any to get in touch with.

BTW, it was a very sweet looking bike. Here's their url:

http://www.endurosport.com/

flytri

Mar 17, 04 12:54

Post #12 of 15 (366 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [cerveloguy] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Wants2rideFast ,

You must be thinking of a pull out poster in your playboy you are jacking aroung to. Tom, to answer your question I saw one at Gateway bikes in Portland Oregon.

http://www.gatewaybicycles.com/

"You're guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you never take" - Wayne Gretzky

Wants2rideFast

Mar 18, 04 10:25

Post #13 of 15 (240 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [flytri] [In reply to]	Can't Post

flytri,

My comment was merely reinforcement that in these parts, at least, the only place we see Cervelo R2.5's is in printed materials. It was not intended to offend you. BTW, its nice to discover someone who is a resource on knowledge regarding Playboy and jacking around.

Ben Cline

Better to aspire to Greatness and fail, than to not challenge one's self at all, and succeed.

(This post was edited by Wants2rideFast on Mar 18, 04 12:51)

slow poke

Mar 18, 04 14:03

Post #14 of 15 (134 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [Hid] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Gerard: I decided to order a 2.5 from one of the shops in Toronto. They said delivery would be in the middle of April. Is this true. I would like to have a fall back plan for the season if I don't get it by the end of April.

Thanks in advance

flytri

Mar 18, 04 14:10

Post #15 of 15 (126 views)

Re: Cervelo R2.5 [Wants2rideFast] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Wants2rideFast ,

You implied I saw it on a poster, when I really got a view of the bike in the flesh... As for being a resource on Playboy, I like to stay on good terms with my girlfriend... Any ways for the record they have a R2.5 in the shop....

"You're guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you never take" - Wayne Gretzky