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  2008 Cervelo R3 Dura-Ace Bike
  2008 Cervelo R3 Dura-Ace Bike
 
Our Price: $5,000.00



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Product Code: CERVELOR3DABIKE


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Incredible but true: The same superlight model that Team CSC rides in the mountains (with weights added to make it heavy enough for the UCI rules) carried Fabian Cancellara and Stuart O'Grady to their consecutive Paris-Roubaix wins on the world's worst roads. The R3 also continues to win stiffness tests in magazines and even in tests published by our fellow bike companies, proving there is absolutely no need to sacrifice efficiency and durability to obtain low weight and great comfort. There is perhaps no better proof of the R3's extraordinary performance than the speed with which several other bike companies try to copy its features. But of course, the R3's performance is more than paint-deep, and its superiority is safely stowed away in all its small details and proprietary lay-up design.
 
Features
  • The downtube and chainstays have Cervelo's ingenious Squoval shape to optimize their stiffness-to-weight ratio.
  • The toptube's cross section changes shape along its axis to perfectly match the complex load case it experiences, hence it is Squoval near the headtube and seattube and oval in the center section.
  • The increased volume of the oversized bottom bracket area provides a great STW. The smooth contours of the BB volume help both for BB stiffness and also for BB strength as the fibers have a much more continuous path to transfer the loads better.
  • High-Modulus plies are added to the sides of the tubes where they have the greatest effect in bending. They are feathered to transfer the loads into the structure. High-strength plies on the bottom of the down-, head- and toptube distribute the loads from a potential headtube impact. Kevlar plies in that same are prevent rupture.
  • The R3's seatstays are quite simply the most amazing stays on any bike-super light and compliant yet very strong.