Thursday, December 8, 2011

Cervelo S5 wins cyclingnews poll on best team bike: Are people blind??

So the Cervelo S5 just won the cyclingnews.com poll on the best team bike. (LINK) Now, I understand that team Garmin Cervelo is very popular because of its riders but are people blind?? Really? The S5 is the winner with 34% of the votes? What is going on?

Let me say that I don't have anything against Cervelo, I love their bikes, I love their company, I own a P3 as my time trial bike and I love it. But I seriously don't like the S5. If you get a chance to see it in real life it's really underwhelming. I think that Cervelo's paint schemes have been bland in the last couple of years.
Remember this is my opinion, but how can you say that the S5 is more striking than the C59, S-Works Venge, Dogma 2, or even the SuperSix Evo that Team Liquigas rides.
But looks aside, if you ride the S5 it's good, but nothing spectacular. The Dogma 2 is stiffer, and feels faster, the C59 is more comfortable and handles better, and the SupeSix Evo is lighter. 
Maybe I'm not considering some subtleties, but a bike should be judges on its performance, and on its beauty and in no way is the S5 the best team bike out there.

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