Black & Red
Aerodynamic Aluminium Frameset
Introduction
“It explodes off your pedal strokes with that instantaneous acceleration, but it also keeps on rocketing ahead after your booster phase, as if a free tailwind was thrown in with your purchase.” - Bicycling Magazine
The most underrated bike in the world according to magazines and pro riders, the S1 is quite simply the best value in road bikes. A 100% pro bike, with victories in Paris-Nice, Critérium International, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Tour de l’Avénir and many other races.
Nowadays people are sometimes so blinded by carbon that they prefer a mediocre carbon frame over the best aluminium frame that is lighter, stronger, stiffer, more responsive and even more comfortable.
Features
The bike industry loves to talk about features (tube shapes, materials, etc). But a feature is useless without a benefit! Ask yourself, would you prefer a poorly engineered frame made of “Ultra High Modulus carbon” (a feature)? Or an intelligently engineered frame that uses the material to create something lighter, stiffer and stronger (real benefits)?
Even more than benefits, you want experiences. The aforementioned lightness & stiffness may be benefits, but what you really want is the experience of higher performance, through quicker acceleration and better climbing.
This is why Cervelo are keen to promote the rider benefit in addition to the product feature.
TrueAero® : Airplanes require different airfoils than bicycles. Sounds logical, but many companies are so proud to say their airfoils come from the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA). So were we, 13 years ago.
But now, we design our own specific airfoils, and it has led to significant improvements. It’s one of the reasons why we spend weeks and weeks in the windtunnel each year, not hours (if any) as is customary in the industry.
When you have the most and the best engineers working on aerodynamic improvements and you give them more time to play in the windtunnel sand box than anybody else, you end up with faster bikes. Simple.
Smartwall 2™ puts the material where it matters, far away from the centre plane. This increases bottom bracket stiffness (for more efficient power transfer) and torsional stiffness (better handling) while at the same time reducing in-plane harshness. It’s why S1 test rides convince so many people to get this Aluminum bike instead of a carbon bike.
Cervelo welding : Cervelo engineers developed this technique specifically for the P1 and S1 frames. Our double-pass smooth welding without filing or sanding creates the strongest possible joints.
Higher performance through extreme durability. Combining the material and the welding technique, the S1 is perfect for serious racers and those who don’t want any hassle with their frame – ever.
2-postion for road and TT/Tri geometry (optional) gives you a traditional road position or a steeper TT/Tri style position in one frame for higher performance and comfort in both road and TT/Tri applications.Conclusion
Conclusion
The S1 is a phenomenal piece of engineering, the best aluminium frameset on the market and better than many carbon frames.
