# New Cervelo Soloist! **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge/Off Topic\ **Created:** [13 September 2022 11:25 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247 "2022-09-13T11:25:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChrisP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/chrisp/32/2069_2.png) [@ChrisP](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/ChrisP)\ **Post date:** [13 September 2022 11:25 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/1 "2022-09-13T11:25:52Z")
This looks to be just about perfect and I love that they resurrected the Soloist name. šŸ™‚ @Francqlife My perfect build: Ultegra DI2 with 54/42 120mm -17 degree stem, 38cm bars DA 11-30 cassette > **[2023 Cervelo Soloist review: A long-awaited sequel with plenty going for it](https://velo.outsideonline.com/2022/09/2023-cervelo-soloist-review-a-long-awaited-sequel-with-plenty-going-for-it/?scope=anon)** > > The Soloist is back! Cervelo has revived its iconic offering but sequels are never easy ā€“ just ask Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![KevRidesGravel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/kevridesgravel/32/7497_2.png) [@KevRidesGravel](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/KevRidesGravel)\ **Post date:** [13 September 2022 18:08 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/2 "2022-09-13T18:08:57Z")
34 mm clearance and a flat top tube? Itā€™s a cross bike! šŸ˜† It legit does look pretty nice, though. ---
**Author:** ![Francqlife](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/francqlife/32/72_2.png) [@Francqlife](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/Francqlife)\ **Post date:** [14 September 2022 19:08 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/3 "2022-09-14T19:08:39Z")
Waitā€¦waitā€¦wait. Where is that picture my 2004 Cervelo Soloistā€¦? Shuffles through his bike photosā€¦ Ah! Here is it. I bought this from EnduroSport in Toronto for $2300 in 2004. I plunked a set of aerobars and thumb shifters on it and boomā€¦me about 90km into IronManUSA 2010. Note the full old school WCC kit ! ![Alain at Lake Placid 2010](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/2X/3/341265ff0983b0d0fe746780d829b34005cb1ee8.jpeg) Fast forward 12 years laterā€¦I still have this bike and use it at every WCC Time Trial. Only Iā€™m a little older and no longer run or swim those kind of distancesā€¦and now wearing a little too tight fighting skin suit? But, still, a WCC kit with that flying Soloist. ![34747701_10155350843455741_5228940894094229504_n](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/2X/a/a884bf8fb39424fd3087e0f346044b73f05e687b.jpeg) I am still part of the Cervelo Mafiaā€¦with 5 whips that continue to serve me well. Soloist (S1) - TT R3 - Zwift bike S5 - Road T1 - Track Aspero - Gravel Even the T1 is exactly the same aluminum frame and geometry as that Soloistā€¦only no gears or brakesā€¦used at Track Nationals a few weeks ago. ![IMG_2062](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/2X/5/577c12e3f9042c89ad39b0f27a5eee9e65770c52.jpeg) That new Soloist seems to have come a LOOOOONG way over the past 18 years. But, its heart is the same. A. EDIT: @KevRidesGravel just pointed outā€¦still using the same helmet at the track last week. ![Screen Shot 2022-09-06 at 11.09.37 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/2X/c/cbd588335201e4c2ad4eb5cc7b2d2b31d69b116e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ChrisP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/chrisp/32/2069_2.png) [@ChrisP](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/ChrisP)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2022 00:09 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/4 "2022-09-15T00:09:26Z")
I knew youā€™d like it šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![ChrisP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/chrisp/32/2069_2.png) [@ChrisP](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/ChrisP)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2022 00:11 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/5 "2022-09-15T00:11:05Z")
Itā€™s pretty awesome, for those who like to tweak their positions and have full control over stack and reach itā€™s great. Iā€™d also like to see the comparo data against the S5. I bet they didnā€™t use the same wheels on each bike. That could easily be 50-75 grams of drag right there. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Francqlife](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/francqlife/32/72_2.png) [@Francqlife](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/Francqlife)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2022 15:29 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/6 "2022-09-15T15:29:12Z")
@ChrisP This would be a really good opportunity to download from your brain on how to get more ā€œslipperyā€ through the wind. I just watched some video on the interwebs by Josh Portner (I think it was on Dylan Johnsonā€™s Youtube channel?) on the most effective aero gains. Makes me want to go out and buy a pair of aero socks! šŸ˜‚ Maybe we can start a new thread on Marginal Gains above 40kph. I use my S5 for TT these days because my road position is stronger for power since I donā€™t train in the TT position. And so if I can hold the belgian position for 20 mins itā€™s similar to my Soloist aerobar positionā€¦and the S5 with Easton wheels is so slipperyā€¦it was faster than the old Soloist TT rig at the last TT. Iā€™m also rocking your old Evade helmet in this pic from the KW Classic. (More vanity pics from me.). I can feel the air flow over my back with that helmet when I am flat. Iā€™ve since purchased another one. But, Iā€™ll geek out with you if you want to start another channel around aero. Iā€™m sure Hambini links will pop up as well. ![Screen Shot 2019-06-04 at 9.49.48 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/2X/1/18b95ed2d45f9d6e76560a72f6ef5425c8c749f4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Francqlife](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/francqlife/32/72_2.png) [@Francqlife](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/Francqlife)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2022 15:52 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/7 "2022-09-15T15:52:53Z")
One final related piece to this thread about the Soloist. The one little piece of Vroomen-White engineering that made the original soloist a game changer wasā€¦ The pivoting Seat Post. They design a clamp at the top of the seat post that would ā€œswivelā€ around. In the backward facing position, it provided a 73% seat tube angle like a road bike. Take off the saddle, loosen the bolt (red arrow) and spin the seat post clamp around to the forward position and lock it downā€¦and you know have a 78% seat post angle. Which was equivalent to their P1 at the time. That clamp made it two bikes in one. Those guys were brilliant in the early days. ![IMG_2334](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/2X/0/022ab0e61d78b563c3c4fb03ff9f2231ef04eeea.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Oliver\_Smith](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/oliver_smith/32/8025_2.png) [@Oliver\_Smith](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/Oliver_Smith)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2022 16:01 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/8 "2022-09-15T16:01:47Z")
I have been eyeballing those silca aero socks for a while: [https://silca.cc/products/new-aero-socks](https://silca.cc/products/new-aero-socks). Maybe do a group buy and save on shipping? You can get them locally but with a significant markup I know I should be riding up grades not buying them but I think the engine is near max output so every little helps šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![ChrisP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/chrisp/32/2069_2.png) [@ChrisP](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/ChrisP)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2022 18:58 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/9 "2022-09-15T18:58:04Z")
They were brilliant. I like the old two position seat post as well. (Rearwards for UCI legal front for Triathletes) Iā€™ll start an aero gains thread in the TT section and will link to here šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![ChrisP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/chrisp/32/2069_2.png) [@ChrisP](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/ChrisP)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2022 11:01 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/new-cervelo-soloist/3247/10 "2022-09-16T11:01:46Z")
> [@Aero tips and tricks](http://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/aero-tips-and-tricks/3266): > > Hereā€™s a list of simple tips and tricks you can use to help yourself go faster on the bike for any road discipline. (TT, Road Gravel). Iā€™ll add links to good articles, reviews and testing in the thread below. Gear: Wheels: Deeper is generally faster depending on the brand. Top wheels include HED, Zipp, Enve, DT Swiss and others. For flatter road riding a quality 60-65mm wheel tests quickly and is stable in wind. For hillier country a 40-50mm wheel generally provides a great balance of aero anā€¦