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MATERIAL CRUSH

Let’s see the performance...

To be honest, I don’t have the claim to be able
to judge the aero of the P5X, I leave that to the
Cervélo engineers and to the wind tunnel tests !
But it’s certain that it has allowed me find a position
in which I was feeling powerful (understand that
the position allowed me to transmit strength to
the pedal) and the fast with all the subjectivity that
it implies.

What I can say is that I felt as well positioned on
the P5X after two rides as a whole summer on my
own bike. That’s for me the first asset of this frame
: to make performance available to everyone.

But at least, does this bike climb ?

So as many of you, it was the point I was expecting
to see.

We could try the P5X on 2-3km climbs with 10% We finish with the small plus of this bike... Its bike
elevation sometimes. The first observation is that case !
you don’t feel the absence of seat-post : the feelings
are the same even if we feel the center of gravity
slightly more frontwards. The P5X doesn’t seem
more clumsy than another triathlon bike once
standing on the pedals. However, it seems
more at ease if you remain sitting on the
saddle and keep a high pedal rate.

As mentioned above, we didn’t have the
chance to test it during a long climb, but
we are then at the limits of its program of
use.

As regards the descents, the bike can make
its rider confident. I attribute this feeling
to the wheel axle clamping (Thru Axle)
which brings more rigidity to the whole
and more accuracy when riding.

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