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Next Generation Soloist

CERVELO SOLOIST WITH SRAM RIVAL ETAP AXS 12 SPD

I have been writing reviews for a while now and racing bikes for way too many decades. It’s not often that I’m blown away, well sometimes in the crosswinds ... but not by too many bikes. But with this relatively new release things are different, this machine. this super-bike, is simply mind blowing.

Before we delve into my review of the Soloist we must touch on its history as the fact this bike is a reincarnation of the original Soloist.

That was the legendary bike Team CSC were very successfully racing 20-years ago. Think Carlos Sastre, Fabian Cancellara and a little later our own Stuart O'Grady, who still raves about his 2005 model Soloist.

THE HISTORY OF THE SOLOIST

Back in 2002 Team CSC decided to work with Cervelo which, at the time, was a very

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