FIRST RIDE: CERVELO RS

Cervelo RS

What?s this? A sportive bike from Cervélo? Is the freshly released RS a cynical marketing-driven machine or a genuine and worthwhile expansion of the range?

For those unfamiliar with Cervélo, it offers the R range of lightweight race machines, the Soloist bikes, also for road racing but with aerodynamics taking precedence over weight, and the P series for time trialling. The RS joins the R range and, in simple terms, is the R3 with a longer (20mm) head tube.

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