Im looking for a bike for triathlon and just found a friend selling me his bike for $3,800 is a Cervélo P3 equipped with all the top of gear, he told me he has spent around $9,000 building it, what you think about it? I was thinking of spending around 2,000 for this bike but if this bike is really worth over $9,000 I would rather but this Cervélo
by BrickAffectionate908
13 Comments
$9k gets you a top spec current generation bike, not a 10yo tri bike converted to road bike
It may have cost him $9,000 to build, but a lot has changed over the years. I couldn’t find an exact match for that frame, but the groupset looks like Shimano Ultegra 6800 which is close to 10 years old now. You could get a similar spec’d build new for what they are selling that bike for with some significant improvements (Canyon Speedmax / Felt IAx / Cervelo P-Series 105).
Also adding, the road style handle bars on this will be a significant speed penalty when riding. If speed is your primary concern, those bars would need to be swapped out for something built for a triathalon. If you wanted to use the bike for training as well as just general riding, a more ‘do it all’ road bike would probably be in your best interest (re: not a tri bike).
I have the same frame and year (2018). Mine is the P2 version with a slightly different fork and cockpit. I paid $1k for mine 18mos ago without race wheels. I’ve added a rotor crank with PM, 1x chainring, and race wheels since and am still only invested less than $2500. I wouldn’t pay more than 1300 for that bike…probably less. It doesn’t even have a TT cockpit which will set you back 600-1200.
Don’t pay 3,800 for this. You can get a great road bike for 4k.
It’s sexy AF, but 3800 is too high imho.
Converting tt bikes to road bikes isn’t always a good idea. I tried and found that the geometry was pretty harsh which didn’t make for a good ride.
As others have said best to use that money and get a decent road bike and I’m sure you can probably get a cervelo r series used for money you’re talking about.
3.8k is insane. For the same amount, you can get [this Soloist](https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/3994651/) which is better in every single way.
Are you a dentist?….jk
Don’t do it, it’s a technological deadend. You can only put max 23mm tires on it, which absolutely sucks once you’ve tried 32mm or wider.
That geometry looks like pain and suffering.
It’s missing a lot things in the second pic, would you have to add all that yourself after buying?
At that price that person is not your friend lol
Those bars can’t take TT bars so you’ll have to pay to convert it back to how it should be