Kona 2007 bike count
Written by: Herbert Krabel
Date: Fri Oct 12 2007
The numbers from the 2007 Kona Ironman bike count are in and we have the preliminary top brands. Thank you to Jay & Sean from Triathlete Magazine for their hard work collecting the data.
1. Cervelo 344
T2. Kuota 128
T2. Trek 128
4. Scott 89
5. Cannondale 75
6. Orbea 71
T7. Felt 66
T7. Kestrel 66
T9. Specialized 61
T9. Litespeed 61
11. Quintana Roo 60
12. Giant 59
13. Look 51
14. Guru 36
Wheels (individual carbon aero wheels)
1. Zipp 1570
2. Hed 263
3. Mavic 189
4. Other 141 (Gravity Zero, Erox)
5. Xentis 111
6. Bontrager 91
7. Corima 80
8. Reynolds 57
9. Shimano 41
10. Spinergy 35
11. Beyond Fabrications 32
12. Lightweight 29
13. Easton 23
14. Rolf 20
15. Planet X 17
16. Blackwell 13
17. Specialized Roval 6
18. Fulcrum 4
19. Ritchey 2
Saddles
1. Selle Italia 540
2. Fi’zi:k 448
3. Selle San Marco 202
4. Specialized 127
5. Terry 120
6. Profile Design 55
7. Blackwell Research 32
8. Serfas 22
Groupsets
1. Shimano 1521
2. Campagnolo 153
3. SRAM 20
Aerobars
1. Profile Design 706
2. Vision by FSA 349
3. Syntace 224
4. Oval Concepts 91
5. Hed Cycling 89
6. Easton 80
7. Zipp 50
8. Bontrager 45
9. Deda Elementi 18
10. PRO 14
11. Giant 12
12. ITM 12
T13. Cinelli 8
T13. Planet X 8
T13. Concorde 8
T16. Ritchey 6
T16. Xentis 6
T16. Pedalsoft 6
T19. 3T 5
T19 Scott 5
T19. Shiramoto 5
T22. Blackwell 4
T22. USE 4
T22. Erox 4
1. Cervelo 344
T2. Kuota 128
T2. Trek 128
4. Scott 89
5. Cannondale 75
6. Orbea 71
T7. Felt 66
T7. Kestrel 66
T9. Specialized 61
T9. Litespeed 61
11. Quintana Roo 60
12. Giant 59
13. Look 51
14. Guru 36
Wheels (individual carbon aero wheels)
1. Zipp 1570
2. Hed 263
3. Mavic 189
4. Other 141 (Gravity Zero, Erox)
5. Xentis 111
6. Bontrager 91
7. Corima 80
8. Reynolds 57
9. Shimano 41
10. Spinergy 35
11. Beyond Fabrications 32
12. Lightweight 29
13. Easton 23
14. Rolf 20
15. Planet X 17
16. Blackwell 13
17. Specialized Roval 6
18. Fulcrum 4
19. Ritchey 2
Saddles
1. Selle Italia 540
2. Fi’zi:k 448
3. Selle San Marco 202
4. Specialized 127
5. Terry 120
6. Profile Design 55
7. Blackwell Research 32
8. Serfas 22
Groupsets
1. Shimano 1521
2. Campagnolo 153
3. SRAM 20
Aerobars
1. Profile Design 706
2. Vision by FSA 349
3. Syntace 224
4. Oval Concepts 91
5. Hed Cycling 89
6. Easton 80
7. Zipp 50
8. Bontrager 45
9. Deda Elementi 18
10. PRO 14
11. Giant 12
12. ITM 12
T13. Cinelli 8
T13. Planet X 8
T13. Concorde 8
T16. Ritchey 6
T16. Xentis 6
T16. Pedalsoft 6
T19. 3T 5
T19 Scott 5
T19. Shiramoto 5
T22. Blackwell 4
T22. USE 4
T22. Erox 4
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Comments
gear vs. speed
princeofclydes
Reviewed by: Geoff White, Nov 13 2007 11:44AM
Every year I read the bike survey review for interest's sake. I never see my old steel Bianchi on the list. :(
This survey is relevant to the bike-sellers for obvious reasons.
For us racers (or wannabee kona-racers) it would be more useful to know how the bikes did time-wise.
I don't want to buy the "most popular bike" I want to buy the "fastest" bike (that I can afford).
The rationale is: fast pros won't ride a bike they know is slow even if you give them one. Experienced racers, pro & AG, will eventually be riding the bike they feel that they perform best on.
So let's plot the fastest 30 bikes from each manufacturer and see where they lie on the curve.
This survey is relevant to the bike-sellers for obvious reasons.
For us racers (or wannabee kona-racers) it would be more useful to know how the bikes did time-wise.
I don't want to buy the "most popular bike" I want to buy the "fastest" bike (that I can afford).
The rationale is: fast pros won't ride a bike they know is slow even if you give them one. Experienced racers, pro & AG, will eventually be riding the bike they feel that they perform best on.
So let's plot the fastest 30 bikes from each manufacturer and see where they lie on the curve.
Bike Counts
Reviewed by: Juergen, Oct 21 2007 2:40AM
Where is Isaac? I'm sure there were more than 3 in the field.
BH bikes
Reviewed by: Angie, Oct 14 2007 4:44PM
Thanks for the count! I wanted to comment though that there were at least two BH bikes in the race. I had one #1073, but more importantly, so did Eneko Llanos. I see you have another brand with only 2 bikes in the field, so thought BH should be included. Thanks!
