Soloist

The original Soloist, launched in 2002, is widely credited with inventing the aero road category — it was Cervelo's first carbon road bike with true NACA-derived aerofoil tubing and the platform Frank Schleck used to win on Alpe d'Huez. Phased out around 2008 in favour of the S-series, the Soloist name was revived in 2022 as Cervelo's deliberately attainable all-rounder: it borrows aero geometry and tube shapes from the S5, lightness cues from the R5, and lands at roughly 250 g heavier than the R5 and 250 g lighter than the S5. Today it's pitched at the 'week-in week-out amateur racer' who wants one bike that can climb, sprint and do a hilly gran fondo on one set of wheels with up to 34 mm tyres.