2007 Triathlete Magazine Hawaii Ironman Bike Count

A collection of industry officials assembled Friday to count bikes, wheels, aerobars and the like during pre-race bike check-in for Saturday's Ford Hawaii Ironman Triathlon. The count helps weighs trend swings in bike and bike parts purchasing.

by Jay Prasuhn

Oct. 12, 2007 -- This year, Cervelo rules the roost with 344 bike on the pier, ready for action Saturday. Kuota made a big leap to tie Trek with 128 bikes. Scott is also upwardly mobile with 89 bikes.

Among the wheels, Zipp made like Cervelo, fairly dominating the aero carbon wheel category, while Hed Cycling took up second. Selle Italia is the top saddle in the race with Fi'zi:k taking second. In a new category being checked-groupsets-Shimano was dominant with 1,521 groupsets, with Campagnolo second and road groupset newcomer SRAM making its first entry into the market with 20 gruppos on the pier. Among aerobars, Profile Design maintained its top position with 706, with Vision by FSA second.
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Bikes

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
T15. BMC 15
T15. Principia 15
17. Softride 14
T18 Argon 18 12
T18 Elite 12
T18 Griffin 12
21. Calfee 11
22. Stevens 8
T23. Pinarello
T23. Time
T23 Javelin 7
26. Bianchi 5
T27. Teschner 3
T27. Fuji 3
T27. Ridley 3

Wheels (individual carbon aero wheels)
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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