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2008 Kona Bike Count

Cervelo reigns another year

By Brad Culp

Oct. 10, 2008 -- After five hours of counting at the Hawaii Ironman bike check-in, the results are in and Cervelo is on top once again—to absolutely no one’s surprise. In addition to frames, volunteers counted wheels, saddles, aerobars, pedals, aero helmets and components. The complete results are as follows:

Top 20 Bikes

Cervelo - 415
Kuota - 117
Scott - 103
Trek - 103
Felt - 89
QR - 79
Cannondale - 68
Orbea - 68
Specialized - 66
Giant - 51
LOOK - 48
Kestrel - 35
Litespeed - 35
Guru - 27
Issac - 26
Ceepo - 24
Pinarello - 19
BMC - 13
Planet X - 13
Principia - 13
Cube - 12

Wheels (Individual)

Zipp - 1,766
HED - 258
Xentis - 197
Mavic - 158
Bontrager - 94
Corima - 52
Planet X - 45
Renyolds - 42
Campagnolo - 33
Shimano - 30

Saddles

Fizik - 458
Selle Italia - 398
Specialized - 146
Selle San Marco - 136
Terry - 105
ISM - 78
Profile - 72
Bontrager - 40
Serfas - 38
SMP - 34

Components

Shimano - 1,462
SRAM - 144
Campagnolo - 110

Pedals

LOOK - 678
Shimano - 499
Speedplay - 370
Time - 119
Keewin - 18
Wellgo - 17
Ritchey - 5
Crank Bros. - 4
Aerolite - 2

Aerobars

Profile Design - 603
Vision by FSA - 363
Syntace - 161
Zipp - 113
Oval Concepts - 110
Easton - 106
HED - 88
Bontrager - 50
Deda - 18
P.R.O. - 17

Aero Helmets

Giro - 330
Louis Garneau - 217
Rudy Project - 114
Bell - 92
Spiuk - 37
Metz - 19
LAS - 18
Specialized - 14
Uvex - 10
Alpine - 8

The following brands were included in the 2008 Kona Bike Count:
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Aegis, BH, Argon 18, Bianchi, BMC, Calfee, Cannondale, Canyon, Cervelo, Ceepo, Cheetah, Colnago, Cube, Decathlon, DeRosa, Eddy Merckx, Elite, Felt, Fuji, Giant, Griffen, Guru, Isaac, Javelin, Kestrel, Kuota, Litespeed, Louis Garneau, LOOK, Merlin, Orebea, Pinarello, Principia, QR, Ridley, SCOTT, Serotta, Seven, Softride, Specialized, Storck, Stevens, Teschner, Time, Titanflex, Trek, Parlee, Wilier, Blue, Linskey, LeMond, Leader, Jamis, Fisher, PlanetX.
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Thanks to the following volunteers who participated in this year’s count:

Bike Count
Scott Montgomery – Scott Bikes
Paul Thomas – Kuota Bikes
Mark Andrews – Trek Bikes
Marc-Andre Perron – Argon 18 Bikes
Steve Harad – Kestrel Bikes
Tony Karklins – Orbea Bikes
Pierre Perron – Louis Garneau
Jim Felt – Felt Bikes
Steve Boyd – QR/Litespeed
Andrew Block – Beaker Concepts

Saddle Count
Suzette Ayotte – Fizik Saddles

Aero Bar Count
Mark Vandermolen – Profile Design
Morgan Nicol – Oval Concepts

Wheel Count
Brian Gavette and Andy Paskins – Zipp

Pedal Count
Ming Tan – LOOK

Component Count
Michael Zellmann – SRAM
Devin Walton – Shimano

Helmet Count
Louis Garneau