5.02.2006

Mario's Quintana Roo Caliente

Here is our friend Mario's triathlon bike. Mario is one of the founders of Wild Rivers Multi Sports. Mario is currently training for Ironman Coeur d'Alene in late June. His weapon of choice is a Quintana Roo Caliente. The Caliente is QR's mid-level full carbon bike. An aero seatpost, and rear wheel cutout, and 60mm deep section wheels make this bike slippery through the air, while a shallow seat-to-aerobar drop make it comfy for the 112 mile bike course. Other cool features include a shaped head tube, aero fork and seat stays, and horizontal dropouts. The huge bottom bracket area undoubtedly makes the bike stiff horizontally, and the triathlon specific geometry ease the bike to run transition. The finish is beautiful with the unique wide carbon fibers.


Full Specification

Frame: Quintana Roo Caliente, size large
Fork: Real Design Aero HP
Wheels: Real Design SuperSonic 60
Tires: Vittoria Rubino Pro
Bar: VisonTech base bar with VisonTech TT extensions
Stem: VisonTech Sizemore
Headset: FSA Orbit IS
Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
Seatpost: Real Design Carbon Aero
Saddle: Quintana Roo
Chain: Shimano Ultegra 10 speed
Cranks: FSA Carbon Pro
Bottom Bracket: FSA Platinum Pro
Front Derailleur: Shimano Ultegra 10 speed
Rear Derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace 10 speed
Brakes: Tektro Dual Pivot
Levers: Cane Creek TT200
Shifters: Shimano Dura-Ace
Cassette: Shimano Ultegra 10 speed,
Others: Arundel Trident bottle cages, cork bar tape

3 comments:

Brian said...

I like the carbon weave on that bike. Funky cool.

I would take off the Made In Taiwan sticker on the seat tube. I hate those little stickers.

Simmons said...

Is he going to do a 112 mile wheelie :)

Lars said...

Very aero, very carbon.