Cervélo tops again at 2010 Kona bike count for sixth straight year

Written by LAVA on Saturday, October 9, 2010

Every year, dozens of triathlon industry employees take a break from the action of race weekend in Kona to find out what brands are the kings of the triathlon world. The annual Kona Bike Count involves five hours of tallying bikes, wheels, saddles, aerobars, aero helmets, power meters, and components as athletes check in their bikes the day before the race. The count gives the industry a scope of the previous year’s buying trends and an idea of who the players will be for the following year.

After an entire afternoon of tallying, the results are in and Cervelo is top dog once again. The Toronto-based bike builder has 468 bikes on the pier in Kona this year, 355 more than runner-up Specialized. Here are the complete results from all the categories.


Bikes

Cervelo: 468
Specialized: 113
Trek: 108
Scott: 98
Felt: 96
Orbea: 82
Kuota: 77
Cannondale: 72
QR: 62
Argon18: 58
Giant: 52
Look: 48
Kestrel: 46
Guru: 40
Ceepo: 28
Pinarello: 18
Isaac: 18
Stevens: 17
Ridley: 16
Litespeed: 14
Colnago: 11
Storck: 11
PlanetX: 11
Fuji: 10
Blue: 9
BMC: 9
Jamis: 7
Beyond Fabrications: 7
Cube: 7
Focus: 6
Parlee: 6
Willier: 6
Griffen: 5
Elite: 5
Canyon: 4
Aegis: 4
Seven: 4
Time: 3
Javlin: 3
Serotta: 3
Linskey: 3
De Rosa: 2
BH: 2
Principia: 2
Louis Garneau: 1
Valdora: 1
Teschner: 1
Lemond: 1
Wave: 1
Softride: 1
Cheetah: 1
Renovo Hardwood Bicycles: 1


Wheels

Zipp: 1910
Hed: 255
Mavic: 164
Xentis: 149
Bontrager: 118
Reynolds: 86
Shimano: 81
Easton: 81
SRAM: 45
Rolf Prima: 33
Lightweight: 28
Campagnolo: 26
Edge: 26
Corima: 25
Token: 25
FFWD: 23
Planet X: 19
Blackwell: 3
Beyond Fabrications: 8
American Classic: 7
Spinergy: 7
Ceepo: 6
Nimble: 4
Profile Design: 2
Fulcrum: 1

Aero Helmets

Garneau: 223
Giro: 221
Rudy Project: 114
Specialized: 62
Lazer: 57
Divers: 29
Spiuk: 28
Bell: 27
LAS: 10
Ekoi: 10
Met: 8
Catlike: 7
Limar: 6
UVEX: 4
Scott: 3
Alpima: 2

Saddles

Fi'zi:k: 508
Selle Italia: 347
ISM: 201
Specialized: 173
San Marco: 87
OE Spec'd: 70
Terry: 68
Cobb: 67
Profile Design: 44
SMP: 38
Prologo: 37
Bontrager: 35
Serfas: 27
WTB: 7
Forte: 6
Koobi: 5
Vision: 2
Pro: 2
Velo:

Aero Bars

Profile Design: 591
Vision: 446
Zipp: 136
Bontrager: 99
Easton: 88
3T: 69
Syntace: 67
Hed: 64
PRO: 56
OVAL: 51
Felt: 35
Argon: 27
Giant: 23
Specialized: 9
Deda: 8
Drop Handle Bars: 8
Xentis: 7
Cobb: 5
Most: 5
Use: 4
Shinamura: 4
Valdora: 3
ITM: 3
Scott: 3
Storck: 3
Uberland: 3
Ritchey: 2
Cheetah: 2
Walser: 2

Component Groups

Shimano: 1307
SRAM: 391
Campagnolo: 85
Other: 5

Power Meters

SRM: 163
CycleOps PowerTap: 153
Quarq: 51
Ergomo: 2

Hydration

Profile: 955
X-Lab Rear Carrier: 448
Hydrotail: 94
Speedfil: 86
Jetstream: 48
Bontrager Front Mount: 32
X-Lab Front Mount: 27
Specialized Rear Mount: 22
Podium Quest: 8
HED Lollipop: 8
TRAX Rear Carrier: 5
Never Reach: 3
Torhans: 2
Vision Front Mount: 2

Tires

Continental: 704
Vittoria: 193
Schwalbe: 164
Michelin: 144
Zipp: 108
Bontrager: 43
TUFO: 43
Vredestein: 28
Maxxis: 7
Hutchinson: 7
Specialized: 6
Challenge: 4
Panasonic: 1

Source:  LAVA

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