Results from the Inaugural Challenge Roth Bike Count! And the Most Popular Bike Is…
The count served as the industry’s first-ever Europe-centric bellwether of purchasing patterns among consumers in triathlon.
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Saturday night after check-in closed, a team of industry experts organized by Triathlete magazine contributor Jay Prasuhn entered Challenge Roth’s T1 and conducted a late-night count of bikes, wheels and other related parts being used by pros and age groupers for the race. The count (for the approximate 3,000 individual competitors, not including relays) served as the industry’s first-ever Europe-centric bellwether of purchasing patterns among consumers in triathlon.
Bikes
Cervelo 382
Canyon 305
Specialized 237
Felt 205
Argon 18 171
Trek 145
BMC 143
Scott 134
Cannondale 131
Giant/LIV 121
Cube 107
Fuji 72
Stevens 69
Quintana Roo 63
Kuota 59
Airstreem 44
Planet X 41
Simplon 39
Orbea 35
Merida 34
Centurion 33
Isaac 30
Wilier 28
LOOK 26
Ceepo 25
Rose 24
Ridley 22
BH 19
Boardman 15
Pinarello 11
Scrane 11
Storck 9
Cucuma 8
Ghost 7
Bianchi 7
Dynamics 6
Red Bull 6
Kestrel 6
Avenger 6
CCR 6
Blue 5
Corratec 5
Haibike 5
Swift 4
Spider 4
Principia 4
Botecchia 4
Colnago 4
Dimond 3
Parlee 3
Axus 3
Sensa 3
Musing 3
Bergamont 3
Koga 3
Basso 2
Ventum 2
SUP 2
Kocmo 2
Peugeot 2
Steppenwolf 2
Pasculli 2
Litespeed 2
BeFour 2
KTM 1
Spring 1
DuraTec 1
Bike Imperium 1
Radon 1
Hendiz 1
Dogma 1
Colner 1
Force 1
Carrer 1
Wheels
Zipp 1,338
Mavic (Carbon 345, Alloy 672) 1017
Other 509
Reynolds 335
Fulcrum 182
Shimano 182
Xentis 128
Vision 127
FFWD 120
Bontrager 120
Roval 117
Profile Design 112
ENVE 111
DT Swiss 109
SwissSide 101
Citec 99
Campagnolo 96
Planet X 93
Airstreem 81
Easton 80
SRAM 77
HED 73
Giant 68
Speed 62
Lightweight 54
Oval 35
FLO 30
Felt 22
AMBDA 20
Corima 17
C-Tech 16
Speed CBK 15
3T 14
Lee2e 11
Token 10
KYZR 10
Rolf 10
Race 10
Syntace 9
Knight 8
Gravity Zero 8
Rothar 7
Sonic 7
Rebel 7
Vuelta 6
American Classic 6
Cole 6
Novatec 6
Scorpio 6
EROX 5
Bike Imperium 4
Williams 4
ZUUS 4
EDCO 4
Axis 4
ProLite 3
Vittoria 2
Storm 2
Scope 2
BlackInc 2
Otto 2
SCYS 2
Ursus 2
Full Carbon 2
SpeedMax 2
RoadSail 2
Ritchey 2
Wheel Angel 2
Louise Gabriel 2
ArtWheels 2
Engery 2
SuperTeam 2
RadLaden 2
Lavenza 2
ZeroCX 2
DRWL 2
Ambrosio 2
CHN Wheel 2
Trumer 2
SWS Wheels 2
ZZYZX 2
Equator 2
Syncros 2
Speed Theory 2
SSCAR 2
Airon 2
FBM 2
Hypersonic 2
Ryde 2
RA2 2
Cycleops 2
Quintana Roo 2
Boardman 2
Kronos 2
Miche 2
Supr 29 1
DedaElementi 1
Velodrome 1
Power Meters
Garmin Vector 305
Power 2 Max 162
Stages 113
Quarq 105
Rotor 89
PowerTap 87
BePro 51
SRM 36
Polar 10
Pioneer 9
InfoCrank 3
4iii 2
Wahoo 1
Keo2Max 1
Aerobars
Profile Design 1148
3T 483
Vision 301
Bontrager 183
Syntace 147
Felt 130
Specialized 111
Deda 107
Zipp 101
Canyon 87
Pro 82
Road drop bar 66
Giant 65
Argon 18 59
Oval 59
Easton 22
HED 19
Simplon 14
Tranz X 11
Airstreem 10
Ritchey 8
USE 7
TriRig 7
Others 7
Avenger 5
Karbona 5
COR 4
Kuota 4
Secop 4
Xentis 3
COR 3
Ridley 3
KCNC 3
BBB 3
Token 3
MMR 3
Bfour 2
Enve 2
Pinarello 2
BTwin 2
XLC 2
Storck 1
CTECK 1
SUB 1
Walser 1
LOOK 1
Basso 1
FSA 1
Cetek 1
ROSE 1
ProLite 1
Groupsets
Shimano 2050 (Di2 675, mechanical 1375)
SRAM 337 (83 eTap, mechanical 254)
Campagnolo 60 (EPS 3, mechanical 57)
Saddles
ISM 427
Fi’zi:k 305
Specialized 225
Selle Italia 181
Prologo 98
Bontrager 60
Cobb Cycling 57
Other 55
Selle SMP 30
SQ 27
Selle San Marco 22
Terry 14
Felt 13
Profile Design 12
Giant 12
Syncros 10
Airstreem 9
Oval Concepts 9
PRO 8
Oxygen 8
Kask 7
Dash 6
Velo 4
Fabric 4
BBB 3
Cannondale 3
Fuji 2
Scott 2
Centurion 2
Tune 2
Cervelo 1
Concept 1
Speed Needle 1
Ekoi 1
Ritchey 1
Kuota 1
Ergon 1
Vision 1
Corratec 1
PLX 1
Cube 1
Helmets
Giro 789
Rudy Project 383
Casco 312
Specialized 301
Kask 156
Uvex 112
MET 105
Lazer 78
Bell 71
Ekoi 56
Bontrager 43
Catlike 36
Spuik 35
Alpina 33
POC 31
Scott 31
Louis Garneau 22
Mavic 19
Cratoni 17
LAS 14
Limar 13
BBB 10
Smith 9
Carnac 8
Cannondale 8
Giant 7
ZeroRH 7
BTwin 6
Abus 6
SH+ 6
Ked 3
Selev 3
Cube 3
Bolle 2
Bikemate 2
Cocoon 2
Carrera 2
Funkier 2
Your 1
e-Swiss 1
Salice 1
Etto 1
Colver 1
Boardman 1
LIV Giant 1
Orbea 1
Merida 1
Northwave 1
Tri40 1
DHB 1
Strut 1
Xtreme 1
Urge 1
Fischer 1
Bjorka 1
Sziols 1
Front Hydration
Profile Design 464
XLAB 188
Model Integrated 55
Torhans 15
PRO 13
Elite 7
Giant 7
Other 6
Jetstream 5
Aeton 4
Nathan 3
Speedfil 2
Vision 2
Zipties 2
Bontrager 1
X-Stream 1
Rear Hydration
XLAB 340
Profile Design 252
Model Integrated 90
Tacx 67
Elite 59
PRO 20
Minoura 18
Zipties 12
Argon 9
Velo Champion 8
Bontrager 6
Beaker Concepts 6
Prologo 4
ControlTech 2
Speedfil 1
Topeak 1
Fi’zi:k 1
TriRig 1
Frame Aero Bottles
Elite 67
XLAB 31
Speedfil 8
Giant 5
Tacx 4
Specialized 4
Bontrager 3
Profile Design 3
Other 2
Pedals
LOOK 972
Shimano 755
Garmin (powermeter platform) 305
Speedplay 138
PowerTap (powermeter platform) 87
BePro (powermeter platform) 51
Time 52
Mavic (Time design) 16
Exustar 13
XPedo 10
Keywin 3
Crank Brothers 2
Rostr 1
Many thanks to our industry volunteers who made the count possible: Declan Doyle (Zipp), Jan Mueller (SRAM, Quarq), Christian Friebel (3T), Pia Weiner, Lisa-Marie Wilmsmann and Lisa Pretsch (Specialized) and Ben Distel (XLAB Hydration/ISM Saddles).