Cervélo Reigns Again at Kona Bike Count but Gap Closes

A group of 30 industry experts came together on Friday to tally the makeup of all 2,500 bikes to check-in on the Kona Pier ahead of the Ironman World Championship.

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The count has served for years as a global bellwether of buying patterns among athletes in the endurance triathlon space.

Toronto-based Cervélo again took top honors in the bike category, but the decade-long leader had 74 fewer bikes on the pier this year than last. The big movers chipping away at Cervelo’s lead were Canyon (28 more bikes than last year), QR (13 more), Dimond (12 more), and Scott (10 more).

Zipp again won the wheel category, but with 287 fewer wheels than last year.

Bikes
Cervelo – 487
Trek – 256
Specialized – 189
Felt – 185
Canyon – 130
Argon 18 – 118
Scott – 110
BMC – 108
QR – 97
Giant – 92
Ceepo – 70
Cannondale – 60
Ventum – 49
Dimond – 43
Cube – 29
Orbea – 27
Wilier – 18
Fuji – 18
Kuota – 16
Merida – 14
BH – 11
Airsteem – 11
Stevens – 11
Look – 10
Planet X – 8
Guru – 8
Focus – 8
Pinarello – 7
Parlee – 7
Kestrel – 7
Ridley – 6
Diamondback – 5
Blue – 5
Storck – 5
Simplon – 5
Boardmann – 5
Garneau – 4
Swift, Jamis, Avanti – 3
Litespeed, Colnago, Cipollini, Premier, Squad, Neil Pryde, Boma, Avenger – 2
Merkcz, Beyond, Wizz – 1

Wheels (individual)
Zipp – 1,609
Enve – 385
Other – 260
HED – 260
Reynolds – 225
Bontrager – 213
Mavic – 210
Roval – 162
DT Swiss – 124
Profile – 90
Vision – 85
Shimano – 80
Swiss Side – 69
Giant – 69
FLO – 63
Campagnolo – 58
Xentis – 55
Corima – 54
FFWD – 49
Lightweight – 47
Token – 35
Felt – 26
Easton – 24
Knight – 23
Rolf – 19
Planet X – 14
EDCO – 14
Oval – 14
Boyd – 12
SRAM – 10
Airstreeem – 6
Alto – 6
Rebel – 6
Syncross – 5
Williams, Vittoria, Flash Point – 4
Ritchey, American Classic, FSA – 2
Unbranded alloy – 239

*There were 40 650C wheels and 132 wheels with disc brakes.

Components
Shimano – 1,942
SRAM – 428
Campagnolo – 18
FSA – 4

*1,255 Shimano groupsets were Di2 and 274 SRAM groupsets were e-Tap.

Pedals
Shimano – 740
Look – 551
Garmin – 418
Speedplay – 306
Time – 77
PowerTap – 50
Other – 120

Power Meters
Garmin – 383
Quarq – 345
Power2Max – 181
PowerTap – 156
Stages – 126
Rotor – 101
SRM – 93
Pioneer – 78
Shimano – 25
Prw – 24
4iii – 17
Infocrank – 7
Team Watt – 1

Helmets
Rudy Project – 444
Giro – 397
Specialized – 290
Kask – 139
Casco – 94
LG – 88
Bontrager – 88
Lazer – 57
Oakley – 52
Met – 50
Scott – 45
POC – 43
Ekoi – 31
Smith – 30
Kabuto – 29
Other – 29
Bell – 27
Uvex – 22
Spiuk – 17
Catlike – 14
Abus – 7
Giant, Carnac, Ceepo – 6
LAS, Limar – 5
Bolle, LIV, Mavic, Cratoni – 3
Suomy, Alpina, Salice – 2
BBB, Briko, Erox – 1

Saddles
ISM – 827
Fi’zi:k – 343
Specialized – 339
Cobb – 211
Bontrager – 148
Prologo – 124
Selle Italia – 92
Other – 73
Shimano PRO – 47
Dash – 44
SMP – 33
Profile – 28
Selle San Marco – 25
Syncros – 14
Fabric – 13
Fabric – 12
SQ Lab – 7
Koobi, Velo, Oval, Ergon – 3
Forte, Planet X, Felt, Time – 2
Ritchey, Token, Serfas, Brooks, Oxygen, Garneau, Bell – 1

Aerobars
Profile Design – 643
3T – 346
Bontrager – 250
Specialized – 146
Vision – 140
Felt (Devox) – 138
Zipp – 80
Canyon (Ergon) – 79
Ventum – 40
Cervelo – 39
Shimano PRO – 36
TriRig – 31
Syntace – 21
Easton – 19
Enve – 18
Oval – 17
Road (drop) – 17
Deda – 16
HED – 13
LOOK – 6
Planet X – 5
ITM – 4
51 Speedshop – 3
Blue, USE – 2

Front Hydration
Profile – 720
XLAB – 684
Speedfil – 76
Torhans – 62
Giant – 36
Zipp – 27
Bontrager – 22
Vision – 19
PRO – 11
Integrated – 9
Jetstream – 8

Rear Hydration
XLAB – 792
Profile Design – 265
Integrated – 185
Tacx – 71
Specialized – 42
Giant – 32
PRO – 29
Bontrager – 26
Speedfil – 22
Elite – 19
Vision – 19
Minoura – 13
Cobb – 8
Topeak – 5
Beaker Concepts – 4

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