Few bikes can claim to be genuinely visionary, but the Soloist is one of them. In 2002, Cervélo created the first truly aerofoil frame tubes on a road bike, complete with custom-extruded NACA profiles, and in doing so launched the aero road bike category. However, after some notable early successes in WorldTour races, the Soloist has been MIA since 2008. But now it is back from the wilderness.
The question is, seeing as Cervélo has three other road framesets – the lightweight R5, the aero S5 and the comfort-oriented Caledonia – not to mention a fairly roady gravel bike, where does this revived Soloist fit
