Cervelo Soloist Force AXS 1
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Prices and stock checked Oct 22.
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The Cervelo Soloist Force AXS 1 Bike is Cervelo's aero road platform built around a simplified, race-focused drivetrain. Where most Soloist builds run a traditional 2x setup, the Force AXS 1 pairs a single 48-tooth aero chainring with a SRAM Force XPLR AXS 13-speed cassette spanning 10-46 teeth. One derailleur, one shift lever function, and a gear range wide enough to cover flat sprints and punchy climbs without a front shift to think about. It's a drivetrain layout more commonly seen on gravel bikes, applied here to a pure road race machine — fewer moving parts, less to manage when the pace goes hard.
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The frame itself carries Cervelo's latest aero updates: a deeper head tube, deeper fork legs, and a bottom bracket junction shaped to shield the rear wheel from turbulence. Cervelo states these changes cut 8.6 watts of drag compared to the outgoing Soloist, with another 4.3 watts available when paired with the bike's aero bottle system — the WB003 bottle and cage included on this build. Small numbers individually, but they stack up over a long breakaway or a solo time trial effort, which is the scenario this bike is built around. The all-carbon fork and carbon frame keep weight in check while the front end stays stiff enough to hold a line at speed.
Stopping power and shifting come from Sram's Force AXS E1 hydraulic disc groupset, with the crankset integrating a power meter as standard — useful for anyone structuring intervals or racing to numbers rather than feel. SRAM Paceline Centerlock rotors handle braking duty. Rolling stock is Reserve's 42mm front / 49mm rear carbon wheelset on DT Swiss 350 hubs, tubeless compatible and developed through Reserve's Turbulent Aero program, which uses real-world wind data rather than pure wind-tunnel testing to shape rim profiles. Vittoria Corsa N.EXT tubeless tires in 700x29 come mounted stock, a width that balances low rolling resistance with enough air volume for rough pavement and long days in the saddle.
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