Quintana Roo Lucero - Monday 27th March, 2006.

220 Triathlon Awards 2005 Bike of the year

"US-based Quintana Roo unveiled their first tri-specific bike in '89. Since then they've been ridden to 28 Ironman victories by some of the finest muitisporters on the planet. But it's the '05 Lucero that you voted as best bike and it's all down to a wealth of cutting-edge features.

This is no road bike with a few tri tweaks here and there; the Lucero's is a totally tri-specific design from the ground up. Its geometry puts you in a lower position for improved rider aerodynamics. Each of the frame's carbon-fibre tubes are sculpted for maximum aerodynamic and handling performance and yet it manages to be stiff enough to accelerate quickly but compliant enough to keep you comfortable over the bumps.

All the hallmarks of a race-bred machine are present, from the internal cable routing to the rear wheel-hugging seat tube. This razor-sharp, air-slicing ride has cut a dash straight to the top of your most-wanted list and won the right to can itself ihe 220 Triathlon Bikee ot the Year." - 220 Magazine.