American Bicycle Group (ABG), manufacturer of Quintana Roo, today unveiled the PRthree, the latest in Quintana Roo’s PR series of award-winning, high-performance triathlon bikes.
Unveiled at this weekend’s USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals, the PRthree is Quintana Roo’s new elite level bike, sharing some technology advanced by its series cousins, the PRsix and the PRfive – ‘lightweight, aero-efficient, stable, and mechanically easy to work on and travel with’.
“We are always looking for ways to help the age group triathlete,” said ABG president and CEO, Peter Hurley. “With the PRthree, we have accomplished this. It shares some of the performance characteristics of our award-winning PRsix and PRfive. It’s flexible to their performance needs, highly competitive and has an aggressive price point.”
Features of the PRthree:
- Features Quintana Roo’s ‘Shift’ technology, the company’s well regarded asymmetric design
- Trickle-down aero and light-weight technology from the award-winning PRsix and PRfive
- Boat-tail technology that increases aero efficiency and provides greater stability
- Static Downtube Orientation for maximum aerodynamic advantage across all sizes (size specific design)
- QBox – size specific storage system that makes the bike more aerodynamic, equipped with safety beacon that can be turned on or off without leaving the saddle – comes standard on all models
- Multi system brake mount allows compatibility with most brakes
- Easy assembly – two hex wrenches are all that’s needed to take the bike apart for easy travel
- Features a very adjustable Profile Design aero cockpit system providing a wide range of fit capabilities
The PRthree has a price point of US$2,500 and a race performance (carbon aero race wheels) price point of US$3,600. These price points are achieved by incorporating different levels of carbon fiber, 24T hybrid composite, using a traditional chainstay design, and by using ultra-reliable Shimano 105 11-speed components.
American Bicycle Group/Quintana Roo is now taking pre-orders at Quintana Roo dealers with delivery in early September.
Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, American Bicycle Group manufactures high performance bikes under two brands: Litespeed (road, mountain and adventure bikes) and Quintana Roo (triathlon-specific bikes).
Litespeed is currently celebrating its 30-year anniversary. Its titanium technology makes it a leading manufacturer of cold-worked, cycling-specific tubesets, and which led to a partnership with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to fabricate the wheels’ framework of the Mars Land Rover.
Quintana Roo is one of a handful of bicycle companies entirely devoted to triathlon, focusing solely on creating ‘the best fitting and most aerodynamic bikes in existence’. Wind-tunnel tested and aiming to push the boundaries for speed, stability and handling, its PRfive model was recently designated as LAVA magazine’s Editor’s Pick Gear-of-the-Year for Bike Technology.
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