LOL... sorry, my "how much do you want to spend" was rhetorical... I had seen your $3-4000 numbers... thats either Canadian or US dollars I presume?

The bikes I mentioned (R3, P3 and Soloist) are all race profile bikes. I am not sure what else they have in terms of non-race bikes but I suspect not much. They are a relatively young company and put alot of money into designing for specific purposes.

The R3 is possibly the best example from their stable from this. The Paris-Roubaix is held up as the toughest-on-bikes road race because of all those cobbles. Cervelo have designed the R3 specifically for the Paris-Roubaix. It is designed to withstand the beating that cobble-stones give, and to make the ride as smooth as possible for the cyclist.

My partner would get a second R3 for training on if we could afford that and he often does 3-4 hour rides (for example, we race on Saturdays but every he heads out for a 100-140km training/recovery ride!). He says the R3 is the most comfortable bike he has ever ridden on. He has virtually no back issues after racing on it (or when he does a very rare training ride on it), because the R3 does not shake around like his other bikes.

I am not sure what the R3 sells for over your way, but what we are looking for for me is a 2006/2007 model - either from a bike shop with old stock, or from someone who likes to ride current models (with often the only difference being the paint-work). If we can find one from one of these sources the price will be significantly less.