{"title":"Quintana Roo Bikes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"collection-header\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuintana Roo\u003c\/strong\u003e has built triathlon bikes — and only triathlon bikes — since 1989, when founder Dan Empfield designed the Superform, the first bicycle purpose-built for the sport. The principle then is the same now: design from the aerobars back, around a rider who’s already swum 2.4 miles and has 26.2 miles to run after. That singular focus is what separates a Quintana Roo from a road bike with aero bars bolted on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Quintana Roo bikes at RA Cycles span the brand’s accessible and performance range. The Espada frameset offers an entry point into purpose-built triathlon geometry; the Caliente is a complete race-ready build for athletes who want to show up and go; and the PRsix frameset sits at the top of the lineup for athletes building their ideal race machine from the ground up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"quintana-roo-caliente-bike","title":"Quintana Roo Caliente Bike","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eQuintana Roo Caliente Bike\u003c\/strong\u003e is a carbon-frame triathlon bike from the company that invented the category. Quintana Roo was founded in 1987 by Dan Empfield, and two years later the brand built the Superform — widely credited as the first bicycle designed specifically for triathlon, built, as Empfield put it, \"from the aerobars back.\" That's a different design process than starting with a road bike and adding aero bars on top, and it's the same philosophy that shapes the Caliente: the aerobar position comes first, and the rest of the frame is built around holding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuintana Roo describes the Caliente as built to put you in a genuine race position — not an approximation of one — and the distinction matters more than it might sound. A road frame with clip-on aerobars asks your hips, hamstrings, and lower back to adapt to a position the frame wasn't designed for. A true tri-specific frame like the Caliente is built around a steeper effective seat angle and a front end proportioned for sustained time in the aero position, so the bike supports the position instead of fighting it. The carbon construction gives the frame a stiffness and weight advantage over an aluminum equivalent, which matters most exactly where it shows up on a tri bike: sustained power output over a long, flat effort rather than the short, out-of-saddle bursts a road racer deals with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat geometry is built around a specific problem triathletes have that road racers don't: what happens after you get off the bike. Quintana Roo's own framing is direct about this — your position on the bike determines how well your legs feel on the run. A road-style position that feels fine for a few hours of group riding can leave a triathlete's hip flexors and quads compromised heading into a run leg, and the aero-forward, tri-specific geometry on the Caliente is built to reduce that cost. This is a tri bike that rides like one, not a road bike fitted with clip-on bars standing in for the real thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere the Caliente fits in Quintana Roo's lineup is as an accessible entry point into that tri-specific design philosophy — the same aggressive, purpose-built geometry that shapes QR's higher-tier race bikes, without asking a triathlete new to the discipline to commit to the brand's most expensive platform first. For an age-group athlete moving from a road bike with clip-on bars into a first dedicated triathlon bike, or a returning triathlete who wants a real tri geometry without the cost of QR's flagship builds, the Caliente is built around getting that fundamental position right rather than chasing every marginal aero gain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuintana Roo has stayed exclusively focused on triathlon for decades rather than splitting attention across road, gravel, and mountain categories the way most bike brands do, and that focus shows up in details like the Caliente's geometry rather than in flashy marketing. It's a straightforward case for what a company gets right when building one type of bike for one purpose: a triathlon bike that's built to be a triathlon bike first, not a road frame wearing tri equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Quintana Roo","offers":[{"title":"Carbon \/ L","offer_id":43594235805740,"sku":"10038766","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/ricycles.com\/collections\/quintana-roo-bikes.oembed","provider":"RA Cycles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}