Cervelo R5ca
ALL OF OUR KNOWLEDGE IN ONE FRAMEAll of our knowledge in one frame. The R5ca is the crown jewel in the R-series, the industry gold standard in light weight, stiffness and strength. The engineers at Cervelo’s Project California have been pushing frame design with advanced lay-ups, and new technologies, the R5ca is what happens when you put all of that knowledge in a frame. This frame is for the discerning rider who wants the absolute lightest, stiffest and strongest bicycle all in one package.Experience:1. Low weight to help your climbing.
2. Torsional stiffness for safety and confidence while descending.
3. BB stiffness to not waste any energy.
4. Vertical compliance and vibration damping for comfort on long rides & bad roads.
MAIN TECHNOLOGIES- Second Generation Squoval™
- Smartwall™ for Carbon
- BBright™
- Cervélo Optimized 1 3/8"tapered Steerer Tube
- Single bend cable routing
- Ultra-thin seat stays
FIND THE RIGHT SIZEEven the most demanding pros fit properly on a stock Cervelo, no need for custom sizes. That's our conclusion after supporting hundreds of the world's best athletes. The reason we don't need customs where other bike companies do lies in our unique reach-based geometry. This results in six properly spaced-out sizes with minimal overlap.The R3 and R5 have an updated version of this geometry, which finally suits both seasoned pros and regular riders alike. The solution is as simple as it is elegant. The main problem in most geometries is that bikes come with pretty short headtubes. Presumably this is done to appease the pros, but even for them the headtubes are now often on the short side. This explains why nowadays you mostly see stems with only a minus-6 degree angle in the peloton.There are two issues with this:
2. Torsional stiffness for safety and confidence while descending.
3. BB stiffness to not waste any energy.
4. Vertical compliance and vibration damping for comfort on long rides & bad roads.
MAIN TECHNOLOGIES- Second Generation Squoval™
- Smartwall™ for Carbon
- BBright™
- Cervélo Optimized 1 3/8"tapered Steerer Tube
- Single bend cable routing
- Ultra-thin seat stays
FIND THE RIGHT SIZEEven the most demanding pros fit properly on a stock Cervelo, no need for custom sizes. That's our conclusion after supporting hundreds of the world's best athletes. The reason we don't need customs where other bike companies do lies in our unique reach-based geometry. This results in six properly spaced-out sizes with minimal overlap.The R3 and R5 have an updated version of this geometry, which finally suits both seasoned pros and regular riders alike. The solution is as simple as it is elegant. The main problem in most geometries is that bikes come with pretty short headtubes. Presumably this is done to appease the pros, but even for them the headtubes are now often on the short side. This explains why nowadays you mostly see stems with only a minus-6 degree angle in the peloton.There are two issues with this:
- You can imagine that if the headtubes are already short for the pros, they will feel REALLY short to regular riders.
- Pros love maximum front-end stiffness, but - for the same handlebar height - a short headtube with a minus-6 stem provides less stiffness than a longer headtube with a minus-17 stem.