The brand new Cervelo Caledonia-5 seems loads just like the earlier era of their endurance racing all-road bike that debuted 4 years in the past. However there are a couple of updates tucked away within the brand new bike. The one you may discover first is the addition of in-frame storage. However there’s additionally been loads of extra cautious carbon redesign to make this bike each extra comfy for rides measured in days AND extra responsive so that you don’t lose the race feeling, even on ultra-distance occasions.
2024 Cervelo Caledonia-5 endurance all-road race bike
Cervelo calls the Caledonia-5 their highway race bike “to your massive, silly rides“. Designed for quick, ultra-distance rides and races, it is a light-weight carbon all-road bike with further consolation in thoughts, but nonetheless with out skimping on efficiency. The brand new 2024 Caledonia-5 seems loads like the unique Caledonia-5 that debuted in 2020. However Cervelo says that’s as a result of “You solely begin from scratch when you don’t have anything value preserving.”
What’s new?
However there’s nonetheless loads of upgrades to be discovered. Before everything, the brand new Caledonia-5 is claimed to be extra compliant for enhanced rider consolation. It seems just like the body incorporates a bit extra slope to the toptube, a shade decrease seatstays, a slimmer seattube, a way more compact backside bracket cluster, and shallower chainstays. All in a bid to spice up rear-end compliance.
On the identical time, the brand new Cervelo elevated the downtube stiffness on the up to date Caledonia-5 “to take care of that pro-level responsiveness“.
New In-Body storage glovebox
All-new on this bike, however already confirmed on Cervelo’s P-series TT bikes, the Caledonia-5 will get a tiny glovebox. Hidden beneath a locking hatch beneath your bottle cage, Cervelo says it’s sufficient house to retailer a tube, multi-tool & CO2 inflator (however “not sufficient to suit a burrito”).
Curiously, the hatch means there at the moment are solely 2 bolts on the downtube (vs. 3 earlier than) placing your cage within the decrease place the place just one bottle would match. However there’s second set of bolts on the seattube, so absolutely Cervelo will supply an answer for a better bottle place on the downtube (we simply haven’t seen it but).
Barely larger tires
Cervelo didn’t actually point out it, however the brand new model of the bike has a few millimeters of additional tire clearance. Now, you’ll be able to match max 36mm tires in there. And each Caledonia-5 has low-profile fender mounts so you’ll be able to run full-coverage mudguards, and nonetheless match high-volume highway tires in there, too.
New headset bearing cap too
OK, this one is tiny and nerdy, however completely my jam. The bike once more options totally inner cable routing as a result of all new bikes do now, proper? And most now embody cut up steerer tube spacers so you’ll be able to alter cockpit peak a bit with out messing with the cables that run by the headset.
Nicely, this one now provides a cut up headset bearing cap too, in order that’s yet one more bit you’ll be able to alter with out recabling every thing. In fact, that may solely actually assist if you’re going from the taller Excessive bearing cap to the Low one (very like swapping spacers). However it’s good to see a bit of extra consideration to usability. Subsequent they only need to make a cut up higher bearing too. :smirk:
Nonetheless Aero & Race-ready
Cervelo says “All Cervélo bikes are aero bikes” so this one nonetheless will get the identical aero race-ready options just like the aero tube shapes, easy fork-to-frame transition, aero seatpost, hidden clamp, and full inner housing. And “like all Cervélos, Caledonia-5 is UCI accredited, and carries a lifetime guarantee.”
Tech particulars
Max 36mm tire clearance
1.25-1.5″ tapered headset
BBright press-fit backside bracket
D-shaped proprietary aero seatpost
Totally-internal cable routing
1x or 2x suitable with detachable entrance derailleur hanger, 2x is digital solely
12mm thru-axles & flat mount disc brakes
2024 Cervelo Caledonia-5 – Pricing, choices & availability
The 2024 Cervelo Caledonia-5 is out there now in 6 sizes (48-61cm) and 5 full 2x 12-speed digital bike builds. Plus, you can too decide up the brand new Caledonia-5 frameset for $5000 / 4800€ together with bar, stem & seatpost and construct your individual ultra-distance highway racing bike. Decide from both fundamental 5 black or deep Carmine pink for any construct.
Full bike pricing begins at $6000 / 6000€ for a Caledonia-5 constructed up with SRAM Rival AXS and alloy Imaginative and prescient tubeless wheels with 32mm Vittoria Corsa N.Ext tires. Upgrading to carbon Reserve wheels and Drive AXS or Ultegra Di2 will set you again $8700 / 8000€.
And so they high out at $12,000 the place you’ll be able to decide from both a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 (12,000€) or SRAM Crimson AXS (13,000€) groupset, every with a powermeter crankset and Reserve 42/49 aero carbon wheels wrapped in 30mm Corsa Professional Management TLR tires.
However, for those who decide the Crimson construct, additionally they throw within the newest Hammerhead Karoo GPS biking pc, too!
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