Cervélo has up to date its Caledonia-5 endurance highway bike. The Caledonia was initially launched in 2020 and Cervélo says that it’s grow to be the instrument of desire for a lot of mild and quick ultra-endurance cyclists, taking up challenges such because the 1,200km Paris-Brest-Paris Audax trip and the three,000km-plus Transcontinental race.
We rated the earlier technology Caledonia’s versatility, trip high quality and dealing with once we had it on long-term evaluation again in 2021. Updates to the brand new bike are refined, as with different Cervélo upgrades, akin to the newest S5 and the brand new P5 time trial bike.
As with all of Cervélo‘s bikes, the brand new Caledonia-5 is claimed to be aero, retaining its aero tube profiles and inner cabling, which is designed with cut up spacers to permit bar top adjustment with out touching the hoses.
Cervélo says that it has elevated the bike’s compliance for a extra snug trip. The added compliance comes from an elevated drop to the seatstays, however Cervélo says that it’s additionally stiffened up the downtube for a responsive trip really feel.
Other updates to the Caledonia-5 embody in-frame storage. This is an more and more widespread function of endurance bikes, additionally seen for instance within the Trek Domane, the Canyon Endurace and the brand new Ribble Allroad. In the Caledonia-5, Cervélo says that it affords stowage for restore instruments, together with a tube, a CO2 inflator and a small multi-tool.
Cervélo offers clearance for tyres as much as 36mm extensive, though the bike comes fitted with 30mm Vittoria Corsa Pro Control tyres on top-spec bikes and 30mm Vittoria Corsa N.Ext decrease down the vary. You may match mudguards utilizing the included mudguard mounts.
It kits all however the lowest spec bikes out with Reserve 42/49 wheels, which in keeping with Cervélo have “aerodynamic sensibilities”. More tangibly, they embody a lifetime guarantee and crash alternative.
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All bikes embody an influence meter, both a SRAM in-series mannequin or a 4iiii Precision 3 Pro on Shimano specs.
Shimano spec bikes are outfitted with a 52/36t crankset and 11-34t cassette, whereas SRAM specs have a 48/35t crankset and 10-36t cassette, emphasising the Caledonia’s quick endurance focus.
Cervélo Caledonia-5 specs and costs
There are 5 spec choices for the Caledonia-5, beginning at £5,500 / $6,000 / €5,999 for the SRAM Rival AXS outfitted bike. This has a Rival single-sided energy meter and is fitted with Vision Team i23 alloy wheels, quite than the Reserve carbon wheels discovered on the upper specs.
Next step up, the Caledonia-5 might be purchased outfitted with Force AXS with energy meter or Ultegra with a 4iiii Precision 3 Pro energy meter, in each circumstances priced at £7,400 / $8,700 / €7,999.
The vary tops out with Shimano Dura-Ace priced at £10,500 / $12,000 / €11,999, together with a 4iiii Precision 3 Pro energy meter and eventually SRAM Red AXS with energy meter priced at £11,000 / $12,000 / €12,999, full with a Hammerhead Karoo biking laptop.