FL's CERVELO R5 PROJECT/EXTRALITE/DI2/5.26kg

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drmutley
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by drmutley

Awesome work!

Get your painter to sand and paint the FSA cranks flat black too!

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farm_lim
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by farm_lim

thanks WWers!

this was actually the inspiration if some of you might have wondered about the color choice/theme.
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paradawt
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by paradawt

Nice job.

I think you choose well orange colour. And it's unique. Lovely R5...
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em3
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by em3

...have to ask, just how does one acquire a "production sample" frame of a current model Cervelo? Very curious.... EM3
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farm_lim
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em3, the usual story of a contact of a contact of a chinese cycling friend. production sample could actually also mean production excess or non-cervelo qc passed frame.
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farm_lim
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by farm_lim

did some short rides already.
initial impressions.
-eps, nice solid sound when shifting (youll know you have shifted already, compared to smooth di2)
-for gloss carbon rims brake tracks (bora, racingspeed, ax, extralite, etc), campy carbon pads work best!
-rotor q-rings, first time user, funny pedaling feeling initially which goes away after some time.
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farm_lim
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had to change seatposts, 6k cycles ultralight slipping.

now using token 9141m 27.2 post. 30g more but ill take the small penalty over slippage.
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iand12
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by iand12

very nice! which grit sand papers did you use? I'm doing the same this with mine
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farm_lim
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by farm_lim

400 to sand the topcoat and paint off. then 800 to smoothen.
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Roel W
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by Roel W

Crazy paintjob!! Pure bikeporn!

It reminds me of Sylvain Chavanel's orange Specialized and the orange Scott he's ow riding at TdF.
Looks as nice as the Kinesis Aithein in orange posted in this topic.
Now I'm sure: orange is the new black.

paradawt
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by paradawt

Yeah I like it too...
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bfno
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by bfno

Sweet bike, very nice colour and a nice contrast to all the black bikes now days.
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Permon
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by Permon

Man, what a built! :up:
I love the paintjob! WOW! :thumbup:
GREAT JOB!

There are only 2 things I do not like:
- silver bar tape....I would love black
- FSA cranks....I would go Campa

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michel2
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by michel2

is it me or has nobody noticed the big ring being 180 degrees out ?(-:
very nice job tho, love it !

bernatv
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by bernatv

Where is possible to get that low stack headset cap?
I always loved that but can't find...
Thanks!

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