Cervelo R5CA Custom Painted -- 5.17 kg (11.4 lbs)

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roadshark333
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by roadshark333

That bike looks phenomenal. Those wheels are enough to make me stare. I would be nervous to ride that awesome machine :wink:

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Krull

by Krull

maybe some outdoor-pictures?

audiophilitis
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by audiophilitis

Krull wrote:maybe some outdoor-pictures?


Starting to get warmer here and looking forward to my first ride on this bike. Will definitely snap some photos with natural light.

Deev
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by Deev

Beautiful bike man. Great choice of colour and components. Love it.

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by djconnel

Fantastic! I especially like the Berk work.
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Kumppa
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by Kumppa

Fantastic colour choice. Simply but elegant. Great build!

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by BmanX

What an amazing color and build. Well done.
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by Denavelo

CAIOS wrote:I am truly impressed by your setup, as yours is much lighter than mine.

Just some advise to further lighten up
- replace stock seat clamp (looked like they weighed a tonne) to MUFK or BTP
- ditch the ugly bottle cage. They look so bulky. Try LightWeight or latest Tune
- I reckon you are using SR chain? Try KMC
- I reckon you are using SR cassette? Good enough (don't try Recon, they are as filmy as they looked.)


Sometimes when you build a weight weenie bike, you have to go for durability over weight. I used to run KMC chains and they sucked. I snapped (2) of them. Campy chains are butter smooth. I've now been running Shimano 9000 chains on a Campy drivetrain and it's been amazing!

When it comes to bottle cages, buy ones that can actually hold a bottle! You spend so much on nice printed bottles, only to let your weak Tune cages shoot them on the side of the road on the first bump in the road. Arundel cages are super strong and sturdy and actually hold onto you bottles. Weight weenie bottle cages are also weak and snap easily. I've broken my few shares when ramming a bottle in.
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by RyanH

Wow, impeccable. Well done.

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by bluebee

it's perfect.

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by sawyer

Very nice and original!

I'd rather it had new Bora 35s, but would add weight I guess
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by RyanH

Did the THM Fibulas get even lighter??? Yours WITH pads are lighter than mine were without.

This is from February of 2014:

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audiophilitis
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by audiophilitis

RyanH wrote:Did the THM Fibulas get even lighter??? Yours WITH pads are lighter than mine were without.

This is from February of 2014:

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I don't think the new Fibulas are any lighter...did you include both the long and short nuts for the rear caliper? If not, probably some variation in scale accuracy?

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