What is the weight of the Cervelo R3 & R3SL, R3 2011 & R5

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v70cat
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by v70cat

Was wonder what the differences in frame weight of the 2010 R3 & R3SL vs 2011 R3 & R5?

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by livio livius

What seize?

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v70cat
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by v70cat

Does not really matter just as long they are all the same.

My size is 54.

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by thisisatest

i weighed an r5 58cm, it was 960g with seatpost collar, cable guide, derailleur hanger.
i weighed an r3sl a while ago, it was the nude/black one, 56cm, 805g with seatpost collar, cable guide, derailleur hanger.

i can weigh more tomorrow (if i remember)

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by justkeepedaling

The R5 you weighed is the heaviest I've heard of. Typically mid 800 grams for a 58 cm

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by Carbon_Cowboy

My 2010 R3SL was 898 grams (54)

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by phallenthoul

R5 56cm frame/fork/headset/seat clamp/3D crankset w/ q rings 2065g.

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by v70cat

thisisatest wrote:i weighed an r5 58cm, it was 960g with seatpost collar, cable guide, derailleur hanger.
i weighed an r3sl a while ago, it was the nude/black one, 56cm, 805g with seatpost collar, cable guide, derailleur hanger.

i can weigh more tomorrow (if i remember)


Thanks for the information, I thought the R5 was supposed to be lighter?

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by em3

thisisatest wrote:i weighed an r5 58cm, it was 960g with seatpost collar, cable guide, derailleur hanger.
i weighed an r3sl a while ago, it was the nude/black one, 56cm, 805g with seatpost collar, cable guide, derailleur hanger.

i can weigh more tomorrow (if i remember)


Again....the numbers you are reporting are not correct. A 56cm R3SL will not weigh 805gm with everything hanging on it (that is just too light), nor will a 58cm R5 weigh 960gm with everything hanging on it, not even with the headset bearings either.

Here are some real weights from frames I own, weighed completely bare (w/out der hanger, seatclamp, cable guide, H2O bolts, headset bearings):

2010 R3SL 56cm, 840gm

2011 R5 54cm, 825gm

EM3

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by Smithmi81

My 2011 r3 size 54 weighed 925g with everything bar BB and headset. Pictures in a previous post.

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by em3

...guys, this is weight weenies...frame weight should always be reported with nothing hanging/installed on the frame :)

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by thisisatest

58cm r5 is 960g, as i described.
IMAG0215-1.jpg


56cm r3sl 2010. this one is 850, the one i described earlier, as mentioned earlier, was an older one, much less paint, at 805g.
IMAG0213-1.jpg


just for kicks, i weighed a 58cm s3. It weighed 1090, which seems about right, given that they are a bit heavier than the slc-sl and the 58cm slc-sl on the front of light-bikes.de right now weighed 1032g.
IMAG0214-1.jpg


i always weigh frames with bb cable guides, rear derailleur hangers, and seatpost clamps. It makes sense to. The post clamps on these bikes are proprietary (except for the r3sl).

and i forgot the picture, but the 2011 r3 was 1010g. pretty close to the r5 weight.

-Greg

ps. sorry about photo quality. resized them for WW, went too far. shouldve cropped some junk out too.

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by thisisatest

I got the 2011 r3 weight from a coworker. 990g, but without the seatpost collar. to keep the weights standardized, 20g collar=1010g,
photo 2-1.jpg

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by spartan

cervelo have gotten heavier with time. my 2006 r3(clamp,hanger,bbcable guide) weighs 875gm.


trek6x/specialized sl3/cannondale ss are all lighter in comparable sizes. :shock:
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by v70cat

I am confused, I thought the California was all about making the bike lighter, yet the 2011 R3 and R5 are heavier?

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