Cervelo R5 Prototype Wrap Edition

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Shrike
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by Shrike

Probably the geekiest, coolest thing I've seen all year. Bit stunned that they actually did it!

Limited release. Not sure on the official nomenclature yet. Sounds like it's a standard frame wrapped up judging from the language used, though will see what I can dig up from some local Cervelo dealers. It might take some stick for adding a bit of weight (if it does turn out to be a wrap job), but looks alone would add +5 watts.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiXoyylhpOY ... velocycles

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Wonder if the S5 would look as good wrapped like this :P

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Shrike wrote:
Wonder if the S5 would look as good wrapped like this :P

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I’m guessing that it is a wrap job. Executing that in paint would be a pain in the butt with masking and removing the dots.

Still it is really cool. Kind of makes me want to get one!


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These guys do the wraps for Cervelo https://www.medienkraftwerk.de
A full bike is not cheap - quite hard to make a wrap look good

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by kookie

I just received my R5 Classics Edition frameset....doesn't seem to be a wrap. I'm not an artist but it appears that a stencil was used to paint the white dots. The white dots have texture when you run your hand over them.

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by Bluechip

I did some stenciling on one of my bikes. It came out a little cheesy but that was sort of the intention. A fake carbon fiber look on my fixed gear conversion.
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oops, I stand corrected...it is a wrap with clearcoat.

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by eric01

kookie wrote:oops, I stand corrected...it is a wrap with clearcoat.
We need pics! :)


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kookie wrote:
Fri May 18, 2018 9:41 pm
oops, I stand corrected...it is a wrap with clearcoat.
Missed this!

kookie did you get this built up yet? Any chance of pics either way? Congrats! :P

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by kookie

Wasn't expecting to buy this so I won't have it completely built till probably end of July...No money!!! :cry: I could only afford the frameset.

I am not a good photographer but here goes:

Image20180520_141354 by kookieCanada, on Flickr

Image20180520_141329 by kookieCanada, on Flickr

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Image20180520_141230 by kookieCanada, on Flickr

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by chiumomo

That's sweet, what's the weight of the frameset

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Sorry don't have a scale.

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by Jctheard

Just got this build. Great ride
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