Cervelo R5 Disc Road Frameset

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Cervelo's R5 Disc Road Frameset is, in many ways, the racer's perfect bike. With aggressive race geometry and a stiff carbon design, the R5 is a frameset that's been ridden to victory in some of the toughest races, whether it be hill-top finishing or breakaway pack sprints. It simply possesses great all-around racing qualities.Cervelo engineers a high level of stiffness into the R5. They layer support on at critical points to fight lateral and torsional forces while keeping the R5 lightweight enough to be considered a go-to frame for alpine stages and endurance KOMs. Placing such an emphasis on stiffness to weight ratio results in a bike that holds momentum well and has exceptional response when you pile on the watts.Cervelo achieves this feat by building up the frame using unique carbon layups and construction techniques, allowing it to reduce the frame's weight while making it stiffer. It uses advanced engineering software like Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to understand better how each layer of carbon fiber is working and if it's being used properly. Its carbon expertise prescribes a specific frame layup by placing hundreds of individually cut plies of carbon in a mold in a specific order and orientation. By precisely cutting these plies, the frame can be made lighter while still achieving the desired strength and reliability.We can't talk about a racing bike without touching on frame geometry, and the R5 gets Cervelo's Pro Road Fit, which is its lowest frame stack height, and it enables a more aerodynamic riding position. Cervelo claims that roughly 90% of drag comes from air resistance, so Cervelo heeded Team Sunweb's feedback and made the stack low to get as aero as possible on a road bike meant for 5+ hours of racing.Returning Cervelo features include its BBright bottom bracket and Squoval Max tubing. It developed the wider BBright standard to increase stiffness by taking advantage of the real estate at the bottom bracket shell, seat tube, down tube, a...

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