The brand new Cervelo Caledonia-5 seems quite a bit just like the earlier technology of their endurance racing all-road bike that debuted 4 years in the past. However there are a couple of updates tucked away inside the brand new bike. The one you would possibly discover first is the addition of in-frame storage. However there’s additionally been loads of extra cautious carbon redesign to make this bike each extra snug for rides measured in days AND extra responsive so that you don’t lose the race feeling, even on ultra-distance occasions.
2024 Cervelo Caledonia-5 endurance all-road race bike
Cervelo calls the Caledonia-5 their highway race bike “in your massive, silly rides“. Designed for quick, ultra-distance rides and races, it is a light-weight carbon all-road bike with additional consolation in thoughts, but nonetheless with out skimping on efficiency. The brand new 2024 Caledonia-5 seems quite a bit just like the unique Caledonia-5 that debuted in 2020. However Cervelo says that’s as a result of “You solely begin from scratch when you don’t have anything value retaining.”
What’s new?
However there’s nonetheless loads of upgrades to be discovered. Initially, the brand new Caledonia-5 is alleged to be extra compliant for enhanced rider consolation. It seems just like the body contains a bit extra slope to the toptube, a shade decrease seatstays, a slimmer seattube, a way more compact backside bracket cluster, and shallower chainstays. All in a bid to spice up rear-end compliance.
On the similar time, the brand new Cervelo elevated the downtube stiffness on the up to date Caledonia-5 “to keep up that pro-level responsiveness“.
New In-Body storage glovebox
All-new on this bike, however already confirmed on Cervelo’s P-series TT bikes, the Caledonia-5 will get a tiny glovebox. Hidden beneath a locking hatch beneath your bottle cage, Cervelo says it’s sufficient area to retailer a tube, multi-tool & CO2 inflator (however “not sufficient to suit a burrito”).
Curiously, the hatch means there at the moment are solely 2 bolts on the downtube (vs. 3 earlier than) placing your cage within the decrease place the place just one bottle would match. However there’s second set of bolts on the seattube, so absolutely Cervelo will provide an answer for the next bottle place on the downtube (we simply haven’t seen it but).
Barely larger tires
Cervelo didn’t actually point out it, however the brand new model of the bike has a few millimeters of additional tire clearance. Now, you may match max 36mm tires in there. And each Caledonia-5 has low-profile fender mounts so you may run full-coverage mudguards, and nonetheless match high-volume highway tires in there, too.
New headset bearing cap too
OK, this one is tiny and nerdy, however completely my jam. The bike once more options totally inside cable routing as a result of all new bikes do now, proper? And most now embrace cut up steerer tube spacers so you may modify cockpit top a bit with out messing with the cables that run by way of the headset.
Nicely, this one now provides a cut up headset bearing cap too, in order that’s another bit you may modify with out recabling the whole lot. In fact, that can solely actually assist in case you are going from the taller Excessive bearing cap to the Low one (very like swapping spacers). But it surely’s good to see a bit extra consideration to usability. Subsequent they only must make a cut up higher bearing too. :smirk:
Nonetheless Aero & Race-ready
Cervelo says “All Cervélo bikes are aero bikes” so this one nonetheless will get the identical aero race-ready options just like the aero tube shapes, clean fork-to-frame transition, aero seatpost, hidden clamp, and full inside housing. And “like all Cervélos, Caledonia-5 is UCI accepted, and carries a lifetime guarantee.”
Tech particulars
- Max 36mm tire clearance
- 1.25-1.5″ tapered headset
- BBright press-fit backside bracket
- D-shaped proprietary aero seatpost
- Totally-internal cable routing
- 1x or 2x suitable with detachable entrance derailleur hanger, 2x is digital solely
- 12mm thru-axles & flat mount disc brakes
2024 Cervelo Caledonia-5 – Pricing, choices & availability
The 2024 Cervelo Caledonia-5 is on the market now in 6 sizes (48-61cm) and 5 full 2x 12-speed digital bike builds. Plus, you may as well choose up the brand new Caledonia-5 frameset for $5000 / 4800€ together with bar, stem & seatpost and construct your individual ultra-distance highway racing bike. Choose from both fundamental 5 black or deep Carmine crimson for any construct.
Full bike pricing begins at $6000 / 6000€ for a Caledonia-5 constructed up with SRAM Rival AXS and alloy Imaginative and prescient tubeless wheels with 32mm Vittoria Corsa N.Ext tires. Upgrading to carbon Reserve wheels and Pressure AXS or Ultegra Di2 will set you again $8700 / 8000€.
And so they prime out at $12,000 the place you may choose from both a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 (12,000€) or SRAM Pink AXS (13,000€) groupset, every with a powermeter crankset and Reserve 42/49 aero carbon wheels wrapped in 30mm Corsa Professional Management TLR tires.
However, for those who choose the Pink construct, in addition they throw within the newest Hammerhead Karoo GPS biking laptop, too!
