Cervélo R5CA Project California Frameset 2012 incl. Rotor 3D+

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Product No.: Cervelo R5CA Project California + 3D+
This Product was added to our catalogue on Friday, 19. February 2010.
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Description:

R5ca new

all of our knowledge in one frame

For several years now, the engineers at Cervelo’s Project California have been developing lay-ups, new production techniques and new test methods. The R5ca is what happens when you put all of that knowledge in a frame and let the engineers build it inside the research facility. NOTE:
This is really a technical showcase rather than a regular model, and our engineers also have other work to do. Therefore, they won’t build very many and production will cease fairly soon (when exactly depends a bit on their workload). The R5ca is part of the R-series, designed to make the difference on the hills and mountains. Experience: 1. Low weight to help your climbing.
2. Torsional stiffness for safety and confidence while descending.
3. BB stiffness to not waste any energy.
4. Vertical compliance and vibration damping for comfort on long rides & bad roads.

R5ca Frame-Set

Extent of Delivery:
Frame R5ca BBright
Fork Cervélo THM tapered 1 3/8th
Seatpost without
Headset Cane Creek AER

Crankset Rotor 3D+ (53-39 round)

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more info: www.cervelo.com

Find The Right Size

Even the most demanding pros fit properly on a stock Cervelo, no need for custom sizes. That's our conclusion after supporting hundreds of the world's best athletes. The reason we don't need customs where other bike companies do lies in our unique reach-based geometry. This results in six properly spaced-out sizes with minimal overlap. The R3 and R5 have an updated version of this geometry, which finally suits both seasoned pros and regular riders alike. The solution is as simple as it is elegant. The main problem in most geometries is that bikes come with pretty short headtubes. Presumably this is done to appease the pros, but even for them the headtubes are now often on the short side. This explains why nowadays you mostly see stems with only a minus-6 degree angle in the peloton. There are two issues with this:

You can imagine that if the headtubes are already short for the pros, they will feel REALLY short to regular riders.
Pros love maximum front-end stiffness, but - for the same handlebar height - a short headtube with a minus-6 stem provides less stiffness than a longer headtube with a minus-17 stem.

Enter Cervelo's new geometry for the R3 and R5. The headtube is slightly longer in most sizes, but they allow for the same low position as before if used in combination with a minus-17 stem (now available from our team partner 3T and also Ritchey). And for regular riders, the new headtube lengths with a standard minus-6 stem offer the slightly higher handlebar height most of us need. Of course those who ride low can still go with the minus-17. The other adjustment of the geometry is in the headtube angle for the smaller sizes. As you may know, we have never been fans of slacker headtube angles on smaller sizes as they usually compromise handling through a combination of poor fork geometry and improper weight distribution, sometimes coupled with a lack of frame stiffness. On the other hand, we do realize that toe overlap remains an issue for some of our customers. So we spent some time figuring out how to get the best of both worlds, how to change the steering geometry and combine it with a longer chainstay length to get good handling out of a slacker headtube. We then had these new geometries tested by several Cervelo TestTeam riders, in particular our "engineer-in-the-saddle" Roger Hammond (who happens to ride a smaller size frame). The results showed that - we have to admit - we were a bit too quick to dismiss slacker headtube angles outright. If executed well (a big if), it can result in a very well-handling bike. To find out for yourself, try the R3 or R5 with the new geometry at your Cervelo retailer.

73 Degree Seattube Angle

Size	Wheel Size	Head Tube Angle	BB Drop	Top Tube	Head Tube Length	Front Center	Rear Center	Stand Over Height	Stack	Reach
48	700c	70.5°	68	538	108	575	405	693	505	360
51	700c	72.2°	68	554	128	577	405	723	530	369
54	700c	73.1°	68	570	148	575	405	753	555	378
56	700c	73.5°	68	586	173	587	405	784	580	387
58	700c	73.5°	68	603	199	604	405	815	605	396
61	700c	73.5°	68	619	225	620	405	846	630	405