Cervélo has up to date its Caledonia-5 endurance highway bike. The Caledonia was initially launched in 2020 and Cervélo says that it’s turn out to be the instrument of desire for a lot of gentle and quick ultra-endurance cyclists, taking over challenges such because the 1,200km Paris-Brest-Paris Audax trip and the three,000km-plus Transcontinental race.
We rated the earlier technology Caledonia‘s versatility, trip high quality and dealing with once we had it on long-term overview again in 2021. Updates to the brand new bike are refined, as with different Cervélo upgrades, such because the newest S5 and the new P5 time trial bike.
As with all of Cervélo‘s bikes, the brand new Caledonia-5 is claimed to be aero, retaining its aero tube profiles and inside cabling, which is designed with cut up spacers to permit bar peak adjustment with out touching the hoses.
Cervélo says that it has elevated the bike’s compliance for a extra comfy trip. The added compliance comes from an elevated drop to the seatstays, however Cervélo says that it’s additionally stiffened up the downtube for a responsive trip really feel.
New in-frame storage is a serious replace to the Caledonia-5 (Picture credit score: Cervelo)
Different updates to the Caledonia-5 embrace in-frame storage. That is an more and more fashionable characteristic of endurance bikes, additionally seen for instance within the Trek Domane, the Canyon Endurace and the brand new Ribble Allroad. Within the Caledonia-5, Cervélo says that it affords stowage for restore instruments, together with a tube, a CO2 inflator and a small multi-tool.
The instrument wrap comes with photos of the instruments you may match, however sadly not actual ones (Picture credit score: Cervelo)
Cervélo supplies clearance for tyres as much as 36mm large, though the bike comes fitted with 30mm Vittoria Corsa Professional Management tyres on top-spec bikes and 30mm Vittoria Corsa N.Ext decrease down the vary. You may also match mudguards utilizing the included mudguard mounts.
It kits all however the lowest spec bikes out with Reserve 42/49 wheels, which in line with Cervélo have “aerodynamic sensibilities”. Extra tangibly, they embrace a lifetime guarantee and crash substitute.
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All bikes embrace an influence meter, both a SRAM in-series mannequin or a 4iiii Precision 3 Professional on Shimano specs.
Shimano spec bikes are geared up with a 52/36t crankset and 11-34t cassette, whereas SRAM specs have a 48/35t crankset and 10-36t cassette, emphasising the Caledonia’s quick endurance focus.
Cervélo Caledonia-5 specs and costs
Adjustments to the Caledonia-5 within the 2025 replace are refined (Picture credit score: Cervelo)
There are 5 spec choices for the Caledonia-5, beginning at £5,500 / $6,000 / €5,999 for the SRAM Rival AXS geared up bike. This has a Rival single-sided energy meter and is fitted with Imaginative and prescient Staff i23 alloy wheels, reasonably than the Reserve carbon wheels discovered on the upper specs.
Subsequent step up, the Caledonia-5 could be purchased geared up with Power AXS with energy meter or Ultegra with a 4iiii Precision 3 Professional energy meter, in each instances priced at £7,400 / $8,700 / €7,999.
The vary tops out with Shimano Dura-Ace priced at £10,500 / $12,000 / €11,999, together with a 4iiii Precision 3 Professional energy meter and at last SRAM Purple AXS with energy meter priced at £11,000 / $12,000 / €12,999, full with a Hammerhead Karoo biking pc.
