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    Cervélo R5 Disc SRAM eTap AXS £8,399 | 6.91 kg

    Mar 05, 2020 5 minutes

    I’ll always spend at the very least a few weeks putting a test bike through its paces, but the reality is that most opinions are formed in the opening miles. In the case of the Cervélo R5, I made up my mind on the first 15 per cent hairpin bend out of my home town: stiff, direct, but without sacrificing comfort.

    My opinion hasn’t changed after a few hundred miles of testing – though I have found a couple of bugbears along the way.

    The ‘R’ denotes Cervélo’s ‘Classic Road’ series and the R5 is designed as an all-rounder on stages where the aero credentials of the S5 will be overridden by the featheriness of the R5. And it is the kind of bike that elicits surprise when lifted – my size 51 came in at a slimline 6.91kg.

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