Jesus.
Please don’t weight weenie me.
Lightweight KORE SPD-SL pedals from AliExpress to replace the Ultegra pedals the bike came with (246g).
First ride on the S5 today! We rode in the rain earlier this morning, and I cut that ride short to pick up the S5 at 11am. After yet another delay I was almost expecting this sale to fall through. No pressure, if it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be, but today it all came good. Turns out the frameset was bought from Wheelhaus, and mechanic Victor at CCACHE built up the bike with a full Dura-Ace groupset (which was purchased at CCACHE). New Burgh (my face bartape!) is on and brand new 30C Conti GP5000 S TR tyres too (set up tubeless…). Bike is in mint condition and it turns out the seller is exactly the same height as me at 169cm.
The bike felt damn heavy in the hands, first thing I did when I got the bike home was put it on the scales (surprise surprise). I was guessing 8kgs, and on the scales it comes in at 7.94kg’s. Oooft.
My cousin Adam (who joined us on this morning’s wet ride) took a day off work, so he was keen to make the most of it. I suggested I pick up the S5, and meet him back at the park for some laps, so that we did!
It’s a fast bike and I’m confident that once I get my fit dialled in I’ll be faster on the S5 than the SL8 despite the weight. It feels nothing like the SL8 (which is a good thing), it just feels like it rolls faster, even up the slight inclines which took me by surprise. Maybe it’s the 170mm cranks (man I’ve not been on 170mm cranks in MANY years), it’s definitely not the 40cm bars though. The previous owner didn’t have the hoods turned in either. Felt like driving a bus!
Only spent an hour on it though, and you know the drill; First ride impressions can’t bear much weight. That said I’ve turned the hoods in for now (will have to get my hands on the 38cm bar ASAP). I took off the computer mount (47g!) and Ultegra pedals and got my AliExpress SPD-SL’s on (like the Dogma-F this bike will stay Shimano and SPD-SL unlike my SL8 which is SRAM and LOOK). Selle San Marco Shortfit saddle was really uncomfortable (and heavy at 314g) so I’ve replaced that with a Berk Dila. Put a water bottle cage on and bike now weighs 7.64kg’s.
I’ve got a bunch of crank lengths to try out (Rockbros 160mm and XMCS 155’s on order with a 52T 1 by chainring), but I might stick with the 170mm’s for at least a bit (I did feel my knee caps though after today’s short ride, they weren’t hurting at all, but I felt my knees). Also noticed the bike is running 160mm rotors front and back (I’d like to run 140/140 as I can’t run 140mm front rotors on the SL8 so it’s another point of difference).
The 30C tyres are crazy heavy, and they’re not blowing out at all either, so I assume these are the old/original ENVE 4.5’s? I’m not sure if they’re clincher or not, but they’re set up tubeless, and hey hey, there’s a waxed chain too (new to me). Hub sound isn’t obnoxiously loud, maybe I need a 100T upgrade.
SPECS:
Frame: Size 51 2023 Cervelo S5 Five Black
Bars/Stem: Cervélo HB14 400 x 90
Bar Tape: Burgh (60g)
Bar Ends: Burgh
Bottle Cage: Celoco + S-Works alloy bolts (9g)
Brake Rotors: Dura-Ace 160/160
Groupset: Dura-Ace 9270 12-Speed Di2
Cassette: Dura-Ace R9200 12-speed 11-34T (253g)
Crankset: Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 170mm 50/34
Pedals: KORE Carbon/Ti SPD-SL (185g)
Wheelset: ENVE SES 5.6 (1553g)
Tyres: Continental GP5000 S TR 30C (300g/300g)
Saddle: Berk Dila 140mm (105g)
WEIGHT: 7.64kg