Cervelo S5
Aero racers. If you want light and conventional, R5; if you want endurance, Caledonia.
The aero Cervelo: V-stem, deep tubes, and a bike that wants to be ridden fast in a straight line and still corners better than its looks suggest.
Aero racers. If you want light and conventional, R5; if you want endurance, Caledonia.
The aero Cervelo: V-stem, deep tubes, and a bike that wants to be ridden fast in a straight line and still corners better than its looks suggest.
Aero racers. If you want light and conventional, R5; if you want endurance, Caledonia.
The aero Cervelo: V-stem, deep tubes, and a bike that wants to be ridden fast in a straight line and still corners better than its looks suggest.
Fast road riders who want Orbea aero. Orca if you care more about weight.
Aero Orbea race bike. Deeper tubes than Orca, same size run so many riders can twin the two on stack/reach.
Aero racers. Specialissima if you want light.
Bianchi aero race bike with Air Deflector aero thinking. Fast, integrated, still a race stack/reach chart.
| Measurement | ![]() CerveloS5 2027 | ![]() CerveloS5 2026 | ![]() OrbeaOrca Aero 2022 | ![]() BianchiOltre RC 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 565 | 565 | 542−23 | 550−15 |
| Reachmm | 392 | 392 | 388−4 | 387−5 |
| Head tube angle° | 73.5 | 73.0−0.5 | 72.8−0.7 | 72.8−0.7 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.0 | 73.0 | 73.5+0.5 | 73.2+0.2 |
| Chainstaymm | 405 | 410+5 | 408+3 | 408+3 |
| Wheelbasemm | 982 | 994+12 | 980−2 | 994+12 |
| BB dropmm | 70 | 70 | 68−2 | 70 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | S5 56 | S5 56 | Orca Aero 53 | Oltre RC 55 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 100 mm | 100 mm | 90 mm | 100 mm |
| Bar | 420 mm | 420 mm | 400 mm | 420 mm |
| Crank | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm | 170 mm | 172.5 mm |
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