Cervelo S5 — First ride review On the eve of the Tour, the Canadians show a mighty hand Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Whatsapp Share on Reddit Email to a friend By Matt Pacocha July 1, 2011 at 8:00 am We had a chance to take the new Cervelo S5 out on the road Matt Pacocha Boulder Cycle Sport have Cervelo’s new S5, now Matt Pacocha Boulder Cycle Sport co-owner, Taro Smith, with Cervelo’s new S5 Matt Pacocha BCS co-owner Brandon Dwight attended Cervelo’s dealer launch and brought an S5 home Matt Pacocha From this angle it’s impossible to tell the S5 apart from a time trial bike Matt Pacocha The S5’s down tube transitions to flat from drop shaped to direct airflow around water bottles Matt Pacocha The S5’s aero chainstays borrow heavily from the P4 Matt Pacocha The rear wheel is almost completely hidden by the seat tube Matt Pacocha The transition from fork and front wheel to down tube is almost as seamless Matt Pacocha The S5’s shifter cables are internally routed and enter behind the steerer Matt Pacocha The S5 uses a seat post and clamp similar to the P4 Matt Pacocha Narrow seatstays and aero shaped chainstays highlight the rear triangle Matt Pacocha The width of the BBright bottom bracket allows Cervelo to add aero shapes, which transition seamlessly into the chainstays Matt Pacocha The down tube offers two mounting positions for the water bottle: high for two bottles, or low for one Matt Pacocha The S5’s down tube is strikingly narrow, yet offers more steering stiffness than the size and shape suggest Matt Pacocha The narrow head tube houses a standard 1-1/8in fork steerer Matt Pacocha This angle shows just how close the front tire runs to the down tube Matt Pacocha The S5’s fork is of Cervelo design; the S3 uses 3T’s Funda Matt Pacocha A look at the ‘shielding’ for the rear brake done by the seatstays Matt Pacocha The aero chainstays are simply massive Matt Pacocha The rear brake mounts using a system similar to that of the P3 and P4 time trial bikes Matt Pacocha The brake mounts to a bracket, which is then bolted to the frame Matt Pacocha Looking down the aero seat tube Matt Pacocha Aero evolution at Boulder Cycle Sport: S3 (background) and S5 Matt Pacocha At Boulder Cycle Sport we were given the chance to compare S5 to S3 Matt Pacocha