Cervélo has officially launched its new R5 lightweight climbing bike today. The new bike in its top spec weighs in at a superlight 5.97kg in the top SRAM RED and Shimano Dura-Ace builds, comfortably making it one of the world's lightest production road bikes.
The R5 has been competitive as one of the best lightweight road bikes for a long time now in various forms, and can trace its roots back to older Cervélo models such as the R2.5. This latest version seems to have had a singular vision in mind: To make the lightest possible race bike that could still deal with the power of a WorldTour athlete. We spotted Matteo Jorgensons then unreleased R5 at the Tour de France back in July.
