This bike right here is Mark Cavendish's
custom painted
Cervelo S5. So where else to start the paint job on this bike. It is an
Incredibly limited Edition.
They're only two of these in existence in the world one's here and one is over at the dimension data team mechanics truck
The paint apparently weighs between 10 and 20 grams and looking at this it looks like it's 200 300 gram paint job. It is
That stunning, but no, 10 or 20 grams. It was painted at Silverstone
So one of the major motor racing circuit in the UK, so it's safe to presume that there's some sort of formula one
Next level technology included in it
But it's actually so thin that there are certain points where underneath the Glossy green lacquer
You can see the carbon weave on the Cervelo frame shining through
I think it's absolutely stunning. Let us know your thoughts down in the comments
But keep watching. Also on the top Tube is Cavendish's personal logo
For the build of the bike let's start the very top where cavendish is using a Fizik Arione saddle that does not have carbon fiber
rails, that has metal rails in this case that sits on a Cervelo seatpost
I really like the shape of that actually and on the Cervelo seatpost you can see there's some
insulating tape right at the top and that is
Where the Dura-Ace Di2 wire comes out before a linked up to the junction box
Which is installed via zip tie to the back of one of the saddle rails.
That is more likely a practicality point for the mechanics. So what it means is that it's actually very easy for them to access
They want to adjust gears or charge the battery or anything like that
Forward from the saddle we get to the Enve stem, and that is 130 millimetres long and the Enve bars although
They look like your normal Enve handlebars, they are actually super custom - so generally Enve
Handlebars
Flare out by around 8 degrees. These ones
Have got no flare
So the drop of the handlebar is directly in line with the lever which is apparently better to sprinting and is a another one-off
Made just for Cav at his request
Attached to the bars are the latest Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 sti levers and also there is a Sprint shifter
and that is actually right at the front of the handlebars which is not something you see very often but I
Mean kind of makes sense, it's intuitive it means that when you sprint the drops you can just grab it like that to change gear.
The shifters are linked up to of course Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 front and rear mechs, but the drivetrain isn't entirely Dura-Ace
There is a gold KMC chain and the cassette is a Ultegra one and that's 11 through to 28
The chain set is one of the older style of Dura-Ace that has an SRM
Power meter on it and the chainrings that Cav is using are a 39 inner and a 54 outer so that is for the higher top speeds that
He's going to get in those sprint finishes. Matching the Shifters Cav uses Dura-Ace pedals
And he also has Dura-Ace brakes front and rear and they are not the direct mount version
Like the bars and stem, Enve supply the wheels for Dimension Data and Cav has got the full range of wheel depths at his disposal
These wheels are particularly interesting though because the hubs are green
I think that is very cool it matches in with the colour of the frame, but they're Chris King
And they're marked as prototype. I don't know what is this particular prototype about the hubs though.
It's always cool to see prototype kit. The tires that Cav has on these wheels are Continental Competition ALX Pro Limited
they're 25 millimeters in width and
They are the version of the ALX Pro Limited that does not have the slick
center section so it's fully file thread all the way around. Bottle cages are supplied by Tacx as are the bottles
With the main points of the build covered let's now look at the finishing touches up at the front the mechanics used heat shrink wrap
To keep the Dura-Ace Di2 cable in kind of attach to the brake cable which means that in the event of a crash
It's not going to get too badly damaged or anything like that. On the valves
They've actually used tiny little bits of black electrical tape just to keep those from rattling because that's really annoying a rattling noise
If it does happen. With all that covered it's time for some vital statistics the stats are in. Cav's cranks are
170 millimeters long and they spin
39 54
Chainrings, the cassette is an 11 through to 28. His saddle height comes in about sixty nine centimeters and his reach is around
53 centimeters. The reach is aided by this 30 centimeter Enve stem
And his custom flare Enve handlebars measure 42 centimeters
Center-To-Center
the Tire width is
Stamped as 25 millimeters but by our calipers they come in at twenty four point eight nine, and twenty five point zero one
so we'll give them that one. The weight of the bike, the one you all been waiting for is about
7.3 kilograms
Well, I hope you've enjoyed looking at Cav's custom-painted Cervelo S5 as much as I have. Personally speaking
I think this is one of the coolest custom-painted bikes I've ever seen. Let us know your thoughts so down in the comments
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