R Series

R Series

R-series bicycles are engineered to optimize strength, stiffness and comfort, while offering low weight in every situation. An R-series bicycle offers the best of our Project California engineering.

Uncompromised engineering

Feel the benefits of extreme light weight engineering with no compromise in stiffness, strength or comfort. You’ll search out hard hills not only to feel the light weight on the climbs, but also the speed and control on the descent. The result: an understated design that allows performance to make the statement. A settled ride that allows you to feel the road while minimizing rough road feedback. A comfort magnified with the ultra-thin seat stays developed to increase vertical compliance and vibration absorption for a smooth ride.

While your R-series bike was obviously built to be light, you won’t feel the need to treat it gently. Thanks to Squoval™ tube shapes and BBright™ technology, the R-series withstands the all-out sprints and hardest attacks with minimum flex. That means no flinching over potholes and gravel roads, the launch power to chase down a break or pull away in a sprint, the stability for effortless straight-line handling and precise speed through the tightest corners

What goes into a light weight and stiff design?

The R-Series showcase Cervélo’s second generation Squoval™ tube shapes, optimized 1 3/8” tapered steerer, SmartWall™, and BBright™ technologies—all designed to enhance stiffness where it matters for better handling and power transmission and to reduce excess weight at the same time, for optimum lightness and comfort.

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Key Technologies

Ultra Thin Seat Stays

Shapes and materials can add stiffness where it counts. They can also be designed to take stiffness away from where you don't want it.

Comfort, Weight

Squoval

Setting new standards meant re-imagining traditional shapes. By redesigning tube shapes, we make huge advances in frame performance.

Stiffness, Weight

Optimized Tapered Head Tube

Larger lower head tube dimensions offer an improvement in stiffness and handling. However, it is not as simple as 'bigger is always better'.

Comfort, Stiffness, Weight