Barely Illegal Cervelo S5

Really enjoying the S5 (coming from a Tarmac SL8). They're just so different to each other, both in how they ride and how they look.

The S5 is over 1kg heavier than my SL8, but it's the faster bike. That said I'm a weight weenie and I'm tempted to buy a lighter wheelset with more modern specs (I'm running the front Roval as it's much more stable in crosswinds than the ENVE 5.6 that came with the bike).

The wheels are quite heavy at 1558g. I could easily get a 50/60 1100g wheelset (lots out there; XMCS, ZEN Carbon Bike, Light Bicycle, Brisk etc). Maxxis High Road SL's would knock off another 159g. So with a lighter wheelset and tyres alone the bike would sit at 6.1kg's.

It never ends though; Ti thru axles, lighter 30g bar tape, full Shimano Dura-Ace Ti bolt kit, carbon shifter lever clamps, lighter cockpit (CRW saves 100g), lighter bare carbon saddle (Gelu 41g) would easily be 5.9kg's.

SPECS:

Frame: Size 51 2023 Cervelo S5 Five Black
Groupset: Dura-Ace 9270 12-Speed Di2
Shifter: RISK Di2 button washers (0g)
Direct Mount Hanger: Cervelo (16g)
Bars/Stem: Cervélo HB14 380 x 90 (271g)
Bar Tape: Burgh stealth lightning (55g)
Bar Ends: CarbonWorks (2g)
Seatpost: Hylix (129g)
Seatpost Clamp: Hylix (23g)
Saddle: Berk Lupina Short padded 132mm (90g)
Bottle Cage: Celoco + CarbonWorks bolts (9g)
Brake Rotors: Galfer 140mm/140mm (79g/79g)
Brake Pads: Shimano K05TI-RX (12g/12g)
Brake Adapter: Chaser (8g)
Cassette: ZTTO SLR Gen3 12 Speed ​​11-28 (117g)
Cassette Extras: SRAM stealth ring set (5g)
Crankset: XMCS carbon 155mm (330g)
Chainring: cSixx 50T (168g)
Chain: YBN black (211g)
Pedals: Xpedo Thrust SL Titanium (165g)
Wheelset: Roval Rapide CLX II front/ENVE SES 5.6 rear (705g/853g)
Tyres:  Continental Aero 111 29C/GP5000 TT 28C (272g/247g)
Inner Tubes: RideNow TPU 65mm/Magene Exar TPU 85mm (36g/35g)
Bolts: Ti-Parts stem, headset, handlebar, Di2 mount (31g)

WEIGHT: 6.76kg