2014 Cervelo R3 Framset Silver / Navy Blue 56

<p>Now the higher models in the R3 range get an all-new chassis derived from the groundbreaking RCA frame, but the fact Cervélo has kept this older design (and not one to be sniffed at) in production in order to be able to offer a cheaper model should be applauded.</p><p>The frame itself is designed around Cervélo’s own Squoval tubing concept. The main-tubes are square in cross-section with highly radiused corners. Cervélo claims this adds so much stiffness at the heart of the frame, through the down tube and chainstays, that the seatstays needn’t offer any strength in the vertical plane and just help with the torsional integrity. That means they can be made significantly smaller and flatter than normal offering a leaf-spring quality to the rear end (the original R3 was designed around the Belgian cobbled classics). Up front a special ‘feathered’ carbon layup and Kevlar infusion adds plenty of st