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A NEW BIKE FOR CLASSIC RIDES We don’t see road bikes as delicate machines meant only for putting watts into and receiving speed from. They´re an extension of our soul, of the way we want to see our worlds, and the lives we want to live. Sometimes that means cutting across park grass, and sometimes it´s seeing where that dirt road off to the left leads you. The Caledonia-5 is a bike for the modern road rider. The Caledonia is the bike we keep reaching for when we know the odometer´s going well past the triple-digit mark. Long rides invariably have some smooth tarmac, some junk pavement over backroads, a cutty singletrack connector, and maybe even your own local Strade Bianche sector. So we built a bike that could take on all of them, do it well, and fit fenders in case the ominous clouds turn into a downpour 130km into your day. We developed the Caledonia-5 in collaboration with our World Tour riders to satisfy the need for a dedicated cobbles bike. Faster handling isn´t necessarily better¬Ãâ€we engineered the handling based on the specific use-case. In this case, it´s Roubaix. Roubaix is harder on bikes than any other race on the calendar, and there´s zero margin for error. We increased the rear center, lowered the BB, and increased the trail. The handling is still fast, but we´ve added stability. Modern road riders are looking for bikes to handle long-distance, high pace, no limits, and offer maximum fun. By placing lower modulus carbon in key areas to mitigate the brittleness of hi-mod fiber¬Ãâ€the Caledonia delivers performance, comfort, and speed. Oh, and you can fit a 34mm tire in there. Or 31mm with fenders.