u/FatHeadKnuckleDome

Thought I'd share my 2015 Infinito CV that I'm very much still enjoying. This bike was developed for Lars Boom and his Belkin team to ride the cobblestone classics of that era. It takes 28mm tyres comfortably and I'm sure you'd get a 30mm on the front. The race pedigree of this frame is unmissable, it is light, snappy, responsive and smashes through uneven road surface unlike other rim brake bikes of this generation, you can tuly feel the effect of the countervail technology.

I'm 185cm and run quite an aggressive fit on this race bike so have a 55cm frame and 120mm stem. The wheels are debaged Campag Zonda C17s.

I picked up a 2018 R3 Disc a year ago 2nd hand for a very reasonable £650. It had wobbly FSA cranks so I replaced the BB with a wheels manufacturing unit and I am now running Ultegra 52/36. I replaced the alu HED Ardennes wheels (sold them for £200) and put on a set of 6 year old Roval Carbon C38s with GP5000. I have a Sunrace 11-36 cassette which runs sweet with an Ultegra rear mech. I have assioma power pedals.

Having fine tuned the fit with a 120mm stem I am very happy with this bike. I rode a Caledonia 5 with electronic gearing on holiday and whilst it was a fantastic bike I am grateful that I have achieved similar-ish performance for much less cost. The bike is also easy to live with mechanically. It will take 30mm front and 28mm rear. These measure 31mm and 29mm on my rims.

Geometry wise this bike is very similar to both the Caledonia and Soloist. Cervelo seem to have a fairly typical geometry across a few bikes in their range.

In terms of how the bike performs, whilst I appreciate the speed and comfort a newer model will offer this bike ticks all the boxes. It can be thrown around, gotten aero on and responds to powerful inputs on the climb with zero complaint.

Would be nice to hear from others who have this bike and what they have used it for, and how it has performed for them.

Happy riding everyone. ❤️

I've been having some shifting problems on the rear "(GRX 1x11), on the biggest sprockets the indexing is poor (fine on the smaller ones). I've noticed the lower guide pulleys are very worn (sharp looking so I will order a set). Before I do I was wondering if the gap on the eye of the mech cage, seen in the above photo to the right of the chain, looks normal, or whether it is a tad large indicating the mech cage may be a bit twisted.

I have now got a mech hanger straightening gauge so can use that too after as part of a gear tune up.

Thanks.