When Team Jumbo-Visma decided it was time to race XCO, they came to us for the answer. The Cervelo ZHT-5 mountain bike marks a new era for Cervélo and the team, as we go racing together. Our engineering expertise has already been proven in cyclocross (R5-CX) and gravel racing (Áspero), and now we’ve upped the ante and designed a mountain bike worthy of the Cervélo name.
ZHT-5 is a Cervélo through and through: fast, efficient, and fun to ride. The 69-degree head tube angle, modern reach, and short chainstay combine to make a bike that’s stable at speed and nimble enough for pack racing. There’s room to maneuver in the cockpit, whether you’re darting inside on an uphill hairpin, or hanging off the back to make time on the descent.
Cervelo knows from winning cyclo-cross World Champs that when the going gets gritty, threaded bottom brackets are the best way to go. ZHT-5 adopts the BSA threaded standard to meet the strength, stiffness, durability and serviceability needs of racers and race mechanics alike. It also makes it the ideal winter training companion.
SPEED FIRST
Cervelo's mantra is to make riders faster. And doing that means creating bikes that turn power into forward motion as efficiently as possible. Nothing does this more effectively in dirt than a hardtail. But power is nothing without control, so we focused on making a rapid cross-country race bike that still handles confidently in technical sections, feeding the desire to ride faster.
STIFF, LIGHT AND READY TO FIGHT
Weighing in at just 907g (size Medium), ZHT-5 is a featherweight fighter with the punchy turn of pace that only a hardtail can deliver. Decades of making frames built for the strongest sprinters in the world has fed into a super stiff mountain bike design that propels you to the front without compromising weight or ride quality.
MODERN GEO FOR THE MODERN XC RIDER
If you’ve not ridden a hardtail for a while, you’ll be surprised at how the ZHT-5’s 69-degree head tube angle, 457mm reach (size L), and 430mm chainstays feel progressive and refreshingly modern. If you’ve ridden them all your life, you’ll be baffled at how we’ve managed to eke out yet more performance from such a clean and simple design. The ZHT-5’s geometry puts you in the driving seat to carve up all the tight hairpins and features that litter the ups and downs of today’s XC trails.
Features:
- FRONT SUSPENSION: Fox 32 Step-cast Performance, 100mm travel
- FRONT BRAKE: Shimano XT M8100 2 Piston
- REAR BRAKE: Shimano XT M8100 2 Piston
- HEADSET: FSA IS2 1-1/2 x 1-1/2
- THRU AXLES: Cervelo Thru-axle, 12x148
- WHEELS: Rear: Reserve 28 XC, 28mm IW, DT Swiss 350,12x148mm, MS freehub, 24H, centerlock, tubeless compatible Front: Reserve 28 XC, 28mm IW, DT Swiss 350, 15x110mm, 24H, centerlock, tubeless compatible
- TIRES: Maxxis Rekon Race, EXO 120TPI, 29x2.4
- CRANKSET: Shimano XT, M8120 32T, 12 speed
- BOTTOM BRACKET: Shimano XT, BSA 73mm
- CHAIN: Shimano M8100, 12 speed
- REAR DERAILLEUR: Shimano XT, M8100 SGS, 12 speed
- CASSETTE: Shimano M8100, 10-51, 12 speed
- SHIFTERS: SRAM GX Eagle, 12 speed
- HANDLEBAR: Race Face Turbine Alloy, 35mm clamp, 760mm width, 10mm rise
- STEM: Race Face Aeffect Alloy, 35mm clamp, 6 degree
- BRAKE CALIPERS: Shimano XT 2 piston
- BRAKE LEVERS: SRAM Level Bronze Stealth 4 Piston
- BRAKE ROTOR: Shimano MT800 Centerlock
- SADDLE: Prologo Dimension NDR T4.0
- SEATPOST: Cervélo SP29 Carbon 30.9
- SHOCK: Rockshox SIDLuxe Select+, RL 3 position remote damper, 190 x 40mm
