{"id":923844,"date":"2026-10-07T09:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923844\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:22:13","slug":"you-cant-simply-borrow-road-metrics-colnago-launches-new-g5-x-gravel-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923844\/","title":{"rendered":"‘You can’t simply borrow road metrics’ – Colnago launches new G5-X gravel bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colnago has released a brand new G5-X gravel bike today, which builds on its existing G4-X gravel platform<\/a>, which launched back in 2024.<\/p>\n

Colnago says, \u201cYou can’t simply borrow road metrics – weight, stiffness, aerodynamics – and apply them just as easily to a gravel bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Italian brand has focused on creating a bike that can excel across a broad range of gravel racing. It highlights events including the Traka 200, Unbound 200, Badlands and GranGuanche Audax as examples of the different types of racing the G5-X is designed to handle.<\/p>\n

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Tyre clearance has been increased to 53mm (Image credit: Colnago)<\/p>\n

The G5-X embraces the trend towards wider tyres, offering clearance for 53mm tyres, not class-leading, but an improvement of 8mm over the outgoing G4-X. Colnago ships all models with 50mm tyres fitted, making use of the frame’s increased tyre clearance, which is something I like to see.<\/p>\n

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The frame is still relatively traditional-looking, though, which may please Colnago purists. The brand has decided on a round 27.2mm seatpost to boost comfort and open up dropper post options.<\/p>\n

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Another new feature is integrated frame storage within the downtube, which is said to fit a tube, CO\u2082 canister, tools and a plug kit.<\/p>\n

The G5-X also gets mounting points on the top tube, downtube and fork – six in total, including two additional fork mounts designed with ultra-distance and bikepacking races in mind.<\/p>\n

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Colnago has carried over its integrated CC.01 Wide cockpit, which has more flare than the standard CC.01, at 3cm rather than 1cm per side. Like the standard CC.01, it’s a carbon monocoque design intended to keep weight down while maintaining stiffness.<\/p>\n

The new bike also comes with the option of Fidlock Twist Lock technology, allowing you to use either conventional bottles or Fidlock-compatible accessories. The mechanical attachment is designed to keep bottles securely in place over rough terrain, reducing the risk of losing a bottle, while the side-loading system can be useful on smaller frames or when the bike is loaded up and space is limited.<\/p>\n

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Integrated frame storage on the downtube with Fidlock Twist Lock technology (Image credit: Colnago)<\/p>\n

Colnago hasn’t pushed the boundaries in any one particular area with the G5-X. Instead, you’re getting a gravel race bike that should do everything you need it to do, and nothing you don’t – a “fast yet capable bike” as Colnago puts it.<\/p>\n

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For example, the Factor Elara<\/a> went all out in its pursuit of speed, the third-generation Canyon Grail<\/a> prioritised wide tyre clearance with room for 57mm tyres, while the Specialized S-Works Crux<\/a> went after low weight.<\/p>\n

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Colnago CC.01 wide handlebar (Image credit: Colnago)Geometry, specs, and pricing<\/p>\n

The G5-X will be available in five sizes, from 45cm to 57cm, three bike builds and two colour options.<\/p>\n

Compared with the G4-X, the G5-X has longer chainstays and a longer wheelbase. The head tube angle is also slightly slacker, while the reach is marginally longer, changes that Colnago says offer \u201cmore stability even in a compact position\u201d.<\/p>\n

The bottom bracket is also lower on the G5-X to help improve stability at speed, with the BB drop increasing from 70mm to 77.5mm on a 54cm frame.<\/p>\n

As for pricing, the entry-level model (if such a thing can ever be said of a Colnago) is built with SRAM Rival XPLR and Vision TC45 Carbon wheels, costing $5,500 \/ \u20ac4,900 \/ \u00a35,299.99.<\/p>\n

A more expensive SRAM Force XPLR build, also with Vision TC45 Carbon wheels, is available for $7,500 \/ \u20ac5,750 \/ \u00a36,299.99.<\/p>\n

The range topper is a SRAM Red XPLR AXS build with Zipp 303 XPLR SW wheels for $10,500 \/ \u20ac9,200 \/ \u00a39,999.99.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, this is less than the flagship Specialized S-Works Crux in a SRAM Red build, which costs $13,999.99 \/ \u00a311,999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colnago has released a brand new G5-X gravel bike today, which builds on its existing G4-X gravel platform,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-923844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}