Check out the young Dimension Data rider's new race bike
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Check out Ben O'Connor's Cervélo S5. Look at all that seatpost! (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Shimano's Dura-Ace 9000 brakes are combined with ENVE carbon-specific pads (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Clearances are tight in the S5 (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Not much stack for O'Connor (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
It appears O'Connor is using a Pioneer headunit(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Completing the ENVE finishing kit are a set of 400mm bars (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Rattly valves solved with a piece of electrical tape(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The cables are neatly wrapped up(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
O'Connor is running an Ultegra cassette(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The Di2 race battery doesn't fit inside the S5's seapost so it's meant to be bolted on the inside of the downtube. This created a headache for the Team Dimension Data mechanics so instead they tape the battery in the seatube (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Shimano's Di2 front shifting is pretty reliable, but just in case a Rotor chain catcher plays back up(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
All the Team Dimension Data wheels that we saw had DT Swiss skewers (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Black Tacx Deva bottle cages could be easily overlooked (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Seating arrangements are provided by a Fizik Antares(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
O'Connor is running Rotor's Q-rings set to the third OCP (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Team Dimension Data is using Speedplay pedals (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
No new Dura-Ace R9170 Di2 for O'Connor (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
As if O'Connor's ride needed more bling — it's topped off with a gold KMC chain (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
O'Connors ENVE wheels are wrapped in 25c Conti Competition tubulars(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
A green sticker marks O'Connor's 830mm saddle height (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
O'Connor's bike gets a Ceramicspeed bottom bracke(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Shimano's DA 9100 shifters are tried and true (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
O'Connor is rolling on ENVE SES 4.5 wheels.... (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
…complete with the brand's new carbon hubs (Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The top of the S5's seapost is designed to add a bit of vertical compliance(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Aussie Ben O'Connor, a new recruit to Team Dimension Data, put on quite a show at the Santos Tour Down Under People's Choice Criterium, going off the front on the third lap and staying there until just over two laps to go.
Standing 1.88m / 6-feet-two-inches, O'Connor was riding a comparatively small size 56cm frame, however, a glance at the massive amount of seatpost sticking out of the frame and his 830 mm saddle height gives an insight into the West Australian's unique bike fit.
It appears the majority of that height must be in his legs because the 130mm ENVE stem is not something particularly out of the ordinary for a World Tour Rider.
At the top of that tree of a seatpost is a Fizik Antares saddle and the front touch points are a set of 400mm ENVE road bars finished with Lizard Skins DSP Camo bar tape.
O'Connor is one of three Team Dimension Data riders on Rotor's Q-rings, and has a 53-38t combo set to the third OCP (Optimum Chainring Positions).
Completing the gearing at the back is an 11-28t Ultegra cassette that's paired with a gold KMC chain.
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Shifting duties are covered by Shimano's Dura-Ace 9070 Di2 transmission.
As with the rest of the Team Dimension Data riders, O'Connor is using lime green Speedplay Zero pedals with a stainless steel axle.
The ENVE SES 4.5 rims are paired with Conti Competition 25c tubs and Enve's new carbon road hubs — a departure from the Chris King and DT Swiss hubs the team was using last year, though it seems they are still using DT skewers in the wheels.
Keeping track of O'Connor's efforts is the new ROTOR 2IN Power dual side power meter and a Pioneer SGX-CA500 headunit.
Swipe or click through the gallery above to see more of O'Connor's bike.
Rider's height: 1.88m / 6ft 2in Rider's weight: 67kg Saddle height from bottom bracket: 830mm Centre of saddle to centre of bar: 790mm Top tube length (effective): 565mm
