- This is the all-new Pinarello F10 X-Light
as used by Chris Froome.
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At the 2016 Tour de France, we saw for the first time
Chris Froome using the F8 X-Light.
At the start of the year in January we saw Wout Poels' F10
which is the first time we've seen that model
and this basically is the amalgamation of the two.
So this frame, in its size 53 centimetres
weighs in at 760 grammes
and whilst the fork at the front there
comes in at 340 grammes.
Put the two together and this comes in at 100g lighter
than the standard F10 model.
And they've achieved that lighter weight
through a new carbon layup and a slower moulding process
and in fact, they got their very own mould
for this particular model back at Pinarello's factory.
Pinarello quite came to stress
that every other parts of the design apart from the weight
is exactly the same on the X-Light model as it is
on the standard F10 model so that goes from
the asymmetric design to the concave down tube
which keeps bottle cage here much closer than
and much more hidden from the wind.
And actually later we will throw to Wout Poels video
I'd give much more details on the exact parts of the frame.
Now in terms of the finishing kit
this currently is set up for Chris
when he is doing the flatter stages
so you can see the much deeper section wheels.
As it is will come in slightly over the UCI's weight limit
of 6.8kg.
When it comes to the hillier and the mountain stages
he'll be swapping this out for section C40's
and at that point, it will weigh in at roughly
6.85 to 6.87kg, including the transponder.
Now that is deliberate because sometimes
the UCI scales aren't completely accurate
from what we understand from a few of the team mechanics
around in the world tour.
So they always like to give themselves
a little bit of a buffer so they are not penalised
by the race jury.
Up at the top here
Chris is as ever running the Fizik Antares
carbon rail saddle
and he's also got the one-piece bar and stem there.
That is the PRO Stealth Evo.
Which does look very stealth indeed
and what I particularly like
is the way that the mechanics
have finished the bar tape here.
They haven't used tape on the top instead they've used glue
to make sure that the ribbon doesn't come undone.
And they've also got that lightweight, modified
Di2 climbers button which Froome always likes to use.
And they've taken all the plastic away to keep things
as light as they possibly can.
You would've seen that in our lightweight video
from the Tour de France this year.
The tyres are supplied as ever by Continental.
These are the standard 25mm Pro Limited tyres.
Tubular of course.
The chainrings
always make Chris Froome stand out from the crowd.
They are this incredible Osymetric chainrings.
Which actually when you think about it
have been used by Brad Wiggins at the 2012 Tour de France.
This style of chainrings have won five
out of the last six of the Tour de France.
Quite incredible actually that you don't see
more riders using this from that point of view.
Down here, you can see an extra part of the chain catcher
and that is because
apparently there's a slight more of a tendency
for the chain to unship on this Osymetric rings
versus your standard round ones.
Now he's running a size 175mm cranks.
And we all know that Chris Froome
likes to spin up the climbs so back here
it's quite a wide-ranging cassette
11 all the way up to 30 even on this deep-section wheels
which are mainly for the flatter stages.
Final couple of things before we get on to the measurements.
A powermeter is supplied by their partner Team Sky
which is Stages, all of Team Sky riders now using
the dual-sided powermeter for a bit of extra accuracy.
And the bottle cages here are supplied by Elite.
Now, I've been doing some measurements as I said
and his saddle height
at roughly the way he sits from centre of the bottom bracket
is 79.5cm and his reach from the tip of the saddle
to roughly the centre of the stealth bars
is 55cm
and incidentally that's a 12cm stem
and he's running 40mm, sorry, 400mm bars
measured from centre to centre.
Incidentally, before we finish, you would have noticed
that he's running 54 by 42 tooth chainrings
which sounds very big for a standard road bike.
But from what I understand
but never used these particular chainrings
they don't quite work in the same way
as in your standard 53x39.
So it might not necessarily feel any bigger than normal.
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in the training camp in January and you can find that
by clicking just up there.
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which is very impressive indeed
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