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- This is the brand new Specialized S-Works Venge.
Belonging to a man who needs
little to no introduction, Mr Peter Sagan,
of Bora Hansgrohe.
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Lets start with the frame then shall we?
Well Sagan, he's opted for a size 56 centimeter.
Now he stands at one meter 84,
which is just over six feet tall in old money.
But what about this frame then?
Well, it's over 200 grams lighter
than its predecessor, the Venge Vias,
and the fork, well that saves 25 grams,
which is certainly not to be sniffed at
when, well, lets face it,
rider will look at any way in which to
save a little bit of weight on their bicycle.
So, we've talked about those little bits of
weight savings, but apparently, it's also
more aerodynamic that previous model too.
So eight seconds faster over a 40 kilometer time trial.
Now there are various different ways
of looking at this.
More aerodynamic, generally you add more weight,
less weight and you compromise
the stiffness of a bike.
However, in this case, they've managed
to get the best of both worlds.
Both faster, and lighter, than that previous model.
The seat post, well that is specific
to this model of frame, and there's
a little hidden secret in there too.
The saddle, well that's specialized Roman Evo,
and that comes with the fact carbon rails there,
just to save a little bit of weight.
Talking about saving weight,
lets move forward to this bar and stem combination.
Apparently, this is 107 grams lighter
than the previous model.
And I think that still is a lot of weight
to be saving suddenly in one hit.
Fair play to you, Specialized.
The stem length is 145 millimeters long.
Which is certainly one of the
longest stems we are gonna see
in the World Tour Pellaton.
That's paired up to a pair of the
Specialized carbon fiber aerodynamic shaped handlebars.
They're 42 centimeters wide,
and then fitted to the front plate of the stem,
is a really neat mount for Sagan's
Wahoo Element bolt GPS device.
I think that, probably ranks up there
in the highest of all of my GPS mounting devices.
Now, initially, I actually thought
that it was fully internal cabled, the bars and stem.
However, the cables do pop out of the handlebars
just either side of the stem,
and then they're neatly tucked away
on the underside of that stem.
That's very nice indeed.
The shifters, then, are mounted onto these bars,
are the Shimano Dura Ace DI2 9170.
That means that they are,
yep, you've guessed it, the disc brakes.
So, what is stopping this bike then?
Well, of course, we've got ourselves
some disc brakes so, the calipers,
they're Shimano Dura-Ace, and then
the rotor size on the front up here,
we've got a 160 millimeter,
and on the rear, 140 mill.
What about the wheels then?
Well, we've got ourselves the
Roval CLX 50 rapid, and they've got
ceramic speed bearings inside of them.
And the rear, well, that's fitted
with ceramic speed bearings too,
but it's also got the internal ratchet system
from DT Swiss.
Tires wise, well, they are the
Specialized S-Works Turbo Tubulars,
in a 26 millimeter width, both front and rear.
Then lets move on to the actual gear setup, shall we?
Well, we've got an 11/28 cassette,
which is pretty standard across all pros
you're gonna see out there.
And that's paired up with the
ever reliable Shimano Dura-Ace DI2 9150
derailleurs, both front and rear.
Chain set wise, well, he's opted
for 54/42 rings, which is not
the most common you see out there,
but we do see them from time to time,
in the pro's bikes.
Power meter, it's that Specialized
4I license unit, both left and right,
and then pedals, he's opted for
Shimano Dura-ace 9100, which is
slightly different to back at the tour down under,
where he had a different model of pedal there.
And those pedals, well they are
threaded into 172.5 millimeter cranks.
Now those cranks, they actually turn
on a threaded ceramic speed bottom bracket,
as opposed to a push fit or press fit.
So for the traditionalists out there,
you'll absolutely love that.
What about the paint work then?
Well I've not even touched on that yet.
There's a jade glittery effect you can see here,
which is covered in clear coat,
and then it goes into a matte finished gray.
It looks absolutely beautiful.
And at the time of filming,
I'm one of the first people to
actually see this bike, so I'm ultra lucky, I think there.
Now, on the top tube here,
we do have PS, of course, Pete Sagan initials,
which is, again, I thought handwritten,
but in fact it's not, it is actually
underneath a little bit of clear coat.
We've got all sorts of little slogans on the bike, too.
So on the seat tube we've got,
"If I don't have yellow, I have green.
If I don't have green, I have rainbow".
And also, underneath the bottom bracket here,
just a cheeky little message of "We'll see".
I don't know what we'll see,
but hey, we will see indeed.
Now, I did also mention
there was something hidden in that seat post.
That's where the DI2 junction box is.
That is probably the best mounting I've ever seen of one.
It's totally out of the way, totally hidden.
The only thing I could think is,
if you had it on your bike,
and you had a trickster mate riding along,
he could easily press that and
start adjusting your gears.
But all joking aside, that is absolutely beautiful.
Also, little bits of paint have been used
on the seat post clamp assembly,
so ultimately they can see exactly
where that is meant to be for Sagan's position.
Think that's absolutely brilliant.
I must also mention too,
down here on the rear derailleur,
where it's actually mounted onto the frame,
it's using a hanger,
which is fitted within the drop out.
So, it's hard to explain,
but you'll certainly be able to see that
using the images on screen right now.
On the inside of the chain stay here,
on the drive side, we've got
2015, 2016, and 2017
all nicely detailed in there.
Of course, that relating to Pete Sagan's
World Championship victories.
Also, on the down tube,
we've got another mounting position
for a water bottle cage.
So, if it is too long to reach down,
or maybe you're uncomfortable doing that,
you can just move the bottle cage up just slightly,
and then have a shorter reach for that bottle.
I love attention to detail like that.
A pair of Tacx carbon fiber bottle cages,
while they're mounted onto those different options
of where you wanna drink from.
And then finally, a K edge chain catcher,
just mounted underneath the front derailleur there.
What about the measurements then?
Well, from the saddle to the
center of the bottom bracket, that's 76 centimeters.
And then from the tip of the saddle,
to the center of the bars,
that's 62.5 centimeters.
That is a big reach.
And the drop from the saddle to the stem,
that's 10 centimeters.
Lets have a listen then, to the free hub.
And the weight of the bike,
it comes in at 7.46 kilos.
So, there we are.
I hope you've enjoyed at this look
at the brand new bike belonging to Pete Sagan.
Personally, I think it's the
best one he's had yet.
I think these colors are absolutely fantastic.
But as ever, I'd love to know what you
think of it down there in the comment section down below.
Is it too jazzy?
Or is it spot on?
Let me know.
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