(funky music)
- This bike right here
is the brand new Specialized Tarmac.
Belongs to Peter Sagan
although there's been a few spy shots
from races at the Critérium du Dauphiné
this is the first time
that it's been available to view for the press
and for the public.
Sagan is gonna choose to ride this bike apparently on
all of the hilliest stages and impressively
on many of the flat stages.
Let's start with the few of the details on the frame.
The Specialized Tarmac frameset family
has a long and very successful history in road racing.
So what do they look to update on this latest version?
Well, a few things. First up, light weight.
It weighs in at 735 grammes.
Sagan's bike is possibly a little bit heavier
thanks to the really very cool, custom paint job
which adds a bit of weight
which means the mechanics don't have to weigh this one down
quite as much.
Next up: aerodynamics.
Specialized have worked very hard to make
the Tarmac which is previously known as
their lightweight climbing bike
into also an aero machine.
So this one is more aerodynamic
than the first generation Specialized Venge
which is of course, Specialized aero bike.
Next up is stiffness and ride quality.
So this bike is really based
on Specialized Rider-First Engineering Philosophy I guess.
Which means that the stiffness and ride feel of the bike
is appropriate to the size of the rider
who might be riding that size of bike.
And that starts with frame size
and also linked into saddle height.
Specialized have also worked on a couple other things:
tyre clearance is one because as we know
tyres have been getting fatter over the last few years.
So this bike has clearance for 30 millimetre tyres.
Finally, compliance.
So the shape of the seatpost is more compliant
as it has a bit more give in it
than the traditional round seatposts.
And the top section of the seatpost
the top 10 centimetres or so
are designed to add to that compliance too.
Finally the paint job.
The mechanics of Bora are actually very relived
that Sagan's bike does have such a custom paint job
because it adds a little bit of weight
which means they have to add less weight to the bike
to bring it up to UCI's low weight limit of 6.8 kilos.
The paint is what Specialized call their Superstar paint.
So it's designed to
when the sun's shining
it shows all of the colours of the rainbow.
Starting as we always like to do at the very top of the bike
Sagan is riding a Specialised Romin Evo saddle
it's got Fact carbon fibre rails
and there are a few custom touches there so the
Specialized S is in gold
and towards the back
there's some colour on it that matches
the Superstar paint look of the rest of the bike.
Moving forward from that there's a very chunky
unbranded 14 centimetre stem
which sits on top of about five millimetre of headset spacer
which sit in turn, sits on top of a CeramicSpeed headset.
The handlebars are Specialized Aerofly
they're very similar shape to the aerodynamic handlebars
that you might see on the Specialized Venge VIAS
that some of the riders on the team use on the flatter days.
Attached to this handlebars
we've got SupaCaz bar tape
Dura-Ace 9150 shifters and a couple of sprint shifters too.
Linked up to the brake levers
we've got Shimano Dura-Ace 9100 dual mount brakes
both front and rear.
And we've got Shimano Dura-Ace 9150 Di2 front and rear mech.
The rear brake is particularly interesting
because instead of having a bridge on the frame
Specialized have got
what looks like a carbon booster plate there
and that is apparently a lighter
and slightly stiffer solution for direct mount brakes.
Sagan's cassette is Dura-Ace, his chain is Dura-Ace
and his chainset is Dura-Ace too.
And that has a 4iiii power metre both left and ride sided.
Pedals are also Dura-Ace.
The wheels are by Roval, a Specialized in-house wheel brand
that made the CLX50's
which we knew at the start of this year.
Tyres are also Specialized and they are the Turbo Elite
made with Specialized Gripton rubber.
So about the finishing touches on this bike.
Well there are a couple of little ones that I really like.
Up front, K-Edge have made
custom Garmin or custom computer holders
for all of the Bora-Hansgrohe riders of this years tour.
It's got his nickname on so that's Peto Bomber.
And also if we move back to the seatpost
the head of the race Specialized 3D printed number holders
for all of the riders so that's custom one-off job
and they have been epoxied to the seatpost.
Vital stats time.
Sagan's cranks are 172.5mm
His chain rings are 39/53 and his cassette
is an 11 through to 28.
His stem is 14 centimetres long
and his handlebars are 42 centimetres
measured centre to centre on the drops.
The reach from the nose of his saddle
to the centre of the stem
comes in at around 60 centimetres
and his saddle height from the centre of the bottom bracket
to the centre of the saddle
comes in around 75 centimetres
which is actually just my perfect height.
And the way the bike, like we said
it is a super light bike
that the mechanics are likely to have to weigh down
especially if Sagan's teammates whose bikes don't have
this sort of paint work on them
so it comes in at 6.8 kilos on the dot.
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