- Team Ineos don't just have new name
they've got a new bike too.
This is the brand new Pinarello Dogma F12.
And it is an absolutely weapon.
Look at it. And it's even the new
as of yet, unseen Team Ineos livery
with this really smart burgundy fade
running up it too.
But, if you're wondering why I'm here
by a river in a field
in the middle of nowhere with it
well, it's because this is probably
the hottest bike in the world right now
and Pinarello and Team Ineos agreed we could only film it
if we came to a place where no one would see us doing it.
So, this is the place where I always come
when I want no one to see what I'm doing.
(hip-hop music)
Anyway, the F12 has a lot to live up to
because the F10 was such a special bike
having won in, pretty much, every conceivable way.
Sprints, uphill finishes, breakaways
and arguably in 2018
the F10 was the most successful World Tour bike.
It won seven stage races
including the Giro and the Tour
and remarkably, at the hands of Team Sky
it won four of the last six Grand Tours.
Now, key to F10's successes
was that it was great all-round performer
and the F12 appears to be building on this.
All the best bits from the F10's design
have been kept for the F12
so we still have a full carbon monocoque frame
made from Toray 1100 carbon fiber.
We've got the concave down tube sections
so you can get more aerodynamic
bottle cage integration on the frame
and the flat back tube sections
from improved aerodynamics as well.
And the little aerodynamic fork flat dropouts.
Nice!
Like the F10, the F12 will be available
in both rim brakes, like we have here
and also a disk brake version too.
But what's different about the F12, I hear you ask?
Well, lots of things.
One of the key design objectives with the F12
was to make it more aerodynamic.
And to this end, there's been lots of little tweaks
all over the place.
Firstly, there's much better cable integration.
This helps clean up the look of the frame
and give it a much tidier silhouette.
And Pinarello actually did
computational fluid dynamic studies
and found that it was able to reduce 85%
of the drag caused by the cables on the new bike.
The remaining 15% is just where we have
these little bits of cable sticking out here
for the brake calipers.
Key to hiding all those cable out of the wind
the F12 has a completely new cockpit.
Integrated bar and stem
called the Talon Ultra.
Now, this is an area where Pinarello felt
that big aero gains could be made
because the handlebar of a bike
typically represents 20% of the frontal area.
Now, this bar is said to represent a five percent
aerodynamic improvement over the previous
handlebar on the F10, the Talon Aero
and that was said to be 28% more efficient aerodynamically
than a standard round bar and stem.
The new bar is said to be lighter and stiffer as well
and in terms of routing the cables through it
and down through the stem and into the rest of the bike
it wasn't simply a case of just cramming them in.
Pinarello worked really hard to optimize
the angles and routing of the cables
so that they're not going through too tight an angle
as this can compromise the shifting
or the braking performance.
There's also a really nice little plate
at the front here which I'll show you
where you can unscrew that to get access
to the routing as well.
There's also a new fork.
Now, this new Onda fork is said to be
more aerodynamic that the previous one
and part of that is down to this area here.
Is actually is deeper than on the F10's fork
and the theory here is that it helps channel
and guide the air better as it flows past the fork.
This is said to result in a 15% drag reduction
over the previous fork
and the disc brake version is said to
have a stiffer fork as well
to help cope with the torque steer
and torsional strain of having the disc brake
mounted on one side.
This is the rim brake version though
and you may have noticed that gone
is the single-mount caliper we had on the F10.
The F12 has direct mount brakes
with two mounting points
which is really cool because with their two mounting points
direct mount brakes are just, well
stiffer than a single mount.
On the rest of the frame
there are loads of little tweaks here and there
to help, sort of, make frame more aerodynamic
and also, stiffer.
So, on the chain stage, you can see they're actually
quite a bit taller than they were on the F10
and also the bottom bracket's been beefed up a bit as well
and this, apparently results in 10% more
lateral stiffness than on the F10.
Now overall, the aerodynamic savings are said to be
eight watts at 40 kilometers an hour.
Now, that might sound like a lot to you
or it might not sound like much at all
depending on your perspective.
But if you were to consider riding a three week
3500 kilometer Grand Tour
pretty sure I know what I would pick
and I'm pretty sure Chris Froome would pick the same too.
Tire clearance has been increased
to a claimed 28 millimeters.
Although, looking at it
I reckon you'd get way more in than that.
And if you don't want to use the most Talon Ultra handlebar
there's also an adaptor that goes in here
so that you can still route the cables through
if you want to use a standard bar and stem.
And something else I've noticed
is that there's little split spacers.
Having split spacers is a good design
because it means if you want to adjust your stack height
and where the spacers are
you don't have to re-route your brake cables
which is especially useful if you've got hydraulic lines.
The frame set is compatible with both mechanical
and electronic group sets.
This is the DI2 version
so we've got the DI2 junction box
housed in this really neat little space on the down tube
and that's where your front derailleur
barrel adjuster would also go
if you were running mechanical.
There's 13 different sizes available
which is pretty comprehensive for the frame
and the handlebar comes in 16 different sizes.
What about weight?
Well, the claimed weight for the unpainted
rim brake frame is 820 grams.
And the unpainted disc brake frame
is a little bit heavier, 840 grams.
But I'm going to weigh the complete bike
I've also got a disc brake one
so I'll weigh that as well.
6.97. Pretty light, about the UCI limit.
So, 7.5 kilos for the disc brake one.
Little bit heavier.
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This is the disc brake specific version
and in case the Ineos colors aren't for you
then this is one of the other liveries
that you'll be able to buy
in, actually, this build as well
with the SRAM Red access group set
it looks really smart
and I like how the paint scheme is used to accentuate
the asymmetry of the frame as well, that's smart.
And overall, this just looks so much neater and tidier
than the rim brake version.
You don't have the cable coming down
at the front to the front caliper
and there's no quick release lever on the front either.
It just looks a lot sleeker
and a lot cleaner.
And dare I say it, faster.
There you have it.
The brand new Pinarello Dogma F12.
And, well, alongside the Dogma FS
that's two new bikes from Pinarello in as many weeks.
They certainly have been busy.
Now, let us know what you think
in the comments section down below.
Do you think that the F12 will win the Tour de France?
And if you enjoyed this video
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And if you missed Dan's video
where he did a first look on the Dogma FS
well, you watch that by clicking down here.
Well, this bike's in GCN colors, isn't it?
I should probably just keep this one.
Yeah.