- This is the Specialized Allez Comp Sprint Disc
of Pete Sagan of the Bora Hansgrohe Team
and yep, you've guessed right, it's an aluminum bike.
He's gonna be using it later on
in the Tour Down Under Classic Criterium.
His teammates, well, they're hovering in the background.
They're ready to go out for a ride on it
so I've gotta be quick
but I'm looking forward to checking this one out.
(loud wooshes)
Staring with the most obvious change
from Sagan's normal road bike,
we've got the Allez Sprint Disc frame.
The Allez Sprint was launched back in 2015
as a bike made for criterium racers on a budget.
It basically allows you to go out
and race a properly top-end race bike
without having to worry about destroying
a super expensive carbon bike if you were to crash.
The bit that really sets the Allez Sprint
apart from the competition
is the D'Alusio Smart Weld technology
that moves the welds away from normal points,
as you can see here.
Specialized claims that this leads to
greater stiffness and improved comfort
over traditionally-welded aluminum bikes.
Sagan, he chose to ride a 56 centimeter frame
with the silver paint jobs that fades
into the Bora Hansgrohe Team green around the seat tube.
I've got to say, I really think this is a great looking bike
because those colors, they popped out
across the mechanics' area at the Tour Down Under.
Now finally, the frameset comes with a fat carbon fiber fork
from Specialized that is actually the same fork
that comes with the top of the range Specialized Tarmacs
and that is finished in the same metallic silver
as the rest of the bike.
(hypnotic trance music)
Let's move on then to the other really big thing
to talk about with this bike,
the wheels and the tires.
Sagan's bike is fitted with the super aero
64 millimeter deep Roval CLX64 wheels.
But the three-time world champion
doesn't race on the stock wheels, of course, because, well,
he's had the bearings upgraded to Ceramic Speed ones.
So trying to ring out every little bit of speed possible.
Now, you might've noticed that Sagan's bike appears
to still have the locknuts around the valves.
But oh no, this bike is actually fitted with tubeless tires.
It's pretty much unheard of
for the pros to ride tubeless tires in races,
so this is a pretty big move by Bora Hansgrohe.
And while they weren't using them
for any other races there at the Tour Down Under,
just this one particular race.
The wheels, they are actually fitted with a pair of
Specialized Turbo Rapid Air tires in 26 millimeter width.
Moving on to the drivetrain,
well, Sagan's bike is fitted with the pretty much standard
Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset,
this one being the 9170 model.
And he's got an 11 to 28 cassette fitted,
which is the most popular amongst the pros.
Upfront, Sagan has chosen the non-standard 54-39 chainset,
which is useful to give him just that extra gear
in a top-end sprint.
And he's gone for size 172.5 millimeter cranks.
Fitted to the chainset is a Specialized power meter
that we first spotted at the Tour Down Under last year
and it's also fitted with a Ceramic Speed bottom bracket too
and a pair of Shimano Dura-Ace 9100 SPD-SL pedals.
Brakes, Sagan is using the
Shimano Dura-Ace 9170 hydraulic discs
and, as is increasingly common in the pro peloton,
he opts for 140 millimeter rotor at the back
and a 160 millimeter in the front.
That way, he gets better braking performance at the front,
where you really do need it.
(laid back hip hop music)
As Sagan has done for a number of years now,
Sagan chooses a massive 150 millimeter Zipp Sprint SL stem
with the logos covered up,
as Bora Hansgrohe aren't sponsored by Zipp themselves.
Now I can't confirm this, but apparently
one of the reasons that Sagan still chooses to use that stem
is that he likes the 12 degrees rise on it.
Now connected to the front plate of the stem
is the K-Edge Wahoo Elemnt bolt and front mount.
Connected also to the stem are a set of the
S-Works Aerofly bars in 42 centimenters width.
Now the bars, they're wrapped in the very grippy
Supacaz Super Sticky Kush bar tape,
that's quite a mouthful.
And Sagan also opts for a set of the Sprint shifters,
set up just below the Dura-Ace Di2 brake levers,
there on the drops.
Moving backwards, connected to the S-Works FACT
carbon seatpost is the Specialized Romin Evo saddle.
And then stuck to the back of the seatpost
is a number holder that, interestingly,
hasn't got any tape or zip ties
to make sure it stays stuck on.
The mechanics instead, well, they clearly trust their glue.
Finally, Sagan uses Tacx Ciro bottle cages
and also has a K-Edge chain catcher
fitted to the front derailleur.
Measurements-wise, well, let's take a look at them.
Well, from the center of the bottom bracket
to the top of the saddle, that's 76 centimeters.
And from the tip of the saddle
to the center of the bars, 62.5.
And the weight of it?
A very respectable 7.84 kilos.
There we are, let me know what you think of this bike
down there in the comment section.
I think it's fantastic that Sagan
is taking to the start line,
along with a couple of his teammates,
for the first kind of opening big race of the season.
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I better give this one back to Peter now.
He's not happy.