- This is the Specialised S-Works Tarmac of Great Britain's
Sophie Caldwell, she took bronze last year at the under 23
world champs and off the back of that she has qualified for
her first Commonwealth Games later this year.
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This is the S-Works Tarmac SL6.
Sophie's riding in a 52 centimetre frame.
Now Specialised have actually been working with
retail in recent years and that's actually changed how they
tackle their approach to fit and frame geometry.
They basically have concluded that there isn't really any
statistical difference between
the fit on the bike, between genders.
So they've actually got a shared frame geometry
between the male and the female S-Works Tarmacs.
But the thing that does change is things like;
the handlebar width, the crank lengths, the saddles.
So, lets take a look at what Sophie's got on her bike.
So starting on the front-end, this bike actually normally
comes with carbon handlebars from Specialised.
But she has these clip-on aero bars on there.
So for safety, they've used
an alloy handlebar from Specialised.
And these clip-on aero bars are the Vision Mini TT.
You may be wondering why
they're so short and why she has them.
Now in I2 draught- legal racing, it's quite fast,
it's furious and they want to bridge a gap
to a group coming out of the swim or maybe they want attack.
So these allow them to get into a slightly
more aerodynamic position.
But given that it is draft-legal
in a group, for safety these can't extend
beyond the brake levers.
Now, talking of the brake levers this whole bike is
kitted out with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2.
So these are the Dura-Ace Di2 9100 levers.
You probably noticed the rather
garish handlebar tape, and this is the S-Works wrap bar tape
which actually works really well in the wet which is quite
handy when you're coming out the swim,
straight onto the bike.
And then on the end of these handlebars, they actually
have the charging port and battery for the Di2, which is
very sleek and to finish off the front-end
we have the S-Works stem which is in 100 mil length.
And moving back through the bike
and onto the cranksets she's got the Infocrank
Classic Power Metre, she's actually riding a 52/38
chainrings set up and then she's got a crank length of
165 and then on the end of those she's got the Look Keo-2
Max pedals and it's actually worth noting that this whole
bike is kitted out with CeramicSpeed.
So she has CeramicSpeed bottom bracket bearings,
she has CeramicSpeed headset bearings
and the wheels also be kitted out with CeramicSpeed.
Okay moving back from that I've already
mentioned this is fully kitted out Shimano Dura-Ace Di2,
so she's got the 91/50 rear mech and front mech and from
that she's got an 11/30T cassette setup.
And onto the wheels they are the Roval CLX50 Rapide wheels
and as the name suggests, they are 50 mil depth
and as I've already mentioned they're kitted out
with CeramicSpeed bearings and on those,
she's got the Turbo Cotton tyres from Specialised, which
they claim to be their fastest tyres to date.
They are actually a Clincher Tyre,
she's riding a 26 mil width.
Which just allows to ride slightly lower pressure,
they claim it has a low rolling
resistance and increased traction.
But personally, I just really like the tan side-wall.
And moving back to the frame itself, Specialised have
actually revamped the Tarmac lately.
They say they've shed almost 200 grammes
off the weight of the bike.
They've done things like,
drop the seat-stays for aerodynamics.
They put a more aerodynamic seat tube in.
They've allowed a clearance for up to 30 mil tyres.
But the thing I really like is that
fork also comes in different sizes for the different frame
sizes also for aerodynamics.
And the end result, they claim,
that the bike saves almost 45 seconds
over 40 kilometres compared to another lightweight
bike in the same category.
And some of the finishing touches
we have the Shimano Dura-Ace rim brakes.
We have the Specialised Romin Evo saddle and then
we have the Specialised S-Works bottle cages.
And that is the pro-bike of Sophie Caldwell,
we wish her the best of luck this year,
especially with her first Commonwealth Games.
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and to see some of the tech that you see
in the IT races we filmed in Rotterdam in 2017.
Just click down there.