2024 is an Olympic yr, and the Tour is about to start out. Naturally, we’re seeing many new street merchandise pop up simply in time for a double-header in France. Pinarello isn’t any completely different, at the moment launching the absolutely up to date Dogma F.
As Pinarello’s do-it-all race bike, the corporate proudly factors out that this hasn’t modified. The Dogma has a now 22-year historical past of being the principle race bike for Pinarello groups on flat levels, climbing levels, even cobbled classics. We’re beginning to see extra of that from different manufacturers with comparable reasoning – you don’t wish to need to stress about what bike to experience for any given stage. Simply get in your race bike, and go.
Placing it on the market instantly, the brand new Dogma F is lighter, however Pinarello states that the burden was not as essential because the aerodynamics of the bike and rolling resistance. In keeping with their analysis, enhancing the CdA (abbreviation for the coefficient of aerodynamic drag) by simply 0.2% is the equal of saving 175g on the bike. Pinarello states they validated this concept by analyzing Geraint Thomas’ efficiency knowledge from the 2022 Tour de France, measuring his power output in contrast with potential aero financial savings.
The result’s a brand new (nonetheless uneven) body the place almost each element has been redesigned for marginal features. Pinarello claims to have achieved their 0.2% CdA enchancment goal using up to date Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations adopted by in depth time within the wind tunnel.
Highlights of the brand new aero enhancements embody a decreased thickness downtube that flows right into a reduced-width head tube nonetheless with a ‘nostril’ that was first launched on the Dogma F8 in 2014. That nostril has been redesigned with decreased quantity and width, courtesy of a very new proprietary headset.
The headset is the place issues get fascinating. To make the pinnacle tube narrower, the headset needed to be redesigned, which meant the steerer needed to be redesigned. Now, the brand new Onda fork makes use of an oval steerer that’s oriented with the broader elements pointing to the edges of the bike. That offered extra space in entrance of the steerer to permit the cables to be run in entrance, as a substitute of on the edges, which is the place the width discount is available in. The steerer can be mentioned to be an enchancment in compliance and dealing with, with extra compliance fore/aft, whereas sustaining stiffness for dealing with aspect to aspect.
Shifting all the way down to the underside bracket, the brand new “Aero-Keel” backside bracket has been rotated by 3.5º to “create a keel form that improves aerodynamic efficiency of the underside bracket space by 1.2%.” Extra importantly, this new backside bracket form has allowed Pinarello so as to add extra tire clearance, with the body now comfortably clearing 700c x 30mm tires. In keeping with Pinarello, that is the scale tire the staff needed to run for cobbled races, in order that’s what they bought.
Extra aero enhancements prolong to the through axles, now with shorter axles and nuts which might be built-in into the carbon which permits for easy surfaces on the surface of the fork. The rear will get the identical remedy with the derailleur hanger built-in in an identical method – no UDH right here.
Different adjustments to the bike embody a brand new, slimmer Onda fork with the talked about oval steerer, but in addition a 47mm rake which claims to enhance dealing with and velocity on descents. All body sizes will embody this 47mm rake. The seatpost clamp has additionally been up to date to make it lighter and cleaner. Now absolutely built-in into the seat tube, the clamp appears to be like higher, however extra importantly, might be higher protected against mud and sweat.
Up entrance, there’s additionally a brand new Talon Quick built-in cockpit with a 7º flare to the drops and a 7 or 4º inward bend relying on the scale. The bar is alleged to be extra aerodynamic and permits for a extra pure driving place.
Whereas Pinarello claims to have hit their 0.2% CdA enchancment goal, additionally they managed to scale back the body weight by 108g from the earlier version. For full builds, that works out to six.63-6.88kg (14.62 – 15.17 lbs) for a 53cm with out pedals or bottles relying on the construct. Not solely is the body lighter, but it surely’s additionally stiffer because of using a brand new M40X carbon fiber from Torayca.
Full builds might be provided in Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, the brand new SRAM RED AXS, or Campagnolo Tremendous Report Wi-fi. Frames might be provided in 11 sizes from 43 to 62cm. In the case of paint, you’ll have six inventory decisions together with three with their new Luxter paint which adjustments shade relying on the angle. Pricing for full bikes begins at $14,500 and framsets with fork and seat publish begin at $6,950.
