Ineos Grenadiers have been noticed attending to grips with what appears to be a brand new Pinarello Dogma race bike whereas attending an altitude coaching camp forward of the Criterium du Dauphine.
The brand new bike – photographed by Ajona Díaz Spínola – appears to function a revised, deeper head tube design, a extra slender down tube, and redesigned backside bracket space.
If it is a new bike, it’ll seemingly succeed Pinarello’s present Dogma F race bike, which hasn’t obtained an replace because it was launched again in June 2021.
Carlos Rodríguez, and his group mates on a coaching experience on Mount Tiede
(Picture credit score: Ajona Díaz Spínola)
On the time of writing, particulars on the potential new bike are scant, and subsequently even placing a reputation to the body is whole guesswork – however we are able to deduce a couple of engineering adjustments from these pictures.
It appears to be the entrance of the bike that has seen nearly all of Pinarello’s care and a spotlight.
Look intently, and you will see a extra angular, and deeper head tube form which – seemingly with a view to enhance stiffness and aerodynamics. We have now seen this throughout the board with bikes such because the Scott Foil RC, after the UCI relaxed its ruling on body profile having a ratio of three:1 depth to width ratios.
A detailed up of the top tube reveals a deeper cross part than earlier than
(Picture credit score: Ajona Díaz Spínola)
The top tube is a key a part of the bike and might trigger a selected headache for design engineers. This is because of carbon fiber usually being weaker round tight radius corners – inevitable on the head tube junction.
Specialised tackled this with the ‘velocity sniffer’ by including materials across the entrance of the top tube, whereas Pinarello appears to have taken a barely extra aesthetically pleasing strategy, including materials behind the stem. This, in fact, aids aerodynamics effectivity too, elongating aerofoil form to easy airflow.
A side-by-side comparability reveals valuable little distinction between the 2 fashions – this potential replace appears to be extra iteration than revelation. That mentioned, the underside bracket on the brand new bike (pictured on the suitable under) has elevated in measurement, seemingly within the title of elevated lateral stiffness.
Aspect by facet, the bikes are comparable, however there are some delicate adjustments
(Picture credit score: Ajona Díaz Spínola)
Pinarello additionally appears to have slimmed down a number of the tube profiles on the bike, presumably within the title of weight saving. The down tube foregoes the pronounced cutaway for a water bottle seen on the present Dogma F, as an alternative remaining a extra uniform form from high to backside.
Arguably the identical weight reduction remedy has been utilized to the rear seat stays too, as soon as once more following the 2024 efficiency system of aero up entrance, weight saving on the rear.
It is no secret that bike manufacturers typically are inclined to align product launches with the game’s greatest circus, the Tour de France, and it is pretty widespread to start out seeing glimpses of recent race machines on the Criterium du Dauphine.
Pre-Dauphine coaching camps typically present the primary alternative for riders to begin to use their new gear, doing so outdoors of a harassed racing atmosphere.
If Pinarello follows the standard race bike launch program, we count on to see the brand new bike ridden in anger this Sunday, with a potential launch within the run-up earlier than the Tour de France.
