Pinarello Dogma F8 Frameset

Pinarello Dogma F8 Frameset

The Pinarello Dogma F8 Frameset follows on from the success of the Dogma 65.1 and its back-to-back Tour De France victories, World Championships and over 100 Pro Tour races. Pinarello has worked closely to optimise aerodynamics with Jaguar, collaboration from Team Sky and conducted wind tunnel testing in the PinarelloLAB to breed the Dogma F8.

The already impeccable Dogma was completely re-designed by the super car engineering team at Jaguar who teamed up with the PinarelloLAB to develop the new Dogma F8. Keeping the existing and hugely effective geometry, the test results of the F8 show some vast improvements, all of which shows how valuable an asset a super car manufacturer can be:

• 12% more rigid
• 16% more balanced
• 120g lighter
• 47% improved aerodynamics

Pinarello have gone with an all new exclusive material for the Dogma F8, Torayca T1100 1k Dream Carbon with Nano-Alloy technology. With an outstanding stiffness to weight ratio and its use as the outer skin of many modern aircraft, it is sensational. With the frame weighing in at 120g less than its 65.1 predecessor, but still retaining the same structural attributes.

Pinarello capitalised on Jaguar's engineering expertise by using their CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) technology as well as the existing 65.1 Dogma as a guideline. Through this process with over 70 configurations of the frame and 300 CFD analysis cycles the most aerodynamically efficient frame was generated. Flatback is the name given to the new tube shaping which was used to eliminate the turbulence created. Sticking to the UCI limit of a 3:1 tube profile the overall aerodynamic efficiency was increased. It still rides as well as the original Dogma yet it now even stiffer.

The fork is integrated into the tapered 1 1/8 to 1 1/2in head tube and the flatback downtube. Pinarello have chosen to stand by the threaded Italian bottom bracket it has used previously, due to their belief in its stiffness and reliability. The F8's asymmetric chainstays are combined with the new Onda RS F8 seatstays. Positioned to meet the seat tube lower down than on the 65.1, this hides the rear brake and the Twinforce integrated seat clamp. This increases the airflow past this section of the bike. The extensive CFD testing revealed that it was more aerodynamic to mount the seat tube bottle cage lower to reduce drag. Based on this Pinarello have chosen to include three bolt holes on the seat tube to satisfy the needs of every rider.

Attentively engineered internal cable routing allows the choice of mechanical or electronic gearing systems, without impacting on the bike's aerodynamics. Included are interchangeable frame stops at the entry and exit points on the frame that can be swapped throughout the frames lifetime should the rider choose to change between electronic and mechanical set-ups. The Carbon Air8 seatpost also houses the battery for both Shimano Di2 and Campagnolo EPS battery packs.

The Pinarello Dogma is available in 13 different sizes.