Pinarello Bollide F TT Pre Order

OUR FASTEST

PINARELLO BOLIDE F 

OUR FASTEST BIKE EVER

On 1 July, the INEOS Grenadiers team will take to the start line of the 2022 Tour de France on board the fast bike  Pinarello has ever made, The Bolide F.  

World time trial champion Filippo Ganna and his teammates Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates and Felipe Martinez will  “officially” launch the Bolide F in Copenhagen on the Tour’s opening stage after successfully testing and racing a  disguised version of the bike in the recent Tour de Suisse, where both Martinez and Thomas performed impressively.  It was also used by Ganna to secure his first victory at the Italian TT national championships. 

In these early cameos, the bikes used were wrapped in a special camo paint to disguise them ahead of the official  release at the Tour when they will be unveiled with a unique custom paint scheme. 

Originally created exclusively for Team Sky in 2013, the Bolide became legendary in 2015 when Sir Bradley Wiggins  used the Bolide HR to break the Hour Record. Pinarello then introduced the Bolide TT in 2016, which went on to win  countless TT competitions during grand tours, national and world championships on the road while also storming to  unparalleled success on the track, winning multiple medals on team and individual pursuit at world championships  and at the Olympics.

Building on that impressive foundation, Pinarello has incorporated the latest technological advances, including  impressive recent developments in Computational Fluid Dynamics that have helped Pinarello’s engineers to  significantly improve aerodynamics on the new Bolide F.  

CFD simulations were run seamlessly in the cloud, allowing for proven aerodynamic advancements to be blended  into the design process in real time. Cloud computing also allowed large scalability in terms of computational power  – allowing large meshes in the order of 50m cells to be solved within hours – and number of simulations that could  be run in parallel. Online access to the results also allowed a smooth sharing of the results between the designers,  enhancing communication and improving the engineering process. The result is our Fastest bike EVER.

AERODYNAMIC IMPROVEMENT WHERE IT REALLY MATTERS  

Improving handling and decreasing rolling resistance were two of the primary targets for the new Bolide F TT. To  achieve this, the bike had to be designed to use disc brakes, which added a 1.4% aerodynamic deficit  When compared with the previous integrated rim brake Bolide.  

This deficiency was recovered during the development process, thanks to a complete re-design of the seat-tube,  seat-post, top stays, and chain stays, which counter-balanced the increased aerodynamic drag of the disc brake to  create an aerodynamically equivalent bike and rider system.

Total drag (bike and rider) is within 0.04% (0.0075N) of the previous Bolide TT using the PinaLab weighting scheme,  which studied seven different yaw angles and eight different rider positions. 

Maintaining that aerodynamic performance was an important achievement for Pinarello’s engineers, especially given  the performance benefits provided by the addition of disc brakes and the possibility to now use larger tires up to  28mm on the Bolide F. The combined package equates to a significant step forward in terms of overall performance. 

Further improvements have also been made on the handlebar, the new base-bar and the bar extensions shape, which  now provide an aerodynamic benefit in the region of 2-3% improvement on the total drag.

For the base-bar, the development studies were run separately from the frame and fork studies. The base bar has  been tested at 50km/h with eight leg positions and seven yaw angles between -15º and +15º. The weighted average is  displayed below. 

The graphic shows the previous Bolide TT bar (Blue) and the new Bolide F TT bar (orange). As shown, the weighted  average has a 0.1% improvement in total drag, which we would call aerodynamically equivalent due to the small  difference.  

At a 0° yaw angle, an improvement of 0.5% was found. This is relevant for TT because at higher speeds there is a higher  contribution of low yaw angles to total drag.  

These studies were run at 50km/h. However, on days with low wind speed or shorter TT distances at the elite level,  which in recent grand tours have often averaged speeds as high as 58km/h, the improvement is expected to be  greater than the 0.1% of the weighted average. 

For the extensions and risers on the standard available bar, the goal was to maximise adjustability to improve the  rider’s aerodynamic position and comfort..  

The key changes were the bolt-from-below design for the risers and the simplified angle adjustment. Areas of sensitivity  were also identified around the risers and forearms, which showed a potential for 2-3% in aerodynamic improvement. 

The new headset, which introduces Pinarello’s TiCR system, meant the designers could reduce the thickness of the  stem, consequently allowing a reduction in top tube thickness and improved aerodynamics. It also delivers a more  direct and fast-handling feel to the bike. 

CUSTOM 3D PRINTED BAR EXTENSIONS  

Most of Pinarello’s top athletes use custom 3D printed bar extensions. They are created by scanning the athlete’s  forearms in the most aerodynamic position and then custom 3D printing in titanium. This allows for a perfect position  and to close all gaps between the bar extensions and forearms, to achieve the absolute maximum in term of drag  reduction.  

This exclusive service is now also available to the public. It requires an appointment with a scanning centre located in  UK or in Italy, which can be booked by contacting Pinarello directly through one of its official retailers. Pricing will be  based on the result of the preliminary assessment.  

EVERY GRAM COUNTS WHEN YOU WIN BY SPLIT SECONDS 

Improving aerodynamics means increasing tube surface area – which usually means adding weight. But thanks to  countless hours of computational fluid dynamics and wind tunnel work, Pinarello’s engineers were able to not only  design a more aerodynamic bike, but also reduce the weight of the frame kit and brakes by 170g. 

- Bolide TT, rim brakes: 2,435 grams (size 55, including fork and bearings, seatpost, rim brakes with covers, and wires). - Bolide F TT disc brakes: 2,265 grams (size 55, including fork and bearings, seatpost, disc brakes and hydraulic tubes). 

IN SUSTAINED EFFORTS AT 550 WATTS, STIFFNESS MAKES THE DIFFERENCE!  

New tubes shapes and carbon lay-up patterns deliver the biggest performance increase when compared with the  previous Bolide TT, setting a new industry standard.  

- Stiffness on the BB area is increased by 17%  

- Stiffness on the head tube area is increased by 7% 

- Fork is 12% stiffer fore/aft and 5% stiffer sideways  

REAL RACING 

Beside the lab, CFD and wind tunnel results, what really matters are results in the real world. And the early signs for the  Bolide F are excellent. Speaking after he won the Italian TT national championship, Filippo Ganna reported that the  bike feels a lot stiffer, is faster out of corners, and has much better handling. 

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 

• Carbon Toray M40X 
• Asymmetric frame 
• Bolide F TT Onda fork  
• TiCR (total integrated cable routing) 
• 1.5 upper and 1.1/4 lower steerer 
• Italian thread BB 
• UCI approved 
• Disc brakes 
• Max tire 622x28c 
• Frame weight: 1100g Size 550 (the biggest); raw frame, not painted 

THE FRAME PICTURED IS A SPECIAL EDITION COLOUR SCHEME FOR FILIPPO GANNA, THE FRAME  WILL BE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN A CLASSIC MATT BLACK WITH WHITE DECALS.

$2000 is the deposit price, pricing still TBC