This weekend, search for a prototype sticker-free Pinarello Dogma XC bike below INEOS Grenadiers riders Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Tom Pidcock. The INEOS mountain bike energy duo will probably be racing the UCI Cross-country World Cup opening spherical in Nové Město, Czech Republic, from the eleventh to 14th of Might.
(You may watch the racing right here!)
Pinarello Dogma XC MTB designed by World & Olympic Champions
When INEOS signed on Tom Pidcock and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, we knew Pinarello would have a brand new XC mountain bike coming. The model shortly developed a cyclocross bike for Tom Pidcock to win a World Championship in Fayetteville, USA. The brand new Pinarello Dogma XC got here simply as well timed, with the Olympics of Paris 2024 shortly approaching and the opening spherical of the UCI Cross-country Olympic World Cup this weekend.
Pinarello apparently solely started creating the bike within the fall of 2022, with Ferrand-Prévot and Pidcock offering suggestions in what Pinarello describes as “a really intense interval of testing” with the INEOS Grenadiers’ technical group.
The turnaround time from testing to creation is astonishing, however the group at Pinarello knew who they have been designed for; an Olympic champion and a multi-time World Champion. The results of an abundance of world-champion suggestions and Pinarello design is a wonderful ultra-race-focused bike.
Pinarello created the Dogma XC to assist the groups’ finest performances throughout UCI Cross-country World Cups and UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. In the end working in the direction of gold medals on the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris subsequent summer season.
Although the bike continues to be technically below growth, it has amassed a couple of victories already this season. Ridden by Ferrand-Prévot within the bike’s debut within the latest French Cup and Pidcock claimed victory in final weekend’s Swiss Cup towards present World Champion Nino Schurter.
The massive query — when will it’s accessible? Pinarello says the brand new Dogma XC will probably be accessible commercially in March 2024. This design will probably be accessible after additional testing and suggestions from the riders and tech group to finalize a design.
Pinarello MTB R&D
The brand new Pinarello MTB R&D group analyzed Pidcock’s suggestions and knowledge from his two earlier years of mountain bike testing and competitors. The research highlighted the necessities Pidcock felt have been wanted to supply a race bike able to competing on the highest degree and accentuating the highly effective using kinds each he and Ferrand-Prévot deploy.
What have been these qualities?
- Excessive stiffness within the rear triangle and backside bracket to supply most reactivity.
- Easy but progressive kinematics to optimize journey and rebound.
- The power to match suspension journey to the distinctive calls for of every observe.
- Lightness paired with distinctive drive and dealing with capabilities to excel on technical descents.
Distinctive Backside Bracket Space
Pinarello is well-known for a novel design…two. The identical goes for the Pinarello Dogma XC. The distinctive backside bracket space on the Dogma XC optimizes stiffness and accommodates an outsized bearing and foremost pivot level for the rear triangle.
Pinarello Flex Stays
The Dogma XC’s distinctive shaping and integration of flex stays are mentioned to mix to allow journey extra straight. Pinarello claims the design saves weight, improves stiffness, and improves the rider and rear wheel connection.
Whereas the profile of the Dogma XC is exclusive, this flex-stay single-pivot structure with a linkage-driven shock has develop into the common commonplace for contemporary light-weight cross-country mountain bike design – see for instance at present’s earlier Cervélo reveal for one more instance.
Uneven Cut up Rear Triangle
Pinarellos’ Dogma XC makes use of a rear triangle of two distinct semi-triangles fitted to a foremost rotation level. It’s a novel design with two pins molded to the carbon body (patent pending).
Pinarello explains: “This design ends in the elimination of a traditional exterior ‘bridge’ permits for a decreased chain keep size and delivers improved dealing with and reactivity. The elimination of essential mud accumulation areas and the power to undertake wider tires, offering riders with a better vary of choices.”
Mountain Bike Asymmetry
The rear triangle makes use of a patented uneven design with a strengthened left-hand facet. This asymmetry permits the bike to counterbalance the upper forces utilized to it on the alternative facet of the drivetrain. Leading to balancing power switch, improved velocity, and traction when it counts.
Pinarello Kinematics + Bearings/Bushing System
The rear suspension kinematics take Pinarellos’ flex stays under consideration. The concept is to maximise power switch whereas pedaling and delivering optimum compression/rebound on World Class technical descents and enabling maximal rider management.
Pinarello makes use of a hybrid bearings/bushing system on the brand new Dogma XC to reduce friction at every pivot level. Bushings have been included at level ‘A’* as they’re sturdy sufficient to soak up the excessive influence and low rotational forces positioned upon them (*presumably the decrease foremost pivot). As for level ‘B’**, bearings have been built-in the place the alternative forces apply – low influence/excessive rotation (**presumably the higher pivots on the brief linkage). This design ends in decreased power dispersion, elevated reactivity of the rear finish, and elevated linkage sturdiness.
Adjustable Entrance and Rear Journey
Pinarello connecting the entrance shock mount to the body with a modular bracket below the highest tube permits rear suspension adjustability. For the INEOS Grenadiers crew, this implies completely different mount designs, and completely different rear journey lengths between 90-100mm (or extra?) paired with 100-120mm travel-adjust forks, permitting the riders to match their bike to the distinctive calls for of every observe.
MOST One-Piece MTB Cockpit
INEOS Grenadiers rides Pinarellos’ in-house part model – MOST. The MOST XC custom-designed, absolutely built-in cockpit saves weight and affords precision in contrast with a two-piece various. Totally built-in cable routing can be included, as is a particular headset bearing that options an inside stopper at 60° to stop the handlebar from over-twisting and damaging the body… and that flashy paint job.
Pinarello Dogma XC Technical Particulars
- Body: Carbon fiber entrance and rear triangle, aluminum {hardware}, uneven body, cut up rear triangle design (patent pending)
- TiCr inside cable routing
- TiCr built-in headset with 60° inside stopper.
- Chainline: 55mm and suitable with Levels energy meters
- Drivetrain: SRAM AXS Eagle Transmission 1×12, UDH suitable
- Max Chainring: 40T, min 32T
- Seatpost diameter: 30.9mm, suitable with dropper & inside cable routing
- Geometry developed for 100 and 120mm journey setup
- Entrance: 100mm – Rear 90mm (with 190x45mm rear shock)
- Entrance: 120mm – Rear 100mm (with 210x50mm rear shock)
- Normal mount rear shock with 90° inverted fixing factors
- Enhance Normal: 12mm diameter conical thru-axle, suitable with UDH mounting
- Normal flat mount: 160mm, suitable with 180mm (adapter wanted)
- Most tire clearance: 29 x 2.35 inches
- Water Bottle Functionality: Two bottle attachments
- Value: TBD
- Availability: 2024
Search for this new Pinarello Dogma XC and the INEOS mountain bike energy duo this weekend within the World Cup XCO opening spherical in Nové Město within the Czech Republic.
