Pinarello F8 and aerodynamics
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^ this is my guess as well.. I don't have an aero road bike in the stable .. But it would be my next consideration as long as weight it kept reasonable .
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Thanks. That's kind of what I thought. Either way, it's an amazing machine and "aero enough" I guess.
Plus, I live in the mountains, so it's more about descending, then anything else...
Plus, I live in the mountains, so it's more about descending, then anything else...
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I have both an F8 and a Cervelo S3, and can spot no meaningful difference in aero feeling or performance. E.g when maintaining speed over a flat road, they both behave very similar and I am actually faster on the F8 when descending. The F8 feels stiffer, have a slightly more compliant ride and sense of 'being on rails' that the S3 (although now i am splitting hairs as they are both great frames)
CEVelo wrote:I have both an F8 and a Cervelo S3, and can spot no meaningful difference in aero feeling or performance. E.g when maintaining speed over a flat road, they both behave very similar and I am actually faster on the F8 when descending. The F8 feels stiffer, have a slightly more compliant ride and sense of 'being on rails' that the S3 (although now i am splitting hairs as they are both great frames)
Take your power meter and do some field tests between the two.
"Marginal gains are the only gains when all that's left to gain is in the margins."
Bumping this up because Chris Yu of Specialized just mentioned "The Pinarello F8 and Canyon Aeroroad both also slot into that same grouping." (Talking about a +/-10s over 40km grouping of bikes including the S5, AR, and Propel)
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/cgi-bin/gfo ... 99#5595399
So obviously very good aerodynamics wise.
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/cgi-bin/gfo ... 99#5595399
So obviously very good aerodynamics wise.
The F8 is not very light… I built my 54cm F8 950 (nude/red) with exactly the same components as my Neil Pryde Bura SL (except BB, where I'm using a Zipp Vuma ceramic for the F8) and it's about 200gr (maybe more) heavier. It's light enough though (am I even allowed to say that here?!).
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