I’ve an admission. After I was in Emporia in early June, searching down new bikes at Unbound, I missed one.
A handful of the model’s sponsored athletes have been in Kansas aboard custom-painted variations of the brand new Pinarello Grevil F, and I broke its cowl after spending time with Axelle Dubau-Prévot in downtown Emporia.
However there was one other bike hovering round too; the Pinarello Dogma GR, with former WorldTour leadout man turned privateer gravel racer, Ramon Sinkeldam.
As we speak, it is time for each of these new bikes to go public, and in doing so, Pinarello has expanded its gravel bike vary to 4 fashions, with the 2 new bikes sitting alongside the Granger and the electrical Nytro.
The all-new Pinarello Dogma GR
Beginning with the brand new bike, Pinarello says its new Dogma GR “blends the pace of the Dogma F, the off-road dealing with of the Crossista, and the ability transmission of the Dogma XC.”
It borrows the high-modulus M40X carbon fibre from the Dogma F; comes with a brand new gravel-focussed Talon Extremely GR cockpit from Pinarello’s sister model MOST; and options built-in storage on the down tube.
It hasn’t adopted within the footsteps of the competitors by providing huge tyre clearance although, because the clearance stands at 45mm within the entrance and 42mm on the rear.
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Becoming in roughly between the Dogma X and the Grevil, the brand new Dogma GR is unashamedly a motorcycle made for racing. Just like the new Cervelo Aspero-5 or the marginally older Ridley Kanzo Quick, it is all-in on aerodynamics, with the bike’s aesthetics carefully resembling the Dogma F.
Nonetheless, on the bike’s latest launch occasion with the media final month, the model was eager to emphasize its dealing with traits, stating that it borrows cues from the Crossista’s geometry and utilises a brand new Most Ultrafast Gravel cockpit up entrance.
It states that the purpose was to “all the time maintain the bike in traction,” and with that in thoughts, the main target was on the bike’s vibration absorption by means of the cockpit and a newly designed seatpost that gives 8mm of rearward flex. Alongside that, it was given a quick 50mm rake throughout all measurement ranges, matching that of the Specialised Crux, whereas being 5mm shorter than the Allied Ready and the Cannondale Tremendous X.
The model consulted with its professional athletes for route and suggestions, together with Tom Pidcock, Connor Swift, in addition to the aforementioned Dubau-Prévôt and Sinkeldam.
Swift, who has been racing the model’s Dogma X road-first endurance bike at races just like the Gralloch and the UCI Gravel World Championships, particularly requested a motorcycle that might be “responsive out of the saddle, however capable of take up vibrations when seated,” Pinarello instructed Cyclingnews.
The brand new bike has a claimed body weight of 960 grams, and Pinarello says the top-tier spec, with SRAM Crimson AXS, weighs in at 7.35kg.
The Dogma GR makes use of Pinarello’s highest-spec carbon fibre, known as M40X, which elsewhere can solely be discovered within the Dogma F.
The model claims this provides a tensile energy round 16% greater than the Torayca T1100 fibre, and 30% greater than the T900 used within the top-tier Grevil frames, permitting it to attain extra energy with much less materials.
Alongside this, the Dogma GR borrows the E-TICR headset design, which, put merely, makes use of an elliptical steerer tube and locations the cables in entrance to minimise the width. This, in flip, allowed Pinarello to make the top tube narrower and undertake the identical protruding ‘nostril cone’ on the entrance of the top tube for an aerodynamic increase.
This elliptical steerer means a suspension fork isn’t suitable, and neither is a dropper submit, because of that D-shaped submit on the rear.
Full with the bike comes a bento field, which mounts onto the highest tube for fast entry to spares or snacks when racing, in addition to a storage sleeve, which slides into the down tube by means of a small door positioned above the bottle cage. Handily, this makes it accessible whereas driving, not like the entry level on most different bikes, which sit behind the down tube bottle, or on the Allied Ready, which sits down by the underside bracket.
The perhaps-surprise function of the Dogma GR is that on the centre of the brand new Ultrafast Gravel cockpit is a pair of mounting bolts that enable the mixing of Pinarello’s new, proprietary time trial cockpit, itself full with adjustable attain and stack on each the extensions and the elbow pads.
Pinarello Dogma GR pricing and vary
The brand new body is offered in two builds – each of which top-tier specs – with both SRAM Crimson XPLR AXS or Shimano Dura-Ace – notably not the brand new GRX Wi-fi, though which will observe.
Each will likely be priced at €14,000. A frameset alone may also be obtainable, priced at €6,700.
Grevil F
Reasonably than an all-new mannequin, the brand new Grevil F is an replace to the present mannequin, and it, too, can accommodate Pinarello’s new time trial extension add-on, albeit with a clamp across the handlebar on both aspect of the stem.
That may appear an odd place to start out, however it units the scene for the place Pinarello has positioned the bike, which is a “modular bike with most customisation, with an ecosystem of options and equipment.”
That features mudguards, and an ‘Aero Load System’ made up of an aero body bag, prime tube bento bag, and even a rear pannier rack for a bag out again. On prime of this there are mounts on the underside of the down tube for a 3rd bottle, plus three mounts on both fork leg for storage there too.
The place the Dogma GR is perfect for races below 5 hours similar to UCI Gravel World Sequence races, Pinarello says the Grevil is ready for longer races like Unbound, the Traka, Migration Race, Quickest-Recognized-Time (FKT) makes an attempt, and as Pinarello places it, “super-long-distance solo races.”
That does not imply it is all-in on aero although. In truth, the Dogma GR is the extra aero of the 2, however with consolation, equipment and aerodynamics mixed, Pinarello says the Grevil is the bike you could journey from dawn to sundown, in races, adventures and every little thing in between.
However being sincere, at first look, the bike would not seem all too completely different from the outdated one. The seat stays are dropped decrease, the tubes are much less wobbly and wavy, however in any other case it nonetheless seems to be like a Grevil, and the tyre clearance stays unchanged at 50mm.
I will admit, although, that that is most likely a little bit unfair, since only a few elements of the body have been left untouched. It has been given a very new down tube, with a wider profile to raised enshroud bigger bottles for an aerodynamic benefit, and the identical storage door discovered on the Dogma GR above.
The top tube has been overhauled too, profiting from the TICR headset, albeit with a spherical steerer tube fairly than elliptical, to permit for a narrower head tube. This spherical steerer tube means a entrance suspension fork is suitable.
The seat tube is narrower too, with the identical D-shaped seatpost from the Dogma GR above, which means a dropper submit will not work. Nonetheless, right here, that seatpost works together with the dropped seat stays to supply a little bit bit of additional flex. Pinarello says the Grevil F provides round 10mm of motion to soak up vibrations and bumps, in comparison with the Dogma GR’s 8mm.
And whereas the Dogma GR is simply obtainable in that top-tier M40X carbon, the Grevil F body is offered in three completely different layups, depending on the value level and spec degree.
The highest-tier Grevil F9 and the second-tier F7 include T900 carbon, the F5 and F3 get T700, whereas the F1 will get T600. In layman’s phrases, this basically means the dearer the bike, the upper tensile energy of its carbon fibre, which means much less of it may be used to attain the identical stiffness, leading to a lighter bike with extra stiffness – and thus energy switch – below load.
A decrease spec carbon, whereas usually heavier, would not essentially imply it is all-around worse, although. The vibration absorption of the decrease modulus is usually higher, making for a barely extra comfy journey on these extra entry-level fashions.
Pinarello Grevil F pricing and vary
Talking of the fashions, the F9 tops the vary at €11,000, full with SRAM Crimson XPLR, DT Swiss GRC 1400 wheels, and Pinarello’s personal carbon handlebar, weighing in at 7.9kg.
Switching to the F7 with SRAM Pressure XPLR, Pinarello’s personal ‘MOST Extremely Quick’ wheels will convey the value all the way down to €7,200. The F7 can also be obtainable with GRX and those self same wheels at €7,200.
Stepping down a carbon degree to the F5 and your solely groupset alternative is SRAM Rival XPLR. That is full with those self same MOST wheels, an alloy handlebar replaces carbon, and it is priced at €5,600.
The F3, priced at €4,300, is offered with both SRAM Apex or Shimano GRX 820 (2X). This comes with Fulcrum Soniq wheels and the identical alloy handlebars as above.
The entry-level Grevil F1 is priced at €3,500, and comes with Shimano GRX 610 (2X), the Fulcrum Soniq wheels, and the identical alloy handlebars.
Each new bikes can be found to buy on-line and in shops instantly.