![]() ![]() “By moving the steer tube back – the tube that determines head tube width – the leading edge of the head tube can be much sharper, delivering a much lower drag shape,” it says. “Clean air is optimised for maximum advantage with the Tarmac's new nose cone - the Speed Sniffer,” says Specialized. > New Tarmac SL7: lightweight AND super aero, says Specialized Obviously, that means it’s more aero than the Venge, the bike that Specialized shelved when it introduced the Tarmac SL7. Getting down to specifics, Specialized says that the Tarmac SL8 is its most aerodynamically efficient road bike ever. “After eight generations and over two decades of development, it’s more than the fastest Tarmac ever - it's the world's fastest race bike. ![]() “Nothing is faster than the Tarmac SL8 thanks to a combination of aerodynamics, lightweight, and ride quality previously thought impossible,” says Specialized, on what would seem to be a genuine sell-sheet for the new bike that has been shared on the Weight Weenies forum and on social media and which we'll be quoting from extensively below. If these documents are genuine – and we have every reason to think that they are – we now know plenty about the new bike. Thanks to a loads of pdfs listed on Weight Weenies and shared elsewhere, it’s more of a raging torrent. Now, though, the leak isn’t really a leak anymore. > New Specialized road bike leaked with unique oversized head tube - is this the new Tarmac SL8 or a revamped Roubaix? We know where we're putting our money on this one.Įveryone has suspected for some time that a new Tarmac is on the way, especially since pictures of a new bike being ridden by members of Soudal QuickStep were shared online last month. The unreleased Specialized Tarmac SL8 will feature a ‘Speed Sniffer’ nose cone that’s designed to improve aerodynamic efficiency and will offer 33% higher stiffness-to-weight and 6% more compliance than the existing Tarmac SL7, according to new documents that have appeared all over the Internet in what is either a very elaborate hoax or a leak of Specialized's bona fide product details for the new SL8. ![]()
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