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Specialized Tarmac SL7 Frameset

Specialized Tarmac SL7 Frameset
  • Color: Abalone/Spectraflair
  • Color: Carbon/White
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We designed the new Tarmac to have the perfect blend of aerodynamics, light weight, and ride quality to deliver the ride of your life. From using our FreeFoil Shape Library to find the best tube shapes to developing our next generation of Rider-First Engineered design, the new Tarmac is the culmination of our ever-longing pursuit of speed. It's a pure-bred race machine with no compromises. One bike to rule them all.

This Frameset is the perfect canvas to begin your dream build. Build your totally-custom dream bike, and be ready to ride fast.

"Aero is everything"—we've been preaching it for years and it's still the driving force for the new Tarmac. In our quest for tube shapes that deliver the fastest frame that the UCI rules allow, we took a page out of the Venge development book and utilized our FreeFoil Shape Library. Armed with a library of optimized shapes, we turned to the Win Tunnel to plug these shapes into a modular test bike, for more testing and validation. The result? A new Tarmac that’s the fastest we’ve tested—45 seconds faster over 40km than the Tarmac SL6 (built with Aerofly II handlebars, sold separately). No compromises, just pure speed.

While aerodynamics were paramount to the Tarmac’s development and to the development of all of our race bikes, weight was the co-pilot on this optimal race bike journey. Previously "aero bikes" always compromised in the weight department—the more drag you reduced, the more weight you gained. With the new Tarmac, our design philosophy was to keep it at, or below, the UCI weight limit out of the box, with no sacrifices to aerodynamics. And with the help of the FreeFoil Shape Library, tools like isotopic FEA analysis, and some engineering wizardry by the best engineers in the industry, we delivered a frame that weighs a mere 920 grams, without giving up a gram of aero, stiffness or ride quality.

Continuing our quest to develop the perfect race bike, we used our Rider-First Engineered philosophy to ensure that the new Tarmac is the most balanced, best-handling Tarmac yet—no matter the size. With an army of the world’s best test riders from our three World Tour Teams—Boels-Dolmans, Deceuninck-Quick-Step, and Bora-hansgrohe—we made changes to the Tarmac based on their thousands of kilometers on the road. We balanced the ride quality between the front and rear end, so even the longest days in the saddle continue to be comfortable—all without giving up anything to the Tarmac’s legendary handling and race-winning snappiness.

Building on the learnings from the Venge, the new Tarmac utilizes simple integration to create a clean, fast cockpit that’s easy to live with. We’ve improved the routing for any configuration—mechanical shifting, traditional stems, round bars, etc.—all while keeping its aerodynamic attributes. These same traits also make the new Tarmac easy to work on and easy to travel with. It’s a win-win.

Specs

Frame Tarmac SL7 FACT 10r Carbon, Rider First Engineered, Win Tunnel Engineered, Clean Routing, Threaded BB, flat-mount disc
Fork FACT Carbon, flat-mount disc
Axles Front: 100 x 12mm thru-axle
Rear: 142 x 12mm thru-axle
Stem Tarmac integrated stem, 6-degree
Seat Post 2021 S-Works Tarmac Carbon seat post, FACT Carbon, Di2 Compatible, 20mm offset

* Subject to change without notice.

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Part Numbers

Option UPC MPN
Abalone/Spectraflair / 44cm 888818619429 74920-1144
Abalone/Spectraflair / 49cm 888818619887 74920-1149
Abalone/Spectraflair / 52cm 888818619542 74920-1152
Abalone/Spectraflair / 54cm 888818620289 74920-1154
Abalone/Spectraflair / 56cm 888818619160 74920-1156
Abalone/Spectraflair / 58cm 888818619085 74920-1158
Abalone/Spectraflair / 61cm 888818619559 74920-1161
Carbon/White / 44cm 888818619993 74920-1044
Carbon/White / 49cm 888818619030 74920-1049
Carbon/White / 52cm 888818619863 74920-1052
Carbon/White / 54cm 888818619108 74920-1054
Carbon/White / 56cm 888818620067 74920-1056
Carbon/White / 58cm 888818619023 74920-1058
Carbon/White / 61cm 888818619795 74920-1061

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