Minute development at key areas
The down tube generates more then 15 per cent of the overall drag of a bike and directly affects how the air flows around the bottles and seat tube, so this was a big part of the development of the Pinarello Dogma F10.
The back of the down tube now has a concave shape that almost houses the bottle cage. This is said to save to save around 12 per cent in drag. The new E-Link is integrated here too, but as our test bike used mechanical gears there’s a black plastic plate to hide the hole.
The down tube generates more then 15 per cent of the overall drag of a bike and directly affects how the air flows around the bottles and seat tube, so this was a big part of the development of the Pinarello Dogma F10.
The back of the down tube now has a concave shape that almost houses the bottle cage. This is said to save to save around 12 per cent in drag. The new E-Link is integrated here too, but as our test bike used mechanical gears there’s a black plastic plate to hide the hole.