Product Info. GBP £2,900 At £2,900 / $3,500 / $4,300 it’s about on the money for an Ultegra-equipped machine.
When Specialized developed the Tarmac Disc, they didn’t just want it to be fast. They started with their Rider-First Engineered™ frame with a perfectly-tuned ride quality for every size, added in some serious aero tech that makes it 30 seconds faster over 40 kilometers than the Tarmac SL5, and then made it 20% lighter. This all adds up to an addictively rapid, sharp and snappy bike.
When you shell out a fairly significant amount of money on a new bike you take the view that you are going to own that bike for years and ride 10′s of thousands of KM on it, and for sure that was my expectation and my desire for my Specialized Tarmac Pro Disc 2019 which was a gift / reward to myself. The 2020 Specialized Tarmac Comp Disc is available as one of our many Road Bikes.
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The front end, with its all-alloy cockpit does reach its comfort threshold faster, but I’d never describe riding the Tarmac as harsh or hard.The quality ride and quick handling combine to deliver a bike that feels superbly balanced. Specialized’s approach to the Tarmac SL6 design process was somewhat conflicted: it wanted a lighter bike that was stiffer and more comfortable, but it didn’t want to change the handling or ride position.So the chassis retains parallel, steep 73.5-degree angles and a low stack (591mm on my 58cm test bike), keeps the long reach (402mm), and the wheelbase creeps up to just 2mm over a metre. While the alloy bar is a little harder edged than I’d have liked, it’s wrapped in tacky-to-the-touch and plush padded Roubaix tape, and feels comfortable.The plump, gel-padded Toupé saddle isn’t my favourite in the BG range, but it’s comfortable and inoffensive, which is about as much as you can expect from a standard-issue seat.Aside from the familiar handling, what does impress is just how well the SL6 copes with poor road surfaces. 90620-5554.
Those rims are built on Axis (Specialized hubs with DT internals) with a competitive weight at around 1,500g a pair.The Turbo tyres are excellent with supple casing and impressive grip in the wet.
By entering your details, you are agreeing to BikeRadar Don't miss out on MBUK – get your next 3 issues for just £5Get the next 3 issues of the UK's number one cycling magazine for just £5 Reviews They started with their Rider-First Engineered™ frame with a perfectly-tuned ride quality for every size, added in some serious aero tech that makes it 30 seconds faster over 40 kilometers than the Tarmac SL5, and then made it 20% lighter.
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In fact, the only geometry change is dropping the bottom bracket height by 3mm (the SL6 is designed around 25mm tyres on wide rims, the SL5 around 23s on skinny rims).On the road, the SL6 has all of the familiar Tarmac traits: huge pick-up from hard pedal efforts and neck-snappingly fast reactions to steering inputs. Yet, while the Tarmac is every inch a racer’s tool the SL6 has evolved.Instead of the top-of-the-line 12r carbon you’ll find on the S-Works and Sagan edition bikes, the Comp has a 9r carbon frame and a 10r carbon fork, which adds 100g or so to the frame, and a smattering to the fork.Component wise Specialized has compiled a decent mix.