Pinarello has launched a brand new Dogma X endurance road bike and at the same time extended it’s current X Series endurance road range.
The Dogma has long been Pinarello’s top-tier race bike, with the Dogma F having been launched in June 2021. The brand has now decided the time is right to launch the Dogma X model, which it says is an endurance road bike aimed at long days in the saddle.
Pinarello says the new model has been inspired by riders who enjoy long days in the saddle. Aiming to strike a balance between performance and ride comfort. The Dogma X has received boosted tyre clearances to accommodate up to 35mm tyres, a new Endurance geometry, and features a 3.9mm shorter reach than a Dogma F. It also features an eye-catching new X-Stays seat stay design, which sees an extra pair of carbon fibre tubes meet the seat stays.
Pinarello also replaced both the Prince and Paris models earlier in the year with the new X series range as well as the F series which we reviewed earlier in the year in a reorganising of its ranges. The Italian brand has also now boosted the X-Series range, which sits below the Dogma X, with the addition of new X9, X7 and X5 models.
New ‘X-Stay’ technology
The most striking feature of the new Dogma X and X series bikes is what Pinarello is calling the X-Stays seat stay design. The asymmetric frames seat stay tubes feature an extra ‘X’ of material in between them and then an additional pair of carbon fibre tubes meeting the seat tube at a lower point.
The brand says the X-Stays feature carefully chosen carbon fibre layup patterns as well as a reduced diameter in the curved top stays. It says by doubling the seat stay attachment points, the top stays disperse forces on two points of the seat tube to further reduce vibration to the cyclist’s back, while increasing lateral stiffness to compensate for the elongation of the bike’s chainstays. This chainstay elongation comes from the frame being able to accommodate up to 35mm tyres.
Apparently, the brand didn’t want to have to use heavier suspension systems to offer compliance at the expense of performance, so chose the X-Stays design to absorb vibration without sacrificing frame weight or bottom bracket stiffness.
The Dogma X also uses Japanese T1100 1K carbon fibre from Toray which Pinarello says sets new benchmarks for stiffness and weight. X Series models will use a slightly lower grade of carbon fibre…
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