Pinarello’s redesigned e-road bike is ‘lightest in class’ and looks like a beefed up Dogma F

Pinarello has redesigned its Nytro electric bike, which it says is designed to “perform just like a traditional road bike”.

Available in three road models, the flagship E9 has a claimed weight of just 11.4kg, making it the lightest pedal-assist, mid-drive e-bike on the market. For comparison, the first generation Nytro, released in 2017, weighed around 13kg. There are also E7 and E5 models.

The Nytro E range also sees Pinarello aiming to break into the best electric gravel bike with three dirt-focused models, again named E9, E7 and E5, but distinguishable from the road offerings by their dedicated all-road geometry, generous tire clearance and use of SRAM’s 1x groupsets. There’s also a flat bar Nytro, aimed at commuters and equipped with fenders and lights.

Drawing on the Dogma F

In an effort to create an electric road bike that looks and rides like a regular ‘analogue’ offering, Pinarello has leaned heavily on its existing design philosophies. The result is not too dissimilar from the Dogma F, which is ridden by the Ineos Grenadiers at the WorldTour level and was recently piloted to victory at Strade Bianche by Tom Pidcock. Aesthetically, the Italian brand’s curvy tube shapes remain (albeit a little more angular), as does its asymmetrical design philosophy, with the left side of the frame designed to compensate for the greater force exerted by the drive on the right side. 

There are aerodynamic similarities, too due to the shape of the head tube, down tube and rear stays, as well as the use of Pinarello’s TiCr system, that integrates every hose and cable into the handlebars, helping to reduce drag. There’s also a re-designed seatpost clamp that’s apparently lighter and more aero, which on the e-road models holds a Dogma F seatpost (the e-gravel range uses a traditional round post making the bike compatible with a range of dropper posts).

The geometry aims to deliver the responsiveness of its traditional race bikes but adds in some additional comfort. As you might expect, this means a higher stack height and shorter reach, as well as slightly longer chainstays. On the gravel range these numbers are accentuated, as is the tire clearance which grows from 32mm featured on the road bike to a capacious 50mm.