The Super Bike that Shrinks Time: Specialized Tarmac SL8 Pro Review
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00:00 - Next Generation Specialized Tarmac
00:46 - Specialized Tarmac SL8 Features
01:46 - Specialzed's Claims
02:45 - 10r vs 12r S-Works Carbon
03:52 - Frame Weight Compared to Trek
04:48 - Speed Sniffer & Aero Claims
06:17 - Improved Stiffness to Weight Ratio
07:17 - Tarmac Pro Build Kit
08:01 - Deep Dish Carbon Wheels
08:54 - Tarmac SL8 Pro Weight
09:07 - Squishy Tubes?
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OH WOW!!! Color is awesome!
Nice review. Thank you James
My pleasure!
That’s a great colour!😍😎👍🏻 the bikes over here in the Uk are totally different colours??
Great review James. The weight at only 7kg is quite something. I’d imagine it’d be really easy to get it down to sub UCI. 😁😎👍🏻
When you get bikes like that do you also get to ride em a little?
Hi how is the paint holding up? Does it mark or scratch easy?
Beautiful color! I wish my Canyon Aeroad CFR had that paint job. It is a pricey bike. I paid $8k USD for mine with Dura Ace and power meter.
Excellent review.
There are those who criticize and then those who have it.
And those, I'm part of, go ride and don't spend their time criticizing something they'll never have 🤣🤣
Yes, you are exactly who thIs bike is aimed at. And that's not the compliment you think it is.
Matter of fact there is not much to criticize about this particular bike. The wheels are good, groupset is good, frameset is good…if they could just offer it in better colours that be real nice
Hi can I have the bike stand model or name?
Nice bike
Wow. That looks fast. What?😮. Is it backwards day in you town? All the cars are going backwards 😅
Hah you run the B-roll in reverse and you get 2 shots in one!
It's a nice! Comes it with only left side powermeter or is this dual powermeter?
only left
ngl, it looks almost identical to the SL7 except for some minor changes. The nose cone is an eye sore but most people won't even notice unless you're a hard core cyclist enthusiast. (or when you turn your bars haha)
Iterative changes are not a bad thing. The 911 has been doing that for decades and it just keeps getting better. The Tarmac SL7 is a great bike, no reason to throw that away, build on it and get more aero, lighter and faster. Exactly what this bike has done.
@@Jamesthebikeguy not saying it's bad but it can be for some a little boring. But I digress as there's not much aesthetic changes u can make to a bike that wants to be a super light and aero frame
@@Jamesthebikeguy that's 6.9kg on a size 54 with ultegra groupset, revisiting some of the older s-works tarmac sl7 builds one can see the sl8 10r frame is significantly lighter than an sl7 12r frame.
Yes, there are virtually no disc brake road bikes that weigh less than mid 2000s rim brake bikes. And that's okay. Because of modern bike today is still considerably faster even though they weigh a little bit more.
If i could sell my tarmac sl7 comp frameset size 52 then definitely getting the sl8 frameset. 😅
Looks like a fully integrated Atheos
Kind of. It really is quite different though. Specialized design language absolutely makes their bikes look similar and cohesive, but the SLA. It is a very different bike than the athos in several areas
How easy is it to crack it?
Don't mean to be a stickler, but the right bar needs to be rewrapped. You can see the silver shifter clamp.
Customer opted for no "cheater strip", it's wrapped as desired.
@@Jamesthebikeguy Isn't that what the figure 8 wrap technique is for??? I can even do that with some RUclips instruction.
and he only wanted it to look like crap on one side? :D @@Jamesthebikeguy
Make that in gloss red and I am in
❤❤❤
I got the same bike 2015 version. cost $3,000 back then. still a pleasure to ride
Keep it
Not to flame, but the absence of dedicated one piece bar with headset cover is inexcusable. Having just purchased an SL8 S-Works frameset my options are Factor bar/stem or Deda Elementi Alanera. I can expect something like that from Yoeleo or a generic brand but not a company with all the resources at its disposal.
The stock handlebar is probably too wide anyway
Isn't there a thing called roval rapide cockpit? It is a dedicated one piece bar. I'm sure not getting what you're saying.
@@PedroPregothey’re completely out of stock, everywhere
@@tombola4046they only come with the bikes...
You cant buy them as a lone item no
@@tombola4046 I just received my Roval cockpit in size 40/110, used their discount code for 15% off, with taxes the total came out to $530 delivered.
Its less aero than any rim brake Tarmac ever because of the pizza cutters and the calipers into the wind. And the extra spokes. It catches the side winds. Its heavier than the rim brake Tarmacs. To change the stem takes hours rsther than a few minutes. The handlebar isnt adjustable.The spokesare uneven on the front. The asymmetric action of the disk has to slow down the hub which then has to slow the spokes which then slows the rim rather than directly slowing the rim from a central and symmetrical point on the bike. The braking system generates torque where you dont want it pulling the forks back but doesn't have as much leverage where you do want it. 140 mm rotors have less distance to effect leverage than a 622 mm rim. I would recommend anyone wanting to buy this bike dont and buy an SL4 or SL5 or any of the rim brake Tarmacs.
How much?
$8500
6:10 You have no ideia what you are talking about. Incredible really
If aero towards the end doesn’t matter according to specialized, how come the TT bikes have aero qualities towards the back? Also how can you say the latest generation emonda is a pure climbing bike when it has pretty much the same aero features and the same compliant rear stays? I don’t believe it bro sorry.
The Emonda has arrow benefits over a traditional round tube bike, but even Trek's positioning has it focused towards climbing. Trek also has a dedicated aero bike the madone. The specialized tarmac is combining both types of bikes in a way that Trek is not.
it's all marketing bs. bikes havent been good since the early 2010s...
@@rainypath96haha..good joke. The bikes from 2010 are no where near as good as today's bikes. Get on board with progress or get left in the dust.
@@roadcyclist1 I own modern vintage and everything in between. don't believe the hype 👍
@@rainypath96 the "hype" is superior engineering. I've been cycling since the 80s and have road every type of bike you can think of. The difference is I'm not so bitter and out of touch with reality that I can admit the new bikes are better engineered and superior to what we have had in the past.
33% stiffer than the previous model so the SL7 was a noodle.
33% better stiffness to weight ratio. The lateral stiffness of the SL7 was quite stiff and because of the significant weight reduction the stiffness to weight ratio goes up a lot.
SL4 would smoke this at similar watts-it is stiff and slightly aero
Disc brakes on road bike, great idea! Rub baby rub!
That stinksniffer front looks terrible but let's hope it stops the steerer tube failing like the sl7. Overall..hugely overpriced for an average quality frame and not something I'd want to ride
I wouldn't be so salty about the tarmac if it weren't for the fact that it's made in China, and Specialized uses legal kung fu to write "Handmade in Taiwan" or in plain English "Assembled in Taiwan from foreign and domestic parts" to avoid admitting this.
So we're paying 6-14k for bikes made in China, by workers who make less than 5k a year.
Your pocket will be 35% lighter after buy this bike
Put Rims and you can SHRINK time and weight.....Rim for Road...Disk for Dirt. My "Rim brake" SL6 comes in...get ready boys and girls...Comes in....6.69kg (14.75 pounds) and will eat an SL7 or SL8 for breakfast.
The engineers that created that front end should be fired . Who gave the green light for production of such a awkward looking frame ?
The Super Bike that Shrinks your wallet, as well as your performance.
The front looks terrible and, let’s have it, the whole speed sniffer is just bs to dress up the fact it’s a place to route cables without interfering with the steerer.
I'm not going to argue the looks, because I agree it's not ideal. As pointed out in the video, specialized missed an opportunity to use that space in the front end, four cable routing. Instead, they have routed the cables through the headset bearing race similar to the updated SL7 routing.
So while the speed sniffer is not attractive, it was certainly not used for cable routing.
@@Jamesthebikeguy they are getting on the whale nosecone wagon. Like the system 6. I think it was a smart choice. Justed changed it enough to make you want it. Ive forgotten all about the sl7
@@Jamesthebikeguy sorry, I stand corrected 👍
@@eddiejedwards was not a correction. Just a magical bike. Like a unicorn. I wonder if a unicorn would be cheaper?
They should have at least made the wider spacers for the roval cockpit compatible with the sl7 stem. With the wider spacers the whole speed sniffer doesnt look that out of place.
Bar tape is done pretty poorly for such an expensive bike... and some of the shit you say about aero doesn't make any sense at all... and why not use the headset topcap that comes with the bike, this looks pretty out of place...
That is the factory top cap.
I bet that 7kg are fake as fuck...my sl6( 980 g frame) have 7,5 kg with 230g blade keo , lighter wheels (1280g),handlebar (190g) stem (125g) ,tyres(220g),saddle (130g)....same Ultegra setup. Say what is wrong ...
Huh, how was the weight fake?
Why o why does the Di2 come in those two ugly colors.
Gosh I don't know. Seems like they could do something more fun
The green one is very nice in the flesh
Best of the best 🤣 nice joke....
Performance bike? Nah…. Profit bike? Yea.
Bikes form is awkward looking. Looks like the Sirius 6.0 which is a fitness bike. Who wants a road bike with that same look? No one.
really bad review, btw it's a 2023 model due to the color. The 2024 is in carbon smoke with SRAM Force.
Wrong. 2024 model. Look at specialized website smh
@@AdrielDamoneTv get a real life lma
@@saltlake6577😂😂😂
It’s not a super bike it’s a heavy flexy piece of junk my 2014 TCR is lighter faster and stiffer
I have 2015 TCR, size L, 7,4 kg with pedals, two bottle cages, bar tape and garmin front mount. SL8? No thank you, rip off and I don't need a gravel bike.
Junk
DR says its garbage ? a slug slow
Light means nothing but less durable...and if those discs arent rubbing yet, they soon will for sure....