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SAM PICKMAN: The Tarmac, Venge, Roubaix.
Three bikes designed for performance and sharing the
same race winning DNA.
All are fully capable in a wide variety of conditions,
but each one is designed to excel in different ways.
Each of these instruments has a sweet spot--
terrain or condition where they distance themselves from
the competition.
Over years of working with the world's best teams and
professionals, Specialized developed these three
platforms to precisely match the needs of specific riders
and terrain.
The Venge about all out speed without compromise.
And the faster you go, the more of an
advantage it becomes.
Designed for aerodynamics, but with the stiffness you would
expect out of a top tier race bike, Venge is ideal for flat
or rolling terrain, riding off the front, and getting that
vital separation from the bunch in a sprint.
MARK CAVENDISH: It's just the speed that the Venge goes.
It's incredible.
It's a bike I really love to bike with.
I believe it's the fastest bike in the world.
It just makes it so much easier for what I do in
cycling, which is go fast.
SAM PICKMAN: The Tarmac is the best handling, best climbing
bike in the peloton.
It offers the ultimate connection to the road with a
focus on efficient power transfer and
crazy responsive handling.
The Tarmac excels in a wide variety of terrain, especially
long, hard climbs and technical descents, where
pedaling efficiency, low weight, and precision are key.
TOM BOONEN: I see now the improvement they made again to
the SL4, and it's pretty huge.
The SL4 is the stiffest bike I ever road.
SAM PICKMAN: The Roubaix is the definitive
endurance road bike.
It's ideally suited for long rides on rough roads, where
it's hallmarked vibration damping and vertical
compliance keeps riders fresher, longer.
Isolating the rider from road buzz and jarring bumps allows
it to stay on the power, when the
competition is bouncing around.
And it does this without any sacrifice to the peddling
efficiency.
TOM BOONEN: I think the damping system they use really
helps you control the bike well, and it doesn't affect
the stiffness.
So that's also an important key element.
SAM PICKMAN: Is the Venge a suitable weapon for the Alps?
Could you race a Tarmac over the cobble?
Can you crush a sprint on your Roubaix?
Sure.
But like Cavendish [INAUDIBLE]
Boonen, you have a choice when it comes to bike that's best
suited to your type of riding and the road ahead.