A few weeks before the Tour de France, I got to head to Italy and hit the Dolomites on a then-unreleased bike. Pinarello had invited me over to check out the new Dogma F, a bike that, for the most part, I thoroughly liked. If you want to read the review and see the video, then click here.
Since then, the new bike has been in use by Pinarello’s long-time sponsored squad, Ineos Grenadiers.
It’s not had as much limelight as previous Pinarello Dogmas were used to, back in the day when Ineos and Sky were in their pomp.
It’s been a bike under the team that’s helped them to fight for stage wins (but not succeed so far), and as of writing this sixth place on general classification.
Instead it’s been another Italian bike manufacturing powerhouse (or once Italian, as an Emirate conglomerate now owns it) that’s crossed the line first, Colnago and their race bike, the V4RS. This is another bike I tested on its launch, but didn’t like as much as the Dogma. Heck, what do I know, though?
What can you expect in this video? Well, the Pinarello Dogma F is a premium race bike from a rider who, if we believe him, has his last days as a GC contender behind him.
And if we go by his Tour results, we can certainly believe him. That’s right, we got hold of Geraint Thomas’ Pinarello Dogma.
Apart from his first three years as a pro with the Barloworld team, Geraint Thomas has solely used Pinarello bikes throughout his 18-year career. He’s seen the bikes go from (and this is a personal opinion) ugly, curvy monstrosities to today’s much more pleasing race bikes.
So please hit that play button and watch one of our last tech videos from this year’s Tour.
For more also check out Alvin’s article here.
Merci,
Dave