It's simpleâwhen someone attacks on a climb, you want to respond
quickly and with confident assurance. And when it's you who's breaking
away, you need to accelerate with snappy intensity and leave everyone in
your wake. The Women's S-Works Tarmac frameset is born to race to any
strategy, and it's at the absolute top of the women's race bike heap in
terms of performance, quality, technology, and handling. It's a true
competitor's dreamânow able to be built up with the spec of your choice.
We started by improving our Rider-First Engineered⢠technology to
ensure that the Tarmac SL6 is stiff and compliant in exactly the right
places. With this revamp, we also updated the geometryâbasing it on
countless RetÃŒl data points and professional rider input. This enabled
us to develop a performance road geometry that perfects the combination
of a responsive front-end and short wheelbase, delivering instantaneous
response and optimal power transfer. And while stiffness aids in the
aforementioned, compliance must also be utilized for an optimal ride
quality. That's why we designed a seatpost that builds compliance into
the upper 120mm where clamping doesn't happen, drops the seatstays, and
alters the seat tube shape. We also added tire clearance up to 30mm,
which translates to a 28mm Specialized tire on a Roval CLX 50 wheel.
This allows lower pressures for decreased rolling resistance, increased
traction, and more comfort.
To get the weight of the SL6 as low as possible, we utilized advanced
aerospace composite optimization software to revolutionize the
construction and layup of our new FACT 12r carbon. It's the most
advanced material and schedule we've ever madeâincorporating 500 pieces
over the 300-piece design of past models.
And while this is all great, we know that aerodynamics are the most
important thing we can do to make you faster. Our pro riders, after all,
are demanding aero improvements on every bike. With this, the aero goal
was to discover where we could essentially "add aero for free," by not
taking anything away from the hallmarks of the Tarmac design. During the
six-month iterative process, three areas were discovered where we could
do thisâa new fork shape, dropped seatstays with aero tubes, and a
d-shaped seatpost and seat tube. The result? A bike that's approximately
45 seconds faster over 40km compared to other lightweight bikes in the
same category.This frameset includes an S-Works FACT carbon seatpost
with a 20mm offset, electronic-specific cable routing, 130mm rear
spacing, and superlative OSBB CeramicSpeed bearings.