Specialized Tarmac Sl6 Comp Disc 2020 Review
In this episode i bring you the buyer s guide for 2020 specialized tarmac disc comp road bike.
Specialized tarmac sl6 comp disc 2020 review. The comp model also gets an upgrade to 10r carbon. Buy specialized tarmac sl6 comp disc di2 2020 road bike from 3 750 00. Thankfully although not as light and flighty as that bike the tarmac disc sport is really good offering great handling and brisk performance. This is the bike that s made for everything from grand tours to your local fondo and with a ground up redesign a heavy dose of aero wizardry and of course disc brakes our most complete race bike is well even more complete.
The sl6 frame design on this specialized tarmac disc comp has been with us for over a year now and there s a clear theme across the range. The tarmac has been a stalwart at or near the top of specialized s line of road racing bikes for years. If you want to go fast like go fast everywhere this is the bike. For the construction of the tarmac we utilized advanced aerospace composite optimization software to revolutionize the construction and layup of our new fact 9r carbon.
Within the tarmac family the 6 700 tarmac disc pro is a standout for delivering the same. The tarmac is now disc brake only but other than that it remains largely unchanged for 2020. As the most affordable carbon fibre tarmac with disc brakes there s a lot riding on the tarmac disc sport being a good bike because it s likely that it will sell in much greater numbers than the stunningly good s works tarmac i reviewed in 2017. Specialized tarmac pro disc 2020 product review.
The bikes are still built around the same great sl6 frame with new colours on each bike. When you shell out a fairly significant amount of money on a new bike you take the view that you are going to own that bike for years and ride 10 s of thousands of km on it and for sure that was my expectation and my desire for my specialized tarmac pro disc 2019 which was a gift reward to myself. Hello ladies and gents. This tarmac comes with a no fuss spec that includes shimano ultegra mechanical shifting and quick stopping hydraulic disc brakes durable dt r470 disc wheels and our fan favorite power saddle.
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