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Pro Bike: Kurt Asle Arvesen's Pinarello Dogma 60.1 Sky Team

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Category: Pinarello

Published on Thursday, 06 May 2010 08:22

Written by Luca Salvatelli

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Team Sky use Pinarello bikes, primarily the Dogma 60.1, which was then joined by the new Kobh 60.1, for the classic Northern Europe, the first bike team, however, remains the Dogma 60.1, of which very already spoken to the realization of its asymmetric frame. According to the asymmetry in the Pinarello bike frame meets the need to balance the asymmetric forces that spread across the frame during the ride, from log rafts to reach the rear fork. The frame has, therefore, a fork off the right side larger, seat stay tubes right side bigger and more powerful than left side and chain stay right tube thin by movement and thickens towards the attack wheel, while the left behaves otherwise. Also new is the method of construction of the monocoque frame, with a new construction process that allows the creation of a frame with the inside smooth, without imperfections and with more constant and controllable thickness. The line structure is very particular, stands the very short head tube bearing differentiated by 1 inch and 1/2 inch below and 1 and 1/8 above. The fork retains the classic profile of S. The tubes have particular section of the frame and very wide, with a bracket over-sized. The bikes are then assembled with the Dura Ace Di2 group, which was adopted with full controls, brakes, rear and front derailleur, sprocket, chain and crankset. Kurt Asle Arvesen, like other athletes in the team, adopting the SRM power meter, again based on the Shimano Dura Ace crankset. Are still Dura Ace pedals and wheels, which adopt tubular Continental. The saddles are Prologo, Kurt Asle Arvesen takes a Scratch Pro Tr. The stem is the widespread Deda Zero Racing Servizio Corse, aluminum, while the handlebar is always Deda, in the event of Kurt's bike Newton model, even in aluminum. Bottle cage is Elite. A bike very accurate and refined, not light, by the adoption of the Di2 and some components that do not stand out for the weight