Endurance bike has 1cm of elastomer/hydraulic suspension
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The Pinarello Dogma K10S Disk features electronically controlled rear suspension(Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
Pinarello Announced this Dogma K10 during the Tour de France(Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
The Pinarello Dogma K10S Disk has chainstays designed to handle up to 1cm of suspension travel (Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
Dura-Ace calipers are shown here with SRAM rotors, most likely because of the Zipp wheels (SRAM owns Zipp) (Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
The lower half of the black panel is Shimano's Di2; the upper half is proprietary Pinarello(Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
The system works on Bluetooth and ANT+, with a USB charging port (Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
10 sizes will be available, from 44 to 59.5cm (Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
While pricing isn't yet available, Pinarello is showing bikes in top-shelf Shimano, SRAM (shown here) and Campagnolo builds (Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
Team Sky riders tested the hydraulic suspension in spring races (Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
The hydraulic unit can be be turned off and on via a Garmin, or automatically via sensors located in the seat tube (Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
System use can be monitored on a smartphone (via Bluetooth), and the lockout can be controlled on a Garmin (via ANT+)(Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
The cushioning is elastomer, and the lock-out is hydraulic(Image credit: Courtesy Pinarello)
The new Pinarello Dogma K10S Disk endurance road bike features rear elastomer suspension that is controlled by both a Garmin Edge computer and internal sensors. The 1cm elastomer suspension can be activated and locked out via an app on an Edge, or automatically while riding, via gyroscopes and accelerometers Pinarello has built into the bike's seat tube.
Like most endurance bikes, the Dogma K10S Disk has a relatively taller and slacker head tube compared to a straight ahead race bike, plus a longer wheelbase, and clearance for 28mm tires.
The cushioning is elastomer, and the lock-out is hydraulic
Gyroscopes, accelerometers and automatic suspension adjustment
But the big news of course is the rear suspension on the machine, and the mechanisms used to control it. The rear shock is elastomer based, with hydraulics used to tune the performance in conjunction with signals sent from sensors inside the seat tube and a Garmin Edge computer running a Pinarello app.
Using a Garmin, the shock can be set for 'soft' or 'hard' performance, essentially functioning like a mechanical lock-out.
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System use can be monitored on a smartphone (via Bluetooth), and the lockout can be controlled on a Garmin (via ANT+)
The system can be set to automatically switch between active (soft) or locked out (hard) based on road conditions as detected by gyroscopes and accelerometers inside the bike's seat tube.
BikeRadar first reported on an early version of this system when we spotted Team Sky racing on prototypes in April.
The system works on Bluetooth and ANT+, with a USB charging port
Pinarello first launched rear suspension with the Dogma K8S in 2015. It was a similar design to that used a decade earlier by Trek.
Trek has since switched over to pivots within the road frame as a means of suspending the rider, like on the Domane.
Specialized recently took a different approach, adding suspension on the front end of the bike, with the head-tube-mounted Future Shock on its new Roubaix.
Details on Pinarello Dogma K10S Disk pricing and availability aren't yet available.
While pricing isn't yet available, Pinarello is showing bikes in top-shelf Shimano, SRAM (shown here) and Campagnolo builds
