2023 Specialized Tarmac SL7 Expert Road Bike
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The 2023 Specialized Tarmac SL7 Expert Road Bike is designed to go fast. With a light-weight, Rider-First Engineered frame, it delivers the best-possible ride characteristics, no matter the size.
'Aero is everything' is still the driving force for the new Tarmac. In Specialized's quest for tube shapes that deliver the fastest frame that the UCI rules allow, they took a page out of the Venge development book and utilized their FreeFoil Shape Library. Armed with a library of optimized shapes, Specialized turned to the Win Tunnel to plug these shapes into a modular test bike, for more testing and validation. The result? A new Tarmac Expert that’s faster than before—33 seconds faster over 40km than the Tarmac SL6. No compromises, just pure speed.
While aerodynamics were paramount to the Tarmac’s development, and to the development of all of our race bikes, weight was the co-pilot on this optimal race bike journey. Previously “aero bikes” always compromised in the weight department—the more drag you reduced, the more weight you gained. With the new Tarmac, the design philosophy was to keep it at, or below, the UCI weight limit out of the box, with no sacrifices to aerodynamics. And with the help of the FreeFoil Shape Library, tools like isotopic FEA analysis, and some engineering wizardry by the best engineers in the industry, Specialized delivered a frame that weighs a mere 920 grams, without giving up a gram of aero, stiffness or ride quality.
With a full SRAM Rival Etap AXS electronic groupset to keep shifts crisp and fast, and S-Works Turbo 700x26mm tires to keep you rolling fast, this new Tarmac delivers performance at a more palatable price point.
This bike is perfect for
Road racers and riders who want the fastest, most aero and lightest bikes around. The new tarmac delivers on speed but usability and ride comfort hasn't been ignored either.
Key Features
- Continuing their quest to develop the perfect race bike, we used our Rider-First Engineered philosophy to ensure that the new Tarmac is the most balanced, best handling Tarmac yet—no matter the size. With an army of the world’s best test riders from our three World Tour Teams — Boels-Dolmans, Deceuninck-Quick-Step, and Bora-hansgrohe — Specialized made changes to the Tarmac based on their thousands of kilometers on the road. They balanced the ride quality between the front and rear end, so even the longest days in the saddle continue to be comfortable—all without giving up anything to the Tarmac’s legendary handling and race-winning snappiness.
- Building on the learnings from the Venge, the new Tarmac utilizes simple integration to create a clean, fast cockpit that’s easy to live with. Improved the routing for any configuration — mechanical shifting, traditional stems, round bars, etc. — all while keeping its aerodynamic attributes. These same traits also make the new Tarmac easy to work on and easy to travel with. It’s a win-win.
If you are buying a road bike one of the big differences between models will be which gears they use. Most manufacturers will make the same bike, using the same frame but putting different gears and wheels on it. So for instance you can buy a Trek Domane AL 2 Disc with Shimano Claris gearing for £975 or get the Trek Domane AL 4 Disc with Tiagra gearing for £1625. They are fundamentally the same bike. One comes with the Shimano Tiagra gears and the other comes with Shimano Claris gears.
In most cases, the bottom of the range gears and top of the range gears will basically work in the same way. The big differences are in the quality of material used and the weight. Top of the range gears will be lighter and smoother to use.
One thing to watch out for when comparing bikes is whether the full groupset is being used. If you are buying a bike that has Shimano 105 gears on it. Shimano makes 105 brakes, gear levers, front and rear derailleurs, cranks, chainrings and bottom brackets. So basically all of the running gear on the bike. Some bike manufacturers will fit the full groupset, others will fit Shimano 105 front and rear derailleurs but use their own brakes and cranks to save a few pounds. So if you are comparing bikes be sure to check how much of the groupset the bike actually uses.
Read our Guide to Road Bike Gears
Road Bike Buying Guide
Nothing beats the feeling of effortless speed you get on a road bike. There are lots of reasons to ride a road bike, from the simple joy of it, to racing, long distance challenges, or café rides with friends. Whatever you want to do there will be road bike out there for you.
Men’s and Women’s road bikes
Nearly all manufacturers have stopped making dedicated men’s and women’s bikes. They are now all unisex. What you will see is that on smaller bikes, brands will often fit a wider saddle (generally more female friendly). On larger bikes they will often fit a narrower one (generally more male friendly).
Disc or rim brakes
It is getting increasingly hard to buy new bikes with rim brakes as the industry has almost exclusively switched to discs. The reasons for this are pretty simple. Disc brakes are much, much, more powerful than old rim brake systems so you can stop a lot more easily and safely. Disc brakes also allow much bigger tyres to be fitted which is more comfortable. Older disc brake systems did often suffer from rubbing and squeaking. While this hasn’t been completely fixed yet it is much less common on modern bikes with hydraulic brakes. Mechanical disc brakes can still take a bit of fettling to get them right so go for hydraulic if you can.
Read our full road bike buying guide
Who are Specialized?
Specialized is one of the best-known quality bike brands in the world. Started by a group of riders in 1974. A fact which has guided their decision making ever since.
" Made for riders, by riders."
They strove to make the best quality tires when quality tyres weren't around. When people wanted to ride cruisers in the dirt, they made the first production mountain bike. When roadies wanted to go faster, Specialized doubled down on carbon and built their own wind tunnel.
Bikes like the Allez, Rockhopper and Stumpjumper have developed followings and reputations of their own. Specialized has a reputation for making high-end, high-quality bikes. Specialized bikes always look great with high-quality paint and sensible sizing hel0s you get the right bike each time. If you buy a Specialized bike you can be guaranteed it will do what it is supposed to and will last.
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Price Match at Cycles uk
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| Frame | Tarmac SL7 FACT 10r Carbon, Rider First Engineeredâ„¢, Win Tunnel Engineered, Clean Routing, Threaded BB, 12x142mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc |
| Fork | FACT Carbon, 12x100mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc |
| Handlebars | Specialized Expert Shallow Drop, alloy, 125mm drop x 75mm reach |
| Stem | Tarmac integrated stem, 6-degree |
| Tape | Supacaz Super Sticky Kush |
| SeatPost | 2021 Tarmac Carbon seat post, FACT Carbon, 20mm offset |
| Seat Binder | Tarmac integrated wedge |
| Front Brake | SRAM Rival, hydraulic disc |
| Rear Brake | SRAM Rival, hydraulic disc |
| Shift Levers | SRAM Rival AXS |
| Front Derailleur | SRAM Rival eTAP AXS, braze-on |
| Rear Derailleur | SRAM Rival eTAP AXS, Max 36t |
| Cassette | SRAM XG 1250 10-36 |
| Crankset | SRAM Rival AXS with Power |
| Chainrings | 48/35T |
| Bottom Bracket | SRAM DUB BSA 68 |
| Chain | SRAM Rival 12 speed |
| Front Wheel | Roval C38, 21mm internal width carbon rim |
| Rear Wheel | Roval C38, 21mm internal width carbon rim |
| Front Tire | S-Works Turbo, 120 TPI, folding bead, BlackBelt protection, 700x26mm |
| Rear Tire | S-Works Turbo, 120 TPI, folding bead, BlackBelt protection, 700x26mm |
| Inner Tubes | Turbo Ultralight, 48mm Presta valve |
| Saddle | Body Geometry Power Expert |
| Colours | Gloss Morning Mist/White, Satin Carbon/White |
| Sizes | 44, 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, 61 |
| Brand | Specialized |
| Model Year | 2023 |
| Barcodes | 196625115998, 196625116001, 196625116056, 196625116100, 196625116155, 196625116186, 196625116353, 196625116414, 196625116445, 196625116452, 196625116490, 196625116520, 196625116636, 196625116681 |
| SKUs / Part Numbers | 90623-3444, 90623-3449, 90623-3452, 90623-3454, 90623-3456, 90623-3458, 90623-3461, 90623-3544, 90623-3549, 90623-3552, 90623-3554, 90623-3556, 90623-3558, 90623-3561 |
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