Pinarello Bolide F Frameset w/3D Printed Bar

The Pinarello Bolide has been winning time trials since it was created exclusively for Team Sky in 2013. It became legend two years later when Sir Bradley Wiggins rode a version of the Bolide to the UCI Hour Record. The road TT platform that followed dominated grand tour time trial stages for years — and the Pinarello Bolide F Frameset w/3D Printed Bar is the expression of that machine available to riders who want to build the same bike that Filippo Ganna, multiple TT World Champion, and Geraint Thomas, Tour de France winner, have used under the INEOS Grenadiers banner.

The frame is built from Pinarello's TorayCa M40X carbon fiber — a high-modulus material that delivers the rigidity a time trial bike demands for efficient power transfer at maximum effort, with the torsional stiffness that keeps the frame locked on line under the asymmetric forces of hard pedaling. Pinarello's engineers developed the Bolide F aerodynamic package through extensive Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation, achieving meaningful drag reductions while also reducing overall frame and brake weight compared to the previous generation. The result is a TT-specific frame that cheats the wind from every angle, built around Pinarello's signature asymmetric tube profiles — a design philosophy the Treviso-based brand has employed for decades to account for the asymmetric forces a bike frame experiences under real-world loads.

The fork is the Bolide TT Onda — Pinarello's proprietary wavy fork design, adapted specifically for TT use with the addition of the ForkFlap. The ForkFlap is an aerodynamic cover that seals the gap between the fork legs and the front wheel, eliminating a significant source of turbulent airflow at the leading edge of the bike. The tapered head tube transitions cleanly from the fork steerer to the integrated headset, maintaining the frame's aerodynamic profile at the front triangle junction. Cables route fully internally via Pinarello's TiCR system, keeping the frame surface clean and the airflow undisturbed.

The defining element of this specific configuration is the Custom MOST 3D Printed TT bar — an integrated stem and aerobar unit manufactured by MOST, Pinarello's in-house components brand, using additive manufacturing. 3D printing allows Pinarello's designers to create geometries that would be impossible or prohibitively expensive with traditional carbon layup methods, enabling the bar to conform more precisely to the aerodynamic shape of the frame and to the rider's optimal position without the compromises inherent in conventionally manufactured TT cockpits. The result is a cockpit that is simultaneously more aerodynamic, more structurally integrated with the frame, and more precisely shaped than what the manufacturing constraints of traditional production allow.

The frameset is built around an Italian-threaded bottom bracket shell and a braze-on front derailleur mount — specifications consistent with Pinarello's TT platform and compatible with current high-end drivetrain options. The Pinarello Aero seatpost maintains the aerodynamic profile of the rear triangle. A 77-degree seat tube angle across all four sizes — 45, 48.5, 52, and 55cm — puts the rider in an aggressive TT position that maximizes power output and minimizes frontal area. Chainstays are 395mm across the range for consistent handling character at every size.

Design Benefits

1. TorayCa M40X carbon with CFD aerodynamics: High-modulus Toray carbon fiber shaped around Pinarello's asymmetric aero tube profiles, developed through Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation — the same process that produced the frame's measurable drag reductions versus its predecessor.
2. Onda TT fork with ForkFlap: Pinarello's wavy Onda fork is tuned specifically for the TT platform; the ForkFlap aerodynamic cover seals the gap between fork legs and front wheel, eliminating turbulence at one of the bike's highest-drag points.
3. Custom MOST 3D Printed TT cockpit: Additive manufacturing allows the integrated stem and aerobar unit to take geometries impossible with conventional carbon production, enabling a more aerodynamic and more precisely integrated front-end than traditional TT bars can achieve.
4. TiCR fully internal cable routing: Cables route inside the frame entirely, preserving the aerodynamic surface and eliminating external cable runs that would otherwise disrupt airflow across the frame.
5. 77° seat tube angle: The aggressive seat angle across all sizes puts the rider in the forward, hip-open position that maximizes both aerodynamics and power output in a sustained TT effort — the same geometry used by the world's fastest time trialists.
6. INEOS Grenadiers race-proven platform: The Bolide F is the TT machine used by Filippo Ganna and Geraint Thomas at the highest level of professional cycling — a pedigree built since the platform's creation for Team Sky in 2013.

Final Take

The Pinarello Bolide F Frameset with 3D Printed Bar is for the rider who wants to build the same machine ridden by the world's fastest time trialists — not a consumer version or a trickle-down approximation, but the same platform, the same frame, the same cockpit. At $34,000 for the frameset, the investment is significant and the intent is clear: this is a bike built to win time trials, and everything about its construction — the carbon, the aerodynamics, the 3D printed bar — reflects that singular purpose.