Pinarello formally unveil the two new Bolide F HR aerodynamic monitor bikes that they hope will give workforce Italy the sting for Olympic Gold this summer season in Paris. Not a prototype any longer.
Based mostly on the Hour File-setting, 3D-printed scandium alloy Bolide F from 2022, these two next-generation bikes goal to set extra benchmarks on the monitor within the males’s and girls’s Olympic workforce pursuit occasions.
The reigning Olympic champion males will race on 3D-printed scalmalloy Bolide F HR 3D bikes. Whereas the ladies will race on an all-new carbon iteration, the Bolide F HR C monitor bikes, contemporary out of a brand new mildew…
The place did this 3D-printed monitor bike come from?
The 3D-printed alloy bike was initially developed for Filippo Ganna’s Hour File try in October of 2022. A distance {that a} yr and a half later, nonetheless stands. The 3D-printed alloy Pinarello Bolide F HR 3D really quietly debuted a pair months earlier with one other rider breaking the earlier benchmark. Ganna’s Ineos workforce efficiency engineer Dan Bigham set a then-record distance of 55.548km whereas testing the brand new bike in August. Just for Ganna to experience his new Bolide F HR 3D monitor bike 56.792km in an hour simply 7 weeks later in Grenchen, Switzerland.
“The next week Ganna additionally set a brand new 4km particular person pursuit world report at sea stage on the bike on the UCI Monitor World Championships, breaking the four-minute barrier together with his time of 3min 59.636sec.” Apparently, he will need to have a reasonably strong restoration program, too.
Pinarello Bolide F HR monitor bikes for the Paris 2024 Olympics
Now, the Italian nationwide monitor groups hope they’ll leverage Pinarello’s record-breaking Bolide F HR bike to Olympic victories. The Italian males are already reigning Olympic champions within the workforce pursuit. And the ladies hope to comply with swimsuit. Every on their very own new iteration of Ganna’s bike. Gold logos for the reigning champion males…
Tech-wise, each new 3D-printed alloy and molded-carbon bikes share these biomimicry ‘AirStream’ ridges on the body’s seattube and seatpost. “Developed in collaboration with the College of Adelaide and aerodynamics R&D companion NablaFlow”, these ‘AeroNode’ bumps based mostly on humpback whale flippers goal to clean airflow within the turbulent area between the rider’s spinning legs.
Past whale bumps, the frames function narrower and deeper airfoil sections all through. Making the most of the UCI ditching the outdated 3:1 rule. Now the brand new Bolide F HR makes use of body cross sections that go as deep as 6:1 and even 8:1 ratios to additional lower aero drag.
Whereas some wild bikes just like the Hope & Canyon went ultra-wide to clean airflow over spinning wheels, Pinarello caught with slender forks and seatstays. Pinarello explains that their evaluation of the wide-open idea was “not conclusive“. “We made the choice due to this fact, to undertake a extra dependable mixture of slender forks and seat stays to reduce the load of the body with a view to yield quicker outcomes.”
“Optimised handlebar geometry was achieved on account of a number of rounds of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) testing to minimise the entire drag of rider and bike. Once more, we collaborated with NablaFlow to conduct numerous simulations utilizing their AeroCloud software program – which runs on AWS, the popular cloud resolution of the FIA and lots of F1 groups – to find out essentially the most environment friendly design.“
How is a whole monitor body 3D-printed in alloy?
Pinarello creates the Bolide F HR 3D with Direct Metallic Laser Sintering of Scalmalloy, a high-strength scandium, aluminum & magnesium alloy. Every body is produced in 5 particular person components. There’s 3 for the entrance triangle, plus one for either side of the mixed seatstay and chainstay. All of it will get bonded collectively to create the ultimate body.
Then, Pinarello can sand and paint all of it to aerodynamic perfection.
There’s additionally a newly-developed Most pursuit handlebar and aero extensions that “permit for exact positioning and optimum aero benefits”. Presumably, in addition they use the identical 3D-printed tech like on Filippo Ganna’s prototype Hour File bike.
Why now in C carbon OR 3D alloy?
An enormous shift since Ganna’s 3D-printed alloy Bolide F HR prototype, Pinarello now supply the bike in alloy or carbon. The 3D-printed alloy bike is heavier and greater than twice as costly as carbon. So why supply each now that the carbon molds have been created?
The 3D-printed scalmalloy made apparent sense when Pinarello was solely producing one or two frames. And once they have been nonetheless ironing out the kinks producing prototypes. However apparently, for monitor racing the alloy bike remains to be higher “underneath the elevated forces and velocity the male athletes produce”.
The lighter weight girls with typically decrease peak energy output, however, will get all of the stiffness they want out of a carbon variant. And the lighter carbon Bolide F HR C mannequin will probably be faster to rise up to hurry.
“As an iconic Italian model, we couldn’t be prouder to work with the Italian monitor workforce, who like us, are persevering with to push the boundaries of athletic efficiency… We’ve invested rather a lot to supply six 3D-printed scalmalloy bikes for the male riders and 6 carbon fibre variations for the ladies (together with three separate sized moulds). Our hope is that the lads will defend their Olympic title on the monitor this summer season and our super-strong girls’s workforce additionally succeed of their quest for gold. We’ve achieved every part we will to offer them the best-possible probability.”
– Fausto Pinarello
Pinarello Bolide F HR – UCI-approved, choices & commercially obtainable pricing
Each the alloy Bolide F HR 3D and all-new carbon Bolide F HR C are available in three inventory body sizes. All of which have been examined and UCI-approved. In accordance with the publicly obtainable idea of UCI, and particularly Olympic racing, each frames are that can be purchased now – in two normal black paint jobs. Finances constraints may preserve most potential patrons at bay. However different Olympic hopeful groups may bounce on the new frames.
Decide up a light-weight carbon Pinarello Bolide F HR C monitor bike for 12,500€. Or the additional stiff 3D-printed scalmalloy alloy Pinarello Bolide F HR 3D for a cool 28,750€.
I suppose, simply pop into your native Pinarello vendor, and place your order as we speak.
Then, see you in Paris.
