Specialized Tarmac SL8 Expert SRAM Force AXS Road Bike in Gloss Obsidian Metallic

Nothing is faster than the Tarmac SL8, combining aerodynamics, lightweight, and ride quality previously thought impossible. It is the world's fastest race bike.

Aerodynamics or lightweight alone do not win races; speed is what matters. Delivering that speed requires creating an uncompromising combination of aerodynamics, lightweight, stiffness, and compliance. Through race simulations using real-world data, the Ride Science team knows the Tarmac SL8 is the fastest race bike ever made on the routes that matter. It is 16.6 seconds faster over 40km, 128 seconds faster over Milan San Remo, and 20 seconds faster over the legendary Tourmalet climb.

The Tarmac SL8 Expert now comes with SRAM's new Force AXS group for lighter weight, effortless braking, and faster, more precise shifting.

Features:

• Aero in Everything - This bike puts aero where it matters - the leading edge - not just where it looks good. In the process, it has created its most aerodynamic road bike ever, more aero than the Venge. Clean air is optimized for maximum advantage with the Tarmac's new nose cone - the Speed Sniffer. By moving the steer tube back - the tube that determines head tube width - the leading edge of the head tube can be much sharper, delivering a much lower drag shape. Utilizing new UCI rules, the Tarmac SL8 has the narrowest, most aero seat post ever made, ensuring fast-moving, dirty air around the legs can flow back more cleanly.
• Minimum Weight, Maximum Aero - Tarmac SL8 took learnings from Aethos to be easily built at the UCI minimum with a full aero setup. The team delivered a mind-bending, scale-tickling 685 gram frame (S-Works) - 15% lighter than the Tarmac SL7 and lighter than anything else on the World Tour. With the ability to make lightweight a top priority in the down tube, seat tube, and rear of the bike, lessons from Aethos were applied. The frame's shape carries load so efficiently that extra carbon stiffness layers become redundant.
• Goes Like Hell, Rides Like Heaven - With massive gains in stiffness-to-weight - an improvement of 33% over the SL7 - the Tarmac SL8 takes legendary handling, aggressive responsiveness, and World Championship-proven geometry to the next level. The bike is stiffer at the pedals, more precise at the bars, and combines it with a compliant ride in the saddle that sets a new benchmark for race bike comfort. Thanks to Rider-First Engineering, every rider, regardless of size, gets the same unprecedented ride quality and handling. In the saddle, the Tarmac SL8 delivers 6% more compliance, floating over rough road with a supple feel unique in the high-strung world of race bikes. Tarmac's proven geometry and 32mm tire clearance are identical to the SL7, ensuring easy adaptation and the versatility to run higher volume tires when needed.
• Beyond Gender - There can be more difference between two male cyclists than between a male and female. Gender alone does not provide nearly enough data to specialize, and that means creating male or female bikes is arbitrary and outdated. Every rider can get the next level advantage of Tarmac SL8. It is time to go Beyond Gender.
• The Tarmac SL8 Expert delivers exceptional performance with a full SRAM Force AXS groupset, C38 carbon tubeless ready wheelset, and Tarmac integrated stem with Specialized Expert Shallow Drop alloy handlebars, making for an accessible performance-packed bike.