Specialized road motorcycles are known to both amateurs and professionals. The logo is one of the largest in cycling in the world and the generation produced is highly sought after by consumers around the world.
Several specialized road motorcycles have earned five-star reviews from our technical team, and the logo appears in our guides, such as the most productive road motorcycles, the most productive gravel motorcycles and the most productive aerodynamic road motorcycles.
Sponsored by 3 of the world’s leading professional teams, in Bora-Hansgrohe, Boels-Dolmans and Deceuninck-QuickStep, specialized road motorcycles are sometimes driven to victory on WorldTour and, as a logo, has a major strength in the global cycling industry since taking the bar in 1974.
After first promoting imported Italian components, founder Mike Sinyard began generating specialized portions of specialized before focusing on bikes in 1981 with the Sequoia and Allez models, nicknames that are synonymous with the logo and remain in effect today.
Forty years later, Specialized remains a dominant player in highly controversial advertising and cyclist spaces. A true pioneer of the industry, Specialized is one of the few brands that produces its own appliances and components, adding tires, saddles, shoes, helmets and even strength sensors.
In addition to its sponsorship of professional mountain biking and triathlon groups, the Morgan Hill-based company is more productive, known for its presence in the peloton on the road. Here, the most productive professional groups play an essential role, not only in a marketing sense, but also in terms of equipment stress tests to follow the recipe with data and feedback from professional pilots. For example, the newest Tarmac SL7 was developed in collaboration with Deceuninck QuickStep’s Kasper Asgreen and Zdenek Stybar, who helped shape the bike’s design nearly two years before its launch in July 2020.
On paper, it’s hard to forget the facts: specialized road motorcycles have won almost every single race in the last 3 years, adding the road world championships, classics and level victories in each and every Grand Tour, with their new Grand Tour Victory comes thanks to Vincenzo Nibali’s 2016 Giro d’Italia.
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In the road bike segment with permanent power, it is difficult to beat what the Roubaix offers in terms of comfort and speed.
Price: From US$2700 / $2600 / AU $ 4000 Brake: Disc Frame: Carbon Type: Resistance Sizes (cm): 44-61 (unisex) Weight: 8.47 kg (Roubaix Comp cm)
Named after the respected Paris-Roubaix monument, the Specialized Roubaix was designed to travel faster than ever on rougher terrain, Specialized’s adage “Sweeter is faster”.
The Roubaix features new aerodynamic tube profiles, downgraded cables and an aerodynamic saddle bar, making it more aerodynamic than the Tarmac and on par with Venge’s first iteration in terms of aerodynamics. Experts say this aerodynamic orientation is a direct reaction to their professional riders who do not facilitate the aerodynamic benefits after years of Paris-Roubaix racing close to the average speed of 50 km/h.
It’s also more comfortable to drive with the advent of a new advanced Future Shock 2.0 cushioning formula that provides a 20mm travel, as well as the S-Works Pavé flexible seatpost designed to further reduce vibration and effective pedaling on rough surfaces.
Available only with disc brake specifications, the Roubaix can also accommodate tires up to 32mm, making it the road motorcycle to do it all.
Roubaix model range
Comfortable, lightweight and streamlined, the Specialized Tarmac SL6 is disappearing, but is still widely available right now.
Price: From US$2700 / $ 2350 / AU $ 3500 Brake: Disc / Rim Box: Carbon Type: Climbing Sizes (cm): 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, (unisex) Weight: 6.87 kg (S-Tar Worksmac Disc )
With the launch of the Tarmac SL7, the Tarmac SL6 sees one in the position it is in the Specialized range.
Without taking out of production, the SL6 is the style call given to the worst performing 2021 styles made of Specialized FACT 9r carbon. (Tarmac SL6 Comp and Tarmac SL6 Sport)
Of course, within a predictable time, the Tarmac SL6 now replaced (which includes FACT 10r) and the S-Works Tarmac SL6 (FACT 12r) style 2020s and before, will probably still be available at retailers, and discounts are most likely to be had.
Like its siblings, the Tarmac favors disc brakes (the characteristics of the rim brakes were available in the 18th and 19s-style years, but are now rare) and all frames have a maximum tire clearance of up to 30 mm.
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Lightweight and streamlined, both
Price: From $2,600 / $2,500 / 2,699 / AU $ 4,000 Brake: Disc Frame: Carbon Type: Multipurpose Racing Motorcycle ‘Sizes: 44, 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, 61 cm Weight: 6.89 kg (S-Works, Dura Ace Di2, 58 cm)
Launched in July 2020, the Tarmac SL7 is designed as an uncompromising racing motorcycle that combines the aerodynamics of venge houses with the lightness and crisp handling of the track.
The result is a racing motorcycle that has crisp handling, instant force movement and will navigate the plates. In our recent review of the S-Works Tarmac SL7, we gave it 4.5 stars, not only the best coveted score due to ready-to-use wheels without air chamber.
It’s an expensive proposition, but if you need to pass faster, the Tarmac SL7 may not disappoint you in any way.
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With the release of the Tarmac SL7, the Venge will be removed from production, but it is still about to have and it is very likely that gifts will be found.
Price: From US$8020 /$6500/AU$9400 Brake: Disc Frame: Carbon Type: Aero Sizes (cm): 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, (men) Weight: 7.42 kg (Venge Pro 56cm)
The third generation Specialized Venge is the lightest edition to date with dropped cables and shaved tubes that make it a competitive frontage.
The current diversity includes only two models: the S-Works Venge and the Venge Pro. Sharpened in the company’s “Win Tunnel” wind tunnel, the Venge focuses on speed and functionality on convenience. Specialized says the new Venge will save you 8 seconds through 40 km to its predecessor, the Venge ViAS.
This is not to say that it doesn’t make any sense of conformity. Although you can’t boast of Roubaix’s suspension deception, the Venge gains more degrees of comfort with larger tires and low pressure, it can take care of rubbers up to 32 mm.
S-Works Venge Trade Magazine
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A racing weapon that even Peter Sagan thinks is great
Price: From US$1000 / $850 / $ 1300 AU Brake: Disc / Rim Box: Aluminum Type: Criterium / Polyvalent Sizes (cm): 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, (men) Weight: 8.2 kg (Go Sprint Comp 56 cm)
The Specialized Allez may not be a high-end carbon racing machine, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good. In fact, three-time world champion Peter Sagan and some of his Bora-Hansgrohe teammates took part in the criteria of custom-painted Allez Sprint disc frames from the Tour Down Under People’s Choice Classic, a move that obviously demonstrated not only Go’s ability to be a competitive path. but also long-term customers of Specialized on aluminum road bikes.
However, there is a bit of division in the Go field. The Allez Sprint is a critical speed device that, many will say, gives the Tarmac a race for your money, while the Standard Go is a much more casual device that you can drive all day.
The Allez is a rim-only brake model, while the Go Sprint can be used in rim and disc brake specifications, the Allez also uses carbon forks in the range, making it the most productive cash price in the Specialized range.
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An ultra-fast time trial motorcycle designed for speed and nothing else
Price: From US$3700 /$2600/AU$4000 Brake: Disc/Rim Box: Carbon Type: Time Trial Sizes (cm): XS, S, M, L, Weight: 8.81 kg (Shiv Elite Medium)
In terms of sidewalk drama, nothing like the Specialized Shiv. The latest version is even stranger than before, with a large wing-shaped wing on the back, disc brakes and a triple crown fork that underlies the tri-specific, non-legal UCI edition, of course.
As for UCI’s legal options, a specific Shiv TT disc is now available for time trial, sports disc brakes, ultra-low cables, an updated fork more in line with the Venge, stealth cable routing, and a one-piece cab design. with wide, flat base bars. He was seen being crossed by several runners at the World Championships in Yorkshire.
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A flexible bike, both in black material and gravel roads
Price: at 949 Brake: Disc Frame: Carbon, Aluminum Type: Gravier Sizes (cm): 44, 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, 61 Weight: unpublished
Specialized’s newest Diverge is the third generation and makes modifications to make it an even more effective gravel and adventure machine.
Geometry has been modified, fostered through the cross-country Epic mountain bike, decreasing and loosening, Specialized has taken a step forward with composure on rugged terrain. A new fork has a longer delay for normal handling at maximum speeds without flexible and complicated guidance in slow technical sections.
Like the Roubaix, it uses a Future Shock 2.0. With a slow travel of 20 mm, the formula uses a hydraulic damper for rough surfaces. If the gravel is softening or there is an asphalt segment, the on-the-fly configuration allows you to adjust your pipe from almost inflexible to completely open.
The Diverge provides the drop base and instead uses a solid, narrow carbon beam to create the game. This leaves room for giant amounts of rubber with more than enough space for 47 mm on a 700c wheel and 2.1 inches across 650B. Diversity includes a mix of carbon and aluminum models and there is even a telescopic saddle bar in the high-end S-Works model.
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Like the Diverge drop bar radder
Price: at 1599 Brake: Disc Frame: Carbon, Aluminum Type: Gravier Sizes (cm): S, M, L Weight: Unreleased
Specialized’s Diverge EVO is probably for dividing reviews. Some may see an uncompromising mountain bike, however, for those looking to be as noisy as you can imagine on a gravel hike, the Diverge EVO further combines the difference between gravel and mountain biking.
The 1x express frame takes the progressive geometry of the new Diverge drop bar and pushes the numbers further, dropping the bottom bracket, releasing the tube and extending the diversity through 30 mm.
By all appearances, the Diverge EVO has an inflexible front component, but Specialized has specified its Future Shock 1.5 suspension formula for vibration forces and construction control.
The Diverge is available in two versions, supplied with Future Shock and with telescopic poles and new 42 mm Specialized Rhombus Pro gravel tyres.
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It’s you, just faster, thanks to a 240-watt engine that will put your club friends in the gutter for 80 miles
Price: From US$9,000 / 7499 / AU $ 12,000 Brake: Disc Frame: Carbon Type: Route E Sizes (cm): XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL (unisex) Weight: 13.5 kg (Turbo Creo SL)
Instead of just a Roubaix as a base and force an engine, Specialized built the Turbo Creo SL from scratch. Specialized was not satisfied with the weight of Bosch or Shimano electric motorcycle systems, so he designed his, the SL 1.1 propulsion system, which weighs 1.96 kg. The 480Wh battery adds 1.8 kg more and the total weight of the Expert style is 13.5 kg.
Depending on the usage, it is approximately 130 km, however, the S-Works or Founders edition comes with a bottle-shaped extender for 60 additional WhArray.
The Turbo Creo SL is supplied with the Future Shock 2.0 at the front, most noted aboard a Roubaix. All models come with a high-end finish, the cheapest option, the Expert, is made of Carbon Fact 11r, with hydraulic disc brakes, Roval C 38 wheels and an Ultegra Di2 group.
There is also an EVO version, which is typical Creo, but with an additional knot, which makes it a position for those who need some off-road assistance.
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The Specialized diversity of motorcycles stands out for its geometry and function. As such, the diversity of models adapts to a diverse cycling population, adding men and women, professionals and amateurs, as well as adventure/gravel cyclists.
The frame types come with express geometries for aerodynamics, endurance, climbing, time trial and even gravel crushing, the latter recently has a popular pastime among professional road cyclists.
Interestingly, when the company introduced its Roubaix model, Specialized committed to offering non-sexist motorcycles in terms of geometry, size, call and design. Through his corporate meeting of Retul motorcycles, Specialized discovered that there is so much possibility of difference in the length of the legs and the torso between two men as between a man and a woguy.
The company will offer a greater diversity of sizes in unisex models in the future, while, obviously, specific gender products such as saddles and clothing will obviously be available.
Specialized road models range from entry-level S-Works to high-end S-Works and are available with carbon or aluminum frames. With regard to the debate on disc brakes / rim brakes, Specialized remains an advocate of disc brake activation, its professional groups are exclusively racing generation; however, rim brake functions are only available on some models in the form of frame sets.
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