gummibear Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 When it came time to give the new Tarmac the McLaren treatment, McLaren’s engineers admitted it would be a challenge to eke more performance out of the frame. Composite design engineer Joe Marsh said, “Our design benchmark, the new S-Works Tarmac, was already a very, very efficient structure to start with and in some ways this was a much tougher challenge than the Venge we worked on.”It may have been a greater challenge, but that didn’t stop McLaren from trimming the weight of the frame and fork by 9-11% depending on the frame size. The proprietary carbon layup devised by McLaren is said to have no effect on the ride characteristics or the performance of the bike in spite of the reduced weight.The attention to detail continues over to the components with a hand picked selection curated to offer performance fitting of the bike. S-Works McLaren Tarmacs with have custom touches like color matched components and exclusive Roval CLX40R tubular wheels – a 90 gram savings over the standard CLX 40s.No limited edition bike is complete without a custom paint job and the paint and graphics applied by McLaren Special Operations in Woking, Surrey UK should qualify.Completing the package is a matching set of custom sized S-Works Road Shoes and an S-Works Prevail helmet. In order to guarantee you have the right fit, each bike includes a Body Geometry Fit Session to select the proper frame and component sizes for the final bike. To ensure your new bike gets the attention it deserves, each kit will also include a personalized name plate and a wall mounting plaque to show off all of the McLaren Orange.Limited to 250 units, S-Works McLaren Tarmacs will be offered through an online reservation process. Starting today, customers can sign up to purchase one of the collaborations until July 31, or while they last – whatever comes first. http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gwp-SpecializedMSO2014-333.jpg http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gwp-SpecializedMSO2014-40.jpg http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gwp-SpecializedMSO2014-81.jpg nathrix 1
gummibear Posted July 2, 2014 Author Posted July 2, 2014 mooi mooi It does look quite good......but this is the shocker .... The Specialized McLaren S-Works Tarmac is priced at £16,000 / US$20,000
Smartie Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 It does look quite good......but this is the shocker .... The Specialized McLaren S-Works Tarmac is priced at £16,000 / US$20,000 Ouch, but they all will sell...
gummibear Posted July 2, 2014 Author Posted July 2, 2014 Lovely - but £16,000! R18.47 to the pound at the moment R295k :eek:
eddy Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 R18.47 to the pound at the moment R295k :eek: Hell, I just sold my 2011 s-Works Tarmac frame to my boet for R4000. I wonder what one would get for the McLaren frame in 3 years time ?
gummibear Posted July 2, 2014 Author Posted July 2, 2014 Only 250 to be made but I bet a few will be on sale on gumtree or OXL
gummibear Posted July 2, 2014 Author Posted July 2, 2014 Only one Mclaren will be risen at the Tour this year. http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/galleria_900_nocrop/images/Nicholas%20Roche%20Specialized%20Tarmac%20S-Works%20McLaren/specialized%20tarmac%20s-works%20mclaren-002.JPG
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