The new Tarmac is designed to go fast there’s no if’s and’s or but’s about that—but it represents so much more than just aerodynamic prowess. With a light-weight Rider-First Engineered™ frame it delivers the best-possible ride characteristics no matter the size. So no matter what you have planned for your new Tarmac its ready to help you achieve your goals—PRs KOMs or podium top-steps. One bike to rule them all.
Roval C 38 carbon wheels and Shimano’s Ultegra 11-speed mechanical shifting dress this new Tarmac—delivering both light weight and reliability.

Aero is everything”—we’ve been preaching it for years and it’s still the driving force for the new Tarmac. In our quest for tube shapes that deliver the fastest frame that the UCI rules allow we took a page out of the Venge development book and utilized our FreeFoil Shape Library. Armed with a library of optimized shapes we turned to the Win Tunnel to plug these shapes into a modular test bike for more testing and validation. The result? A new Tarmac Expert that’s faster than before—33 seconds faster over 40km than the Tarmac SL6. No compromises just pure speed.
While aerodynamics were paramount to the Tarmac’s development and to the development of all of our race bikes weight was the co-pilot on this optimal race bike journey. Previously “aero bikes” always compromised in the weight department—the more drag you reduced the more weight you gained. With the new Tarmac our design philosophy was to keep it at or below the UCI weight limit out of the box with no sacrifices to aerodynamics. And with the help of the FreeFoil Shape Library tools like isotopic FEA analysis and some engineering wizardry by the best engineers in the industry we delivered a frame that weighs a mere 920 grams without giving up a gram of aero stiffness or ride quality.
Continuing our quest to develop the perfect race bike we used our Rider-First Engineered™ philosophy to ensure that the new Tarmac is the most balanced best handling Tarmac yet—no matter the size. With an army of the world’s best test riders from our three World Tour Teams — Boels-Dolmans Deceuninck-Quick-Step and Bora-hansgrohe — we made changes to the Tarmac based on their thousands of kilometers on the road. We balanced the ride quality between the front and rear end so even the longest days in the saddle continue to be comfortable—all without giving up anything to the Tarmac’s legendary handling and race-winning snappiness.
Building on the learnings from the Venge the new Tarmac utilizes simple integration to create a clean fast cockpit that’s easy to live with. We’ve improved the routing for any configuration — mechanical shifting traditional stems round bars etc. — all while keeping its aerodynamic attributes. These same traits also make the new Tarmac easy to work on and easy to travel with. It’s a win-win.

Frame
Specialized Tarmac SL7 FACT 10r Carbon Rider-First Engineered™ Win Tunnel Engineered Clean Routing Threaded BB 12x142mm thru-axle flat-mount disc

Fork
Specialized FACT Carbon 12x100mm thru-axle flat-mount disc

Bottom Bracket
Shimano Threaded BSA BB

Stem
Specialized Tarmac integrated stem 6-degree

Handlebar
Specialized Expert Shallow Drop alloy 125mm drop x 75mm reach

Bar Tape
Supacaz Super Sticky Kush

Front Brake
Shimano 105 Hydraulic disc

Rear Brake
Shimano 105 Hydraulic disc

Brake Levers
Shimano Ultegra Disc R8020

Front Derailleur
Shimano Ultegra R8000 braze-on

Rear Derailleur
Shimano Ultegra R8000 shadow design 11-speed

Shift Levers
Shimano Ultegra Disc R8020 11-speed

Chain
Shimano Ultegra 11-speed

Cassette
Shimano Ultegra R8000 11-speed 11-30t

Crankset
Shimano Ultegra R8000 HollowTech 2 52/36 11-speed

Front Wheel
Roval C 38 Disc carbon tubeless-ready 38mm depth 24h

Rear Wheel
Roval C 38 Disc carbon tubeless-ready 38mm depth 24h

Front Tyre
Specialized S-Works Turbo 120 TPI folding bead BlackBelt protection 700x26mm clincher

Rear Tyre
Specialized S-Works Turbo 120 TPI folding bead BlackBelt protection 700x26mm clincher

Saddle
Specialized Body Geometry Power Expert hollow titanium rails

Seatpost
Specialized 2021 S-Works Tarmac FACT Carbon Di2 compatible 20mm offset

Pedals
Available to purchase separately