X Appeal - How Pinarello made the world's fastest bike even smoother

Always rapid, now relaxed. We discover how the Dogma X combines performance with a welcome level of plushness.

Pinarello Dogma X
(Image credit: Roby Braggotto)

I’ve always coveted Pinarello’s Dogma ever since watching Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome & Co. climbing podium after podium with Team Sky and Ineos Grenadiers thanks, in part, to their Dogma 65.1 Think 2s. Those early Dogmas were iconic machines, surreal Daliesque concoctions that looked like they’d been forged organically in the white heat of battle. What followed, of course, was an ambitious succession of race-bred refinements, culminating in Pinarello’s current masterpiece, the Dogma F. To a fanboy like me, it’s performance personified.

Which is exactly why I’ve never bought one. Yes, I’ve pressed my nose up against the cold, glass windows of countless high-end bike shops, fantasising about ownership, but I’ve never pulled the trigger.

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Pinarello Dogma X specifications
FrameAsymmetric, laid up with high-tensile, high modulus Torayca T1100 1K Carbon
ForkOnda
Frame sizes11 - from 43 to 62
Shimano Di2 buildShimano Di2 with Princeton Grit 4540 or DT Swiss ERC 1400 wheelset
Sram AXS buildSRAM AXS with Princeton Grit 4540 or DT Swiss ERC 1400 wheelset
Campgnolo buildCampagnolo Super Record Wireless with BORA WTO 33 wheelset

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Simon Fellows

Cycling Weekly's Tech Editor Simon spent his childhood living just a stone’s throw from the foot of Box Hill, so it’s no surprise he acquired a passion for cycling from an early age. He’s still drawn to hilly places, having cycled, climbed or skied his way across the Alps, Pyrenees, Andes, Atlas Mountains and the Watkins range in the Arctic.

Simon has 35 years of experience within the journalism and publishing industries, during which time he’s written on topics ranging from fashion to music and of course, cycling.

Based in the Cotswold hills, Simon is regularly out cycling the local roads and trails, riding a range of bikes from his home-built De Rosa SK Pininfarina to a Specialized Turbo Creo SL EVO. He’s also an advanced (RYT 500) yoga teacher, which further fuels his fascination for the relationship between performance and recovery. He still believes he could have been a contender if only chocolate wasn’t so moreish.