This is Maximilian Schachmann’s Tarmac SL7 Bike Size 2021 technical review. The German rider races the season for the Team Bora Hansgrohe with a contract until 2024.
Maximilian is an excellent time trial racer and equally a great climber making him a good candidate for a General Classification (GC) podium finish. He did win the 2020 Paris-Nice and and finished second on the 2020 Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta. These are already great introduction lines on a profile and I am sure Maximilian will add up to the list of podiums.
He is 1m83 tall and weights 70kg at optimum form. This can be translated as being at the fine line of lightweight and powerful for this height.
For these reason Maximilian Schachmann’s Tarmac SL7 Bike Size 2021 reflect the rider style from the selection of the frame model, size and components specification.
By reading further you will find bicycle nerdy content:
- Maximilian Schachmann’s Tarmac SL7 Bike Size 2021
- Why Team Bora-Hansgrohe races mostly on the Tarmac SL7?
- His Specialized Tarmac SL7 Complete set up
Maximilian Schachmann’s Tarmac SL7 Bike Size 2021
Maximilian measure 1m83 and ride the Specialized Tarmac SL7 size 56cm. Specialized recommend the size 58cm for a rider of 1m83 height on its website. As I explain in most of my articles most pro riders are riding one or two sizes down for few reasons like a decrease of drag with the shorter head tube length and a stiffer frame as the seat tube and top tube are shorter.
Schachmann’s saddle is set at 780mm (confirmed by himself) measured from the center of the Bottom-Bracket (BB) to the top of the saddle. The distance between the saddle and the handlebar top grip is 582mm.
The cockpit is made of a 110mm PRO stem and a 420mm width Pro handlebar.
The crankset is 175mm long with 53/39 Teeth chainrings for most of the races.
Schachmann races with Specialized shoes fitted with Shimano Red cleats (SM-SH10) which have 0 degrees of floats.
Why Team Bora-Hansgrohe races mostly on the Tarmac SL7?
The 2021 Tarmac SL7 is replacing the Tarmac SL6 and the Venge altogether as it has been developed to take the best from both frames. The SL7 has been officially released to the public at the beginning of summer 2020 but most of the pro riders of the team Bora – Hansgrohe (and Deceuninck – Quick – Step) did actually get the new model in December 2019.
The new frame feature a longer fork and shorter head tube length compared to the SL6. The frame tube have an optimized aero shape. A big technical move has been made on the Bottom-Bracket as it is back to the good old threaded type instead of Press-fit type.
The rear triangle tubes of the frame are also optimized to decrease the drag. This can be observed with wider tubes section when looking at the bike from the side.
Overall the new Tarmac SL7 has an optimized aerodynamic design and increase of lateral stiffness taken from the Venge while staying lightweight.
For the team and the sponsor it is more practical to use only one model of bike for the whole team especially on a Grand Tour. It allows team cars to carry only one model on the roof.
As an example, on the Tour de France each team has two support cars carrying an extra two bikes for each riders of the team. Each rider of the Tour de France has 2 transponder (the GPS tracking attached to the saddle) and therefor each rider has one bike with no transponder.
Each bike without a transponder can therefore be used by same size riders of the team. The fact there is only one model of bike on both support car does optimize the availability of bikes per riders taking in account teams ensure to pick some similar size riders to support its team leaders. Thus the simplification to one bike fit all for many teams.
Maximilian Schachmann rides the same frame size as Peter Sagan, this reflect the strategy to have similar size riders to support the team leader with similar bike size.
See Peter’s bike size here: Peter Sagan’s bike size Specialized Venge Disc 2020
Specialized Tarmac SL7 Complete set up
Frameset: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7 Disc, Size 56mm “FACT 12r” Carbon (Seat Tube length 496mm / Top tube 563mm / Reach 398mm / Stack 555mm / Wheelbase 991mm / Chainstays 410mm / BB drop 72mm / Seat angle 73.5 / Head Angle 73.5 / Head tube 151mm
Fork: S-Works FACT 12r carbon, 12x100mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc, Rake 47mm, Fork length 363mm
Front brake: Shimano Dura-Ace R9170, hydraulic disc with 160mm disc rotor
Rear brake: Shimano Dura-Ace R9170, hydraulic disc with 140mm disc rotor
Brake/shift levers: Shimano Dura Ace Di2 11 speeds
Front derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9150, braze-on
FSA K-Edge chain catcher.
Rear derailleur: Shimano Dura Ace Di2 RD-R9150 11-speeds with Shimano Direct mount
Cassette: Shimano Dura-Ace CS-R9100, 11-speed 11-28 teeth
Chain: Shimano Dura Ace CN-9100 11-speed
Crankset: Shimano Dura Ace 175mm 53/39 with Shimano power meter
Bottom bracket: Threaded 68mm BB width with CeramicSpeed Ceramic bearings
Wheels: Roval CLX 64 all-rounder disc Tubular wheels 24 / 20 spokes fitted with CeramicSpeed bearings. (Wheels profile and type are different upon race/stage’s profile.
Axles: 12mm x 100mm front and 12mm x 142mm rear Thru axles
Tires: Specialized S-Works Turbo tubular tires 26mm width (Tubeless are also used on flat stages) Update: The team is racing on clinchers in 2022.
Stem: PRO 110mm length
Handlebar: PRO 420mm width
Bar tape: Supacaz
Pedals: Shimano Dura Ace SPD-SL SP-R9100
Saddle: Specialized
Seat post: S-Works FACT carbon Tarmac seatpost, 20mm offset
Bottle cages: Tacx
Computer:Wahoo Elemnt Roam mounted on K-Edge alloy mount
Weight: Approximately 6.8kg
Let me know what size of bike you ride if you are 1m83. Are you riding a size 56cm or 58cm like it is recommended by Retul on Specialized website?
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