A few months back I was hanging out at CCACHE with Sam and he was pretty excited to show me a bike, in my size, that he thought I’d be interested in.
Turns out it was a Pinarello Dogma F.
Funny as I actually hate how they look. Those wavy shapes, it’s as if the frame designer was on acid. The SL8 is just such a good bike. I don’t NEED the Dogma, but secretly I’ve been wanting one because it’s… different. Add to that I’m cycling obsessed and feel happiest when I have a project bike to work on.
When I got up at 4am to get ready for a ride this morning I saw that Joel Lidden had re-listed his mates 2024 Pinarello Dogma F as a frameset + groupset (IE: without wheels) for $11,950 (he was previously asking $20K with a Lightweight wheelset)
I was hovering over the contact seller field, but thought I’d better not waste his time as I was 50/50 on it so I shut the laptop and got ready to ride.
The ride was awesome, and when I got home and hopped on messenger I realised there was a marketplace message waiting for me. It was Joel replying to “Hi, is this available?”.
WTF! I did not send that (I would never send that and hate it when people message me with that when I have listings for sale). I took it as a sign though (lol) so I apologised for dick dialling him, but we got chatting anyways.
The frame was my size (50), but the stem on the cockpit was way too long (120) and the crankset too long too at 172.5. He suggested that he could remove the crank and lower the price. He gave me a great price, but I’m Asian, and I have to haggle (parents brought me up this way, can’t help it!). I offered $10K and I’d take it and pick it up today. Joel called his mate, and well fuck. I now own a Dogma F.
Frame: Pinarello Dogma F 2024 ONYX BoB (Black on Black)
Size: 50
Bars: Most Talon Ultra Lite Aero 400 x 120 (380 at the hoods)
Bottom bracket: CeramicSpeed
Groupset: Dura Ace 9270 12 speed Di2
OSPW: CeramicSpeed
I need to drop in to see Sam at CCACHE on Monday to remove the crankset as Joel didn’t have the specific tool needed to remove it. The brakes are installed European style too so I’ll have to get Sam to swap them around.
I think the 120 stem will still be too long even if I get a zero offset seatpost, but I figure I’ll at least try that before looking into a new cockpit. I’ll need a crankset with 165 crankarms and I think it’s going to be hard to not look past the ugliest wheels out there, the Princeton CarbonWorks Wake 6560 Evolution which are as wavy as wheels get.