Pinarello Dogma XC 2024: New cross country fully for the fastest of the fast

For a long time, the name Pinarello Dogma stood exclusively for high-end racing bikes. The road cycling scene still licks its fingers for the charismatic Italian design of the racers today. With the involvement of the Ineos Grenadiers team, cycling superstars such as Tom Pidcock and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot the cross-country discipline for mountain bikers. And with complete success: at the last MTB World Championships in 2023, the top podium places in the women's and men's races went to Pidcock and Ferrand-Prévot. Both rode mountain bikes labelled "Dogma". Pinarello published first details of the new super hardtailbut remained silent about the market launch of the fullys. On the Italian company's website, you have so far searched in vain for information on Pinarello bikes with wide tyres. Just in time for the Olympic year, Pinarello is finally letting the cat out of the bag and presenting the Dogma XC line in detail.

Details of the Pinarello Dogma XC

The Italians are making their entry into the cross-country market a little complicated. The fully is now on the starting line under the name "Dogma XC". Nomen est omen, the label "Dogma XC Hard Tail" refers to a race bike with a rigid rear end. Pinarello is also launching a slightly less expensive line, in which the fully is simply called "XC" and the hardtail "XC Hard Tail". While the frames with the Dogma label are made of lightweight Toray M40J carbon, the bikes without the name suffix are laminated from the simpler Toray T900 UD.

Pinarello Dogma XC

• Area of application: Crosscountry Fully
• Front suspension travel: 100 or 120 mm
• Rear suspension travel: 90 or 100 mm
• Wheel size: 29"
• Frame material: Carbon
• Frame weight: from 1750 g
• Weight of complete bike: from 10.45 kg
• Price frame kit: 6000 Euro
• Complete bike price: 7900 to 13,500 euros
• Special features: asymmetric design, flex stays, split rear triangle, adjustable suspension travel, short chainstays

Pinarello Dogma XC Hard Tail

• Application: Cross country hardtail
• Front suspension travel: 100 mm
• Wheel size: 29"
• Frame material: Carbon
• Frame weight: from 960 g
• Weight of complete bike: from 9.2 kg
• Frame price: 5000 Euro
• Complete bike price: 7000 to 11,000 euros
• Special features: asymmetrical design, high rear triangle and bottom bracket stiffness, super short chainstays

Cross country bikes of superlatives: Pinarello Dogma XC

Both as a full suspension bike and as a hardtail, the Pinarello Dogma XC should have the same key attributes. According to the Italians, this includes extremely high rigidity in the rear triangle of the frame and in the bottom bracket area. While the engineers want to achieve this on the hardtail with a special triangle design, the fully version also benefits from an oversized pivot point with a large bearing. The stiff rear end is designed to maximise power transmission and reactive handling on the XC race track. A patented, asymmetrical rear triangle design is intended to further enhance these characteristics. In addition, the non-drive side has been reinforced to better manage the higher forces that occur there.

Pinarello has patented a special highlight in the rear triangle design of the new Dogma XC Fullys. Two separate half-triangles are brought together at the main pivot point via a two-part axle. The required stability is to be achieved via their tooth profile. This design promises to make a connecting bridge between the two rear triangle sides superfluous. This means that the Pinarello Dogma XC can accommodate wide tyres with a short chainstay length. It also eliminates a crucial point where dirt could accumulate. Like almost all cross-country full-suspension bikes, the Dogma XC does without a fourth bearing on the rear triangle and instead comes with so-called flex stays. This not only saves weight, but also improves the stiffness of the carbon frame.

Pinarello fully with XC-specific kinematics and geometry

The declared aim in developing the Pinarello Dogma XC Fullys was to create a chassis that not only enables an ideal transfer of power between rider and bike, but also offers a high level of control on technical descents thanks to optimum suspension and damping. Pinarello aims to minimise friction at the pivot points by using a mix of classic bearings and bushings. Bearings are used at points with large movement and low loads, while bushings are used at points where only small movement but high resistance to forces is required. The advantages of this concept are said to include not only reduced energy losses, but also better response behaviour and a long service life.

A special feature of the new Pinarello Dogma XC fullys is the variable rear suspension travel. The upper shock mount can be adjusted and the carbon frame can be fitted with shocks of different lengths. Depending on the demands of the route and personal preferences, the suspension travel can be converted from 100 to 90 millimetres. Pinarello recommends the use of a suspension fork with either 120 or 100 millimetres of travel. For the latter configuration, the Italians specify a steering angle of 67.5 degrees for frame sizes S and M and 68 degrees for sizes L and XL. The chainstays are noticeably short at 425 millimetres. Meanwhile, the seat angle is steep and modern at over 75 degrees. At 480 millimetres in size L, the reach of the new Pinarello Fully is on the long side for a race bike.

The Dogma XC Hard Tail is designed for forks with 100 millimetres of travel. The bike without rear suspension damping also comes with an expansive reach value (470 millimetres in size L) and super compact chainstays. These grow with the frame size from 418 millimetres in size S to 426.3 millimetres in size XL. The steering angle also depends on the size and increases in 0.25 degree increments from 67.5 degrees in size S to 68.25 degrees in size XL. The seat tubes of the hardtails are slightly shorter than those of the fullys, but only the full-suspension complete bikes come with a dropper post.

Details of the new Pinarello Dogma XC bikes

Pinarello has invested a lot of development effort in optimising an XC cockpit. Without exception, all bikes come with a new carbon one-piece stem, which is designed to save weight and improve steering precision compared to a classic two-piece combination of stem and handlebars. While the gears are controlled wirelessly, the cables for the suspension remote and the rear brake cable run through the carbon cockpit into the inside of the frame. A steering stop limiter integrated into the headset stops at 60 degrees of rotation to prevent damage. Pinarello uses a flat-mount brake mount on the rear triangle.

It's not just Pinarello that is aiming for Olympic gold with the launch of its new race bikes, other manufacturers such as Ghost or Liv recently presented their latest racing files.

Pinarello Dogma XC mountain bikes: models and prices

Mountain bikes in the low-price segment would have been astonishing considering the sums Pinarello was asking for its racing bikes. However, the Italians are staying true to themselves and are targeting affluent customers with the Dogma XC bikes. Although the bikes do not reach the moon prices of the top models from Specialised or Yetibut are on a par with luxurious competitors, such as those from Cannondale. When it comes to the price of the framesets, however, Pinarello goes all out with 6000 euros for the fully and 5000 euros for the hardtail. At the same time, the manufacturer's specifications for the frame weight of the new Pinarello mountain bikes are reasonable but not the best.

All complete bikes come with electronic wireless shifting from the Sram Transmission series, brakes from Shimano and suspension elements from Fox. DT Swiss wheels of various grades and the in-house carbon cockpit complete the build. Pinarello relies on Maxxis Rekon Race tyres throughout. While 2.35 inch wide tyres are specified at the front, the rear tyres are only 2.25 inches wide across the board - even though Pinarello advertises extra tyre clearance. The Dogma XC models are each available in two colour variants. The fully and the hardtail of the XC range are only available in black.

Prices

• Pinarello Dogma XC: 13,500 euros
• Pinarello Dogma XC Hard Tail: 11,000 euros
• Pinarello XC: 7900 Euro
• Pinarello XC Hard Tail: 7000 Euro