
One Bike To Rule Them All
The Tarmac SL9 was born from the fastest road bike ever made. Not just because it’s the lightest. Not just because it’s our most aero. Not because it handles better than anything else on the road. But because it delivers the lowest real-world Time to Finish of any road bike ever made. Tarmac SL9 turns more of your effort into pure speed—validated for real race courses, real terrain, real riders. When the goal is to cross the line first, no road bike gets you there faster.
Time to Finish - The Only Metric that Matters
Tarmac SL9 was proven through the most comprehensive road race simulations ever created. The result? Tarmac SL9 would have made Demi Vollering 14 seconds faster in the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes. The difference between heartbreak and history.
Aero Where it Matters - 4 Watts Faster
The Tarmac SL9 is the most aerodynamic road race bike we've ever tested. Drawing directly from Tarmac SL8 learnings and decades of aero research, every tube on Tarmac SL9 was re-sculpted for speed at World Tour races.
Features
Frameset
| Frame | Tarmac SL9 FACT 10r Carbon, Rider First Engineered, Win Tunnel Engineered, Threaded BB, 12x142mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc, UDH dropout |
Suspension
| Fork | FACT 12r Carbon, 12x100mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc |
Brakes
| Front Brake | SRAM Force E1, hydraulic disc |
| Rear Brake | SRAM Force E1, hydraulic disc |
Drivetrain
| Shift Levers | SRAM Force AXS E1 |
| Front Derailleur | SRAM Force AXS E1, braze-on |
| Rear Derailleur | SRAM Force AXS E1, 12-speed |
| Cassette | SRAM Force XG-1270 E1, 12 speed 10-36 |
| Chain | SRAM Force E1, Flattop |
| Crankset | SRAM Force E1 Crankset, 48/35t |
| Bottom Bracket | SRAM DUB BSA 68 |
Wheels & Tyres
| Front Tyre | S-Works Turbo, 700x30 |
| Front Wheel | Roval C38, 21mm internal width carbon rim, tubeless ready |
| Rear Tyre | S-Works Turbo, 700x30 |
| Rear Wheel | Roval C38, 21mm internal width carbon rim, tubeless ready |
| Inner Tubes | 700x24-34, 60mm presta valve |
Cockpit
| Stem | Roval Rapide, alloy, 4 bolt, -6 degrees |
| Handlebars | Specialized Expert Shallow Drop, alloy, 125mm drop x 75mm reach |
| Tape | Supacaz Super Sticky Kush |
| Saddle | Body Geometry Power Expert, hollow Ti rails |
| Seatpost | S-Works Tarmac SL8 Carbon seat post, FACT Carbon, 15mm offset |
| Seat Binder | Tarmac integrated wedge |
Weight
| Weight | 7.55 kg (16 lb, 10.3 oz) |
| Weight Size | 56 |
Specifications subject to change without notice.