2024’s Hot New Tour de France Tech!

July always brings a whole host of new tech launches thanks to the start of the 2024 Tour de France. As brands race to get new bikes and other gadgets launched in time for the worlds biggest stage race, it can be hard to know what is worth paying attention to so, Sam Gupta has rounded up some his favourite releases which span new tech from Garmin, Wahoo, Pinarello, Trek and Wilier. Let us know down below, which is your new favourite road bike release?

00:00 – Intro
00:15 – Garmin Edge 1050
03:20 – Wahoo Trackr
04:50 – Trek Madone
11:11 – Wilier Verticale SLR
14:14 – Pinarello Dogma

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a brand new head unit from Garmin something new from Wahoo the new track madone a new pinell dogma and a new lightweight Vila the Tour of France has clearly just started and there is a lot of new tech so let’s dive in let’s start with that brand new Garmin hedge unit because they have just launched the new Edge 1050 which the brand claims to be its brightest and smartest cycling computer ever now the Garmin Edge 1040 solo was only launched a couple of years back and we understand it will still exist as a solar option alongside the 1050 the unit will carry a $649.99 RRP and this then situates the new 1050 at the very top of the cycling computer Market the h1050 has a touchscreen display and will deliver a claim 20 hours of battery life and 60 hours in battery saver mode now that is highly capable in terms of normal Road and gravel however it does kind of fall short when you kind of compare it against the latest batch of ultra long battery life computers such as the coros dura which we think could last up to 375 hours the Ed 1050 has received some design tweaks as the new unit has an angled casing and tougher all metal buttons there’s also some interesting new features such as contactless payment support as well as building on garmin’s reputation for for its computer strong Fitness and training tools there is also a replaceable quarter turn Mount as well as a 3.5 in liquid crystal display what’s interesting is that the edge 1050 will support as I said Garmin pay contactless payments now that tech means that owners will be able to pay at the cafe using their cycling computer leaving their cards at home or their phone in their back pocket I think while this Tech makes sense for SmartWatches to me it kind of seems a little bit redundant on a head unit since most people do carry their phone with the same functionality and to me this kind of feels like they’re offering features for the sake of it rather than them actually being very helpful but that said there is also a built-in speaker which Garmin says will enable Riders to hear workout and navigational prompts there’s also an on device bike Bell to alert other Road users to your presence the 1050 includes free Garmin training plans and real-time stamina insights much like previous models but the power guide feature will now take wind data and a Ryder’s current stamina level into account to make realtime power Target adjustments this all sounds great and many of the new software features will be making their way down to pre-existing models by way of a software update very soon but I would like to put it to all of you how many of you actually utilize all of the features of your head unit I wonder if we’re entering a world where brands are adding features for the sake of it rather than them actually being regularly used and helpful for the end user so let me know down below because I for one rarely take advantage of the training features on my own head unit next up we’re going to move on to Wahoo because it has launched a new heart rate monitor and strap called the tracker heart ratees now usually I probably wouldn’t include something like this in Tech of the month but there is something kind of interesting about this unit Wahoo says that it has improved processing technology for accurate heart rate monitoring data and potentially more excitingly the brand has now switched from using a coin cell battery to instead include a rechargeable battery which waho says will give most users over a 100 hours of heart rate recording it does kind of feel weird to be talking about rechargeable batteries as an exciting upgrade in 2024 but it certainly feels a little overdue my biggest hope though is that the new sensor will stand up to corrosion from sweats because for me this is how so many of my heart rate monitors end up dying one thing to consider though is that Wahoo’s older ticket X had a store and forward functionality allowing you to use it without a recording device but the tracker heart rate does require a connected data collection device while who says that the tracker heart rate is the first of a new range of tracker sensors that will be introduced between 2024 and 2025 it’s priced at $79.99 here in the UK or $89.99 over in the states so keep your eyes peeled for more sensors to come I have a feeling that the death of the coin cell battery might be upon us onto very very big bike news which some of you may have already heard about and Tre has officially launched its new m gen 8 claiming it’s as Arrow as the Gen 7 Mone but as lightweight as the Amanda now the new mome replaces both bikes so Tre joins the growing number of brands that are starting to abandon separate arrow and lightweight offerings now the claims Tre make about the bike are kind of unsurprising and it does kind of Bogle the mind how multiple brands are seemingly able to create the impossible that being a lightweight bike which is more Arrow than its dedicated Arrow ancestor and as lightweight as its lightweight predecessor but let’s look past that because if true the new Mone could be one of the most exciting bikes to launch in 2024 obviously it lines itself up pretty perfectly against the tarmac sl8 the canadel Super 6 Evo and the pinell Dogma all of which have been updated pretty recently but it does beg the question which should you buy well first let’s look a little closer at what claims Trek has made about the new Mone Trek says that the new Mone sheds 320 G from the Gen 7 Mone Fram set which in turn was already 300 G lighter than its own Gen 6 predecessor it claims a 796 G weight for a painted size medium large Mone SLR frame and 350 G for the fork without added Hardware Tech such as the udh rear deria hanger that puts the climed full bike weight of a topspec Mone SLR 9 Ax Bike at exactly 7 kilos now for comparison that’s over 200 g heavier than an SX sl8 with the same group set this has resulted in the Gen 8 Mone being as light as the amonda TX says that its Arrow optimize the frame set where that’s most important but thinned out the true profiles from the Gen 7 bike where the arrow gains are less to allow it to shed the weight the aerot tube profiles have had an upgrade too TX says that its new full system foil shapes have gone beyond camtel to offer better aerodynamics over a wider range of your angles thanks to a more rounded trailing Edge in place of those sharper edges of old on to some classic time-saving claims T says that the new bike is as fast as a gen 7 Mone and 77 seconds faster per hour at 200 Watts than the amonda now the new bike retains The Handlebar 30 mil narrower hoods than drops for a more tuck position but the bar stem has been redesigned to improve airflow over the complete Rider bike system and reduce its weight there a new AO 595 mm water bottles and cages although you can also fit round bottles in the cages TX says that the RSL Arrow bottles and cages save 3.7 Watts at 45 kmph over standard round bottles and make the bike faster than without bottles it’s a similar approach to that used by canadel on the latest Super 6 Evo with that brand claiming that its bottles improve the Super 6 Evo aerodynamic performance now back to the Mone the SLR grade Mone is constructed using tx’s latest 900 OC LV carbon which it claims is up to 20% stronger than the 800 ocv carbon used in the Gen 7 Mone a new molding process and single piece Fab fabrication of the fork also allows Tre to save weights of course it wouldn’t be a new flagship bike if there wasn’t a claim about compliance and so TX says the New mone’s Vertical compliance is now up to 80% greater than on the Gen 7 bike and 24% greater than the amonda Trek has also rationalized the size range with the new bike now offered in six sizes from extra small to extra large now that compares to the Gen 7’s eight sizes Tre though say that despite offering fewer sizes there’s less overlap between frame sizes so that the Gen 8 Mone can actually fit a wider spread of Rider Heights the new size medium replaces old sizes 52 and 54 while the new XL replaces the 62 but it does include a toolless seat M the geometry across the range is actually very similar to the Gen 7 Mone although the frame stack is ever so slightly higher rather than calling the geometry h1.5 as with the Gen 7 Mone it’s now been renamed to just Road Race Geo Trek will sell the new Mone in two frame grades SL and SLR and both are offered at launch in four specs with SRAM and Shimano options as well as a frame set only option the SLR bikes use the latest 900 series OC LV carbon the one piece bar and stem and RSL aerro bottles and cages and electronic only you can choose your own colors in Project one as well as the off-the-shelf colors however the SL bikes are made using 500 series ocv carbon and have a separate bar and stem they’re not available in Project one only pre-built and you don’t get bottles or cages but the frame is compatible with Mechanical group sets we’ll flash up pricing on screen now for you the key things here are that the top spec build in the US is $200 more but this could could be attributed to the new stram red group set over here in the UK the top spec build is actually £250 less compared to the Gen 7 obviously the price of £12,500 is astronomical for a bike but it does feel like we’re reaching some sort of a ceiling albeit a very high one I do believe that this will be one of the most interesting bikes to be launched this year and I’m Keen to see how it performs out on the Road I think a comparison between the new Mone the SLA the new dogma and the Super 6 Evo is something that certainly needs to happen but let me know down below which would you pick Tre aren’t the only ones that have been busy getting a huge model out in time for the tour as Vila has launched the New Vertical SLR which you guessed it it says is its lightest bike ever and which replaces the zero SLR model there are a lot of facts and figures to go through much like them adone so I’ve tried to boil it all down into the key things which I think are most interesting the claimed fullframe set weight including Fork bar and stem seat post through axles and other Hardware is 1,651 G and this is in comparison to the zero slr’s 1,798 g which is just under a 10% weight reduction the main source forces of the new bike’s weight loss when compared to the zero SLR are the frame the fork and the bar and stem combo the droping weight is arguably the biggest headline stat of the new bike but other key changes are there’s a new seat post clamping mechanism that tightens from under the top tube rather than above it and this has resulted in a triangular shaped Junction between the top tube and the seat tube the seat post has been re-engineered to save weight to it’s now 10 G lighter than the zero slrs willia has also changed the front deria hanger design it can now be mounted in two different positions this accommodates the 5034 Toth and 5236 tooth crank sets used by most Riders but it also allows the pros to fit a crank set with a 56 to chain ring the frames geometry is basically the same as the zero slrs but Vila has come out with a new monoco V bar and stem combo which it claims has a weight of 310 G for a 100x 400 mil bar size the new bar design includes a flare at the hoods which places the arms 30 mil closer together when riding on them compared to when you’re in the drops considering that the tops are 30 mm narrower than the drops These Bars will work for a lot of people but it really would have been nice to see the brand go a little narrower still especially since this is a race bike and we know how many watts can be saved on a narrow bar Vila will sell the vertical SLR in seven build specs as well as a frame set only option all of the full specs are equipped with wheels from Mee which Bila now owns and that’s either going to be the cleos 36 or the cleos rd36 there are six frame sizes offered from extra small to extra extra large full bikes start at £99,000 or $112,000 for the altegra di2 spec the top UK spec comes with stram red axis with a power meter and is priced at £125,000 so it’s still very much in the out of this world price category but it does align itself pretty closely with the rang topping bikes from other world tour sponsoring bike brands now lastly and it was a couple of weeks ago now that the new pinell Dogma was launched and it really does look to be an incremental improvement over the last generation but I think rather than expecting Revolution every single time perhaps we need to look at the Dogma as a Porsche 911 it’s always small changes from generation to generation but over time the constant Improvement does Net some pretty big changes but the big question is out of all of the new bikes which will undoubtedly be raced at this year’s tour to France which one excites you the most