The Pinarello F4:13; Carbon Bliss

Question: My question purtains to the 2007 Pinarello F4:13. I was just wondering if there were any pros/cons that you could share with me about it. I see that the frame goes for a reasonable price ($2900), besides the fact that it's a sexy looking bike! How's the ride quality, stiffness, cornering ability, etc...? I'm looking for my first carbon frame (finally tired of aluminum) and this frame caught my eye. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!


Nice Choice Ryan!
As you know we here at Bike Cycling Reviews love Carbon and the F4:13 has Carbon to spare and has a finish to die for. First off, yes its well priced and would be a great introduction to the World of Carbon, and what a wonderful world it is!

Killer Black

The first things you notice is the Onda forks and seat stays, they have that distinctive wiggle, strange to look at, at first, then when you get used to the lines they are quite beautiful. After riding a Dogma with these forks, I can tell you they are very precise with there handling, cornering is a dream, at first they feel a little sluggish, but as you get used the “feel” and dial into the performance, they go where you want them and sweep through any bend with ease and smoothness. The rear stays on the other hand I cant see what they do, except make the back end more solid, there will be no flex on this rear triangle, a solid build.

The frame is of Monocoque fabrication, is 30HM3K, which is a complicated way of saying that it is made by wrapping the frame in strong carbon material with internal lugs, giving it a smooth finish. The tubes are of various shapes, thicker where it matters and thinner in places where strength isn’t so important to save weight. Hidden A-head set, as all top class frames should have and in 1 1/8th inch dimension, so nice and strong, the 54 cm frame weighs 1150 grams, not the lightest frame on the market, but not far off it, for the price it is light.

Cool Blue

OK Ryan, you want to know how it handles, a company like Pinarello doesn’t get it wrong, looking at the frame specifications all the angles are spot on, this frame will handle everything that you can throw at it. Your fed up of Aluminium, well Carbon is 35% lighter than Alloy and more rigid, so you will definitely feel a difference, with so many top riders performing on Pinarello bikes you cant go wrong, the F4:13 comes in seven sizes, two of which are sloping design, and five different colours, so you should find the correct one for you. I cant think of any drawbacks with the Pinarello F4:13, except they do a pink one, well not my choice, but there you go, each to there own.

Our opinion? Its one beautiful piece of work, if you get one I don’t think you will be disappointed, top quality, reasonable price and cutting edge technology, what else would you want? With this frame you would be the envy of your training mates, except maybe not in pink!

If you want to know about my Time carbon frame read about it here:- Time Edge Translink Frame.