Triathlon & Time Trial Racing
The Transition family was engineered specifically for triathlon racing and time trials, incorporating specific rider requirements into an unprecedented package of frame engineering and component wizardry. The Transition maximizes speed, aerodynamics, and efficiency over longer distances and gives the rider all the advantages possible for race-winning performance. Specialized engineering and technical prowess has been combined with Ironman-winning geometry, designed for competition at the highest levels of the sport.
Key Features
- The Specialized-designed Transition triathlon frame found on the Elite, Comp, and S-works models represents the best in modern aluminum manipulation technology. Our engineering department designed this ultra light race frame to have an extremely low drag coefficient, by radically butting, swaging, and shaping each tube to be optimized for aerodynamics and ride quality.
- The NACA-designed elliptical downtube and seatstays are proven to reduce drag and deliver true aerodynamic performance. The aero downtube is an angled ellipse shape for minimum drag, but tapers to an oval for maximum stiffness at the BB junction. This unprecedented attention to shape manipulation sets new standards in weight, BB stiffness, aerodynamics, and ride quality.
- Our engineering and technical prowess has been combined with Iron Man-winning geometry, designed with guidance from Tri legend Peter Reid, balancing rider position, center of gravity, and wheelbase. The headtube angle was slightly relaxed, the fork rake increased, and the trail increased to give the rider more stability at speeds. The chainstays were shortened, and the front-center was increased to keep the rider’s weight centered over the bike for additional stability. The seat tube angle is 76 degrees for forward-biased weight placement, and the head tube is shorter to allow the rider to attain the critical aero position. Even details like our unique internal cable routing add to the aero advantage.
- Frame Design (Transition Multi-Sport) Ensuring that no Triathlete is unable to find their way to the start line well-equipped, our Transition Multi-Sport model borrows much of the insight we gained developing the pro-level Transition frame. The downtube utilizes a truly elliptical aero profile to help reduce wind drag, and the geometry is more balanced for competition and training rides. The Transition Multi-sport uses the same geometry as the Allez family, and similar tube shaping as the Transitions, but in this case we use our proprietary A1 alloy found on the majority of our equally advanced models.