Pinarello Prince 2008

The curvy 2008 Pinarello Prince just oozes Italian carbon fibre sex appeal. Through the decades Pinarello had kept abreast of the constantly developing technologies that have transformed the road bicycle from a skinny tubed steel machine with metal rims to ultra sleek and lightweight carbon fibre creations. The Prince was Pinarello’s first full carbon fibre bike following on from the Magnesium framed Dogma model raced by teams such as Fassa Bortolo and Team Telekom. The flowing fat tubes took a bit of getting used to, and now more than 15 years later the sculpted front and rear forks still look very cool; this first generation Italian-made frame is carbon at its best. The frame’s styling kicked Pinarello’s existing Onda FP theme up a notch with the even curvier Onda FPX. The curves of the fork and seat stays were continued on to the main triangle which used a fairly traditional non-sloping geometry but with a slightly bowed top tube. The red, white and black colour scheme perfectly complement each other, and the bike is fitted with a full Campagnolo Centaur 10 speed Groupset and Zonda Wheels rounding-off the package perfectly. The Prince debuted under Valverde and quickly set the world on fire – Valverde won the overall UCI Ranking, Fleche Wallonne and Liege Bastogne Liege on this model. These are difficult to come by nowadays, especially in this condition so grab the opportunity to get this Pinarello Prince for your collection at a very reasonable price.