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www.cyclingnews.com presents the 92nd Tour de France. Another incredibly light bike. Saunier Duval-Prodir’s American rider Chris Horner told Cyclingnews that he thinks his Scott CR1 team bike is “the best road bike on the market today” and he’s already won a Tour de Suisse stage this year to prove it. Scott’s CR1 frame weighs in at just 880g without fork, which makes it easy to build into a bike that hits the UCI weight limit of 6.8kg.

:http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/tour05/tech/?id=/tech/2005/features/tour05/bikes2 While Mark Wong is raving about the Specialized Tarmac SL, it sure won’t be cheap!

The S-Works Tarmac SL, this sub-1.2 kilo superlight newbie (both frame and fork) is not only to be lighter, but considerably stiffer and more road compliant than the original Tarmac.

The general public can expect to see the Tarmac SL hit the shelves later this year, with the estimated price a cool eight g’s for the frame and fork – which translates to roughly a 40 percent increase over the original Tarmac. Around the same time, a Tarmac SL ‘dream bike’ will also make its debut, complete with: a S-Works FACT carbon crank that’s said to be 165 grams lighter and 11 percent stiffer than its Dura-Ace equivalent; the Barmac FACT one-piece bar and stem, no brick either at 349 grams and to be available in 11 different sizes; the 155 gram Toup? saddle (for your bum, not your dome!); and Roval Rapide carbon wheels, tipping the scales at 1,550 grams per pair, with Campagnolo’s Record group gracing the rest of the dream machine.