Its not really a product that anyone actually buys, but it is a nice little promotional exercise, there’s not really any technical input from McLaren though is there…
Rounding out the package is a custom colorway, co-developed with McLaren and painted in their exclusive McLaren Special Operations Center in Woking, Surrey UK
McLaren optimized carbon layup resulting in a 9% – 11% weight savings over standard S-Works Tarmac depending on frame size;
I assume “McLaren optimized carbon layup” means they had a bit of a look and suggested leaving out a couple of plys…
Nowhere does it say you get custom frame geometry or that the frame has been layed up or autoclaved by McLaren… so its a paint job and some stickers
If I had that sort of money to spend on a “Serious” Road bike I’d be ordering a Parlee…
Specialized get a tie-in with that there McLaren, and some easy lightweight publicity from “Tech” websites and mags, McLaren get a bit of cross over publicity too I suppose…
McLaren/Specialized Fanbois or simply people with more money than sense can get all frothy over something “exclusive” and expensive and add it to their wish list… A little bit of harmless consumerist fun…