Mark Cavendish's Specialized Venge

Mark Cavendish rides a custom painted Specialized Venge. Looks good to us - check out the video for the details!

The paintjob on Mark Cavendish's custom Specialized Venge is seriously cool. It's green (what other colour for one of the best sprinters of all time...) and sparkles from certain angles.

Cav's Etixx - Quick-Step team haven't just changed their name, they've also switched a few suppliers. FSA have stepped in to provide bars, stem (although Cavendish uses a beefed-up Zipp stem) and chainset. Powermeters are supplied by Power2Max - a relatively new company in just their 2nd year of WorldTour sponsorship.

What do you think of this bike? Let us know in the comments below and don't forget to give this video a share!

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[nickhumphrey]

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[runnermother]

The paint job is gorgeous, especially the green. Definitely a hit with my 12 yr old road cyclist daughter, she noticed the sparkles straight away!

[jorgecalderon]

Nice one Lasty. I agree, the paint job and that beefy stem is the best this Venge has

[spanishjapan]

That bike, if painted all Green like the forks, would literally be an Aston Martin for cycling.

[bikeanddogtripsvirtualcycling]

Tom, you have excelled yourself with my favourite ever GCN comment, "The tyres are 24mm - sitting between the 23mm and the 25mm".   I have both 23 and 25 because you have already confused me as to which is best - and now 24mm .... my mind cant take it. ;)

[Name-lnsw]

Mark Cavendish won the Dubai Tour(2.HC) in PTS and GC! He then went on to win Clasica de Almeria(1.1) today! He's kicking @$$, this man obviously knows his bikes. I'd say lets see more!

[elizabethpryce]

It's beautiful love the colour a bike a bike for a winner love it, hope you are feeling better it looked cold in Italy like here today.

[craigpaterson]

I Love this bike, great video as always thanks guys

[jesuscruz]

I am having deja vu all over again -- haven't we seen this before, twice?

[TheWaxChainFanClub]

Excellent again as ever, Tom. Was wondering, in terms of paint jobs, will a normal auto shop paint job be ok?

[NeX]

Same saddle on my bike, comfy & perfect for very agressive positions =)
Except when it rains…

[saishsolankar]

THE FASTEST 2 WHEELS FOR THE FASTEST MAN ON 2

[samuelfawdry]

When this paint job first came out i did not like it at first but its grown on me so its a nicer paint job with the S-WORKS black de cals rather than the white de cals Cav had last year for the Tour.

[killr]

Such an amazing bike. He is one fast (and lucky) man!! Also is it just me, or does his frame look weirdly small?

[BritishArmySCOTS]

Can we perhaps get Tony Martin's road bike, I noticed in a few pictures he's running his brakes the UK/AUS way around and was wondering why.
Also did you measure that stem? How long was it since he's riding a 49 frame?

[zachwong]

This year's black dos tube logo looks better than last year's "ghost" logo

[danielellis]

Is that a wireless group set?! 0.09 in, it shows an unused internal cable route, the wires from the shifters go to a junction box and then there's nothing coming away from it?

[anibaljesusdelgadillo]

That bike is so low to the ground, like a Lamborghini.

[robwood]

Cvndsh"s crank length of 170mm is "quite short" according to Tom for the peloton. Are most on 175mm?

[fifajames]

Something about the FSA chainset that looks a bit "naff" to me