Specialized Epic Expert Mountain Bike 2018

Product Description

Lightweight carbon frame? Check. Industry-leading suspension technology? Oh yeah. Race-ready build kit? You know it. The Epic Expert is not only ready to shine in races but its also ready to put your closest buddies in the pain cave on the weekends. Race courses have evolved over the past few years. They’re more technical steeper & simply more challenging to ride. But instead of quivering in our boots we saw this as an opportunity to make something special—something that both World Cup athletes & XC riders alike can instantly feel the benefit from. We looked at the sum of parts that make a bike handle well like the head angle reach stack chainstay length fork offset etc. & re-evaluated all of it. Increasing the reach made a bike that was more stable at speed & generally more comfortable to ride. Dropper posts? Yep those fit & not just a short-travel XC option but full-length droppers that fit in the 30.9mm seat tube. Head angle? We slacked that out but not without evaluating the overall handling package. It now lands on a custom offset 42mm fork that works with the slacker head angle in order to behave itself in tight corners & through switchbacks. Next comes the redesigned Brain technology Brain 2.0. The Brain changed the way the bike world looked at suspension both its inefficiencies & benefits alike. & oh was it good. It won races & put a flag in the ground for us as a true leader in innovation & suspension development but we knew that we could make it better. Simple physics told us that by moving the Brain closer to the rear axle it would be in the most sensitive spot. & after countless hours with the Rock Shox team the new Brain became more than just a slight upgrade. Its totally new. Now it reacts seamlessly to bump forces it has much more consistent damping performance & finally it integrates the hoses into the suspension links. This in turn improves oil paths & it creates an incredibly sleek package that outperforms anything on the market. The new Epic also gets a serious upgrade in the stiffness department. The Rider-First Engineered™ tubes place complex carbon pieces in all the right places which greatly increases stiffness in the front end for a vast improvement in ride quality & control. To go along with this each frame size has size-specific tubes that result in the stiffest best riding XC bike weve ever developed—no matter the frame size. And while stiffness Brain technology & geometry features are cool & all we know what you’re thinking &34;&34; What about the weight?” We’re glad you asked. With the goal of the new Epic to be the fastest XC mountain bike we’ve ever made weight was at the top of our priorities list. We started with an efficient frame layout & tube shapes that feature clean cable routing integrated channels through the shock extension straight tubes with less curves & optimized torsion profiles in every section. & if you’re curious this weight savings is equivalent to shedding a chainstay & shock extension from the previous Epic—nearly 525 grams. The build of the Epic Expert meshes performance with value featuring a 12-speed SRAM GX Eagle groupset SRAM Level TL brakes & a h&-built Roval Control carbon fibre wheelset. Get ready because this is going to be Epic. Full fact 11m carbon fibre frame combines stiffness strength & light overall weight to deliver an off-the-hook race bike. Meanwhile the new geometry Rock Shox Brain shock & 100mm of travel make the Epic the best handling fastest XC rig youve been on. Our custom Rock Shox SID fork with Brain features a top-adjust Brain fade & a custom offset to make it suitable for the new Epic. The 12-speed SRAM GX Eagle groupset brings the performance of Eagle at a doable price point.FRAMESpecialized FACT 11m full carbon frame XC Geometry threaded BB 12x 148mm rear spacing internal cable routing 100mm of travel FORKRock Shox SID 29 w/ Brain tapered alloy steerer bottom-adjust Brain Fade Solo Air 110x 15mm Maxle® Stealth thru-axle 100mm of travel 42mm offset REAR SHOCKRock Shox/ Specialized Micro Brain shock w/ Spike Valve AUTOSAG 51x 257mm INNER TUBESStandard Presta valve FRONT TYREFast Trak GRIPTON compound 29x 2.3&34; 60 TPI Aramid folding bead 2 Bliss Ready REAR TYREFast Trak GRIPTON compound 29x 2.1&34; 60 TPI Aramid folding bead 2 Bliss Ready CRANKSETTruvativ Stylo 6K alloy Boost™ 148 24mm spindle CHAINRINGSAlloy Eagle 32TBOTTOM BRACKETSRAM GXPSHIFT LEVERSSRAM GX Eagle trigger 12-speed REAR DERAILLEURSRAM GX Eagle 12-speed CASSETTESRAM GX Eagle 12-speed 10-50t CHAINSRAM GX Eagle 12-speed w/ Power Link FRONT BRAKESRAM Level TL hydraulic disc organic pads 160/180mm rotor REAR BRAKESRAM Level TL hydraulic disc organic pads 160 rotor HANDLEBARSSpecialized Mini-rise 7050 alloy 8-degree backsweep 6-degree upsweep 10mm rise 720mm width 31.8mm clamp GRIPSSpecialized Sip Grip half-waffle S/M: regular thickness L/XL: XL thickness STEMSpecialized XC 3D-forged alloy 4-bolt 6-degree rise SADDLEBody Geometry Phenom Comp Adaptive Edge design Hollow Cr-Mo rails 143mm SEATPOSTSpecialized alloy single bolt 21mm offset 30.9mm SEAT BINDERAlloy 34.9mm PEDALSSpecialized Platform 9/16&34; spindle