#Specialized epic 2013 carbon plus#

Add the super-fast-rolling 29er tyres and it feels like the end of every straight and top of every distant hill is hauling you in at crazy speeds like a tractor beam. We know some people who’ve added a 120mm fork, standard shock, dropper post and chunkier tyres, but they should probably just have bought a Camber (which, with those bits as standard, is only a kilo heavier).Īs it stands, the 71-degree head angle and 100mm stem are all about drag strip, straight line handling. The Brain inertia valve chamber hangs vertically from the seatstay, just ahead of the rear rotor, to sense impacts as efficiently as possible Steve Behr / Immediate Media

Specialized Epic FSR Comp Carbon World Cup ride Skinny own-brand Roval Control 29er wheels are shod in Specialized’s minimal tread, maximum speed Fast Trak Control 2.2 tyres, and it also provides the low-rise 720mm bar, 100mm stem with cutaway top cap, alloy seatpost and comfortable Phenom saddle. Robustly reliable SRAM GX sorts out the 1×11 shifting, but it has a heavy NX-grade cassette and the Race Face single-ring crankset is mounted in a reducer spacer to fit the PF30 bottom bracket (BB).

#Specialized epic 2013 carbon plus#

The RockShox Reba RL fork uses a standard leg-top compression damping adjuster rather than a remote, plus you get 180mm rotors at both ends to boost the power of the Shimano brakes. This keeps the compression damping circuit of the conventionally mounted small-volume rear shock closed until vertical wheel force bounces it open, and shuts it as soon as the impact forces stop or drop below the adjustable preset threshold. The key component in the Epic arsenal is the spring-loaded inertia valve in the Brain chamber near the rear wheel. As it stands, the 71-degree head angle and 100mm stem are all about drag strip, straight line handling