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If were being honest with ourselves alloy has always been at the heart of the EVO family. Its tough its stiff and at least with our bikes its pretty damn light. Basically it embodies everything thats good about mountain bikes and thats what EVO is all about. But an Epic Comp EVO made out of aluminium? We say yeah its a perfect fit. And thats because this bike brings all the uphill racing singletrack-ripping fun you want and puts it in a durable on-budget package. So get excited because this is the most epic Epic yet.
Take a look around our office and youre going to see plenty Epics—most of them wearing dropper posts wider tyres and bars and slightly longer forks. Thats because the Epics that were Frankensteining are not only fast off the start line theyre even better suited to masochistically long rides multi-day stage races and fast backcountry missions. At some point we looked around and said to ourselves “We should offer this bike right out of the box right?” So we did.
So lets dig into the details. First off the EVO ups the fork travel from 100mm to 120mm. This gives you some relief up front while also slacking-out the front-end by one-degree to 68.5º. Next up we added a zero-offset dropper post to give you more control on descents but this design keeps your saddle over the BB on steep climbs. We also put some meat on the tyres with a grippy 2.3 Ground Control at the front and a stiffer Fast Trak at the rear with GRID protection at the sidewalls.
The Epic EVO also features our Brain 2.0. The OG Brain changed the way the bike world looked at suspension and oh was it good. It won races and put a flag in the ground for us as a true leader in innovation and 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. And after some lengthy R&D its totally new. Now it reacts seamlessly to bump forces it has much more consistent damping performance and finally it integrates the hoses into the suspension links. This means that the oil paths are improved and that creates an incredibly sleek package that outperforms anything on the market.
At the heart of the construction youll find our M5 alloy with our DAluisio Smartweld Technology that strategically places more welding material where its needed resulting in an aluminium frame thats more compliant and considerably stiffer at nearly every tube juncture. Its awesome.
For the build we specd a 12-speed SRAM NX Eagle groupset SRAM Level TL brakes and a Roval Control Alloy wheelset.
Frame |
Specialized M5 Aluminum w/ DAluisio Smartweld Technology, threaded BB, 12x148mm rear spacing, internal cable routing, 100mm of travel
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Fork |
RockShox Reba RL 29, Motion Control damper, 42mm offset, 15x110mm thru-axle, 120mm of travel
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Rear Shock |
Custom RockShox Micro Brain shock w/ Spike Valve, AUTOSAG, 51x257mm
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Front Hub |
Specialized, sealed cartridge bearings, 15x110mm spacing, 28h
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Rear Hub |
Specialized, sealed cartridge bearings, 12x148mm thru-axle, 28h
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Spokes |
DT Swiss Industry
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Rims |
Roval Control Alloy 29, 25mm internal width
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Inner Tubes |
Standard, Presta valve
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Front Tyre |
Ground Control, GRIPTON® compound, 60 TPI, 2Bliss Ready, 29x2.3
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Rear Tyre |
Fast Trak, GRID casing, GRIPTON® compound, 60 TPI, 2Bliss Ready, 29x2.3
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Crankset |
Truvativ STYLO, DUB
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Chainrings |
SRAM Eagle, 32T
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Bottom Bracket |
SRAM DUB, threaded BB
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Shifters |
Sram NX Eagle, trigger, 12-speed
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Rear Derailleur |
SRAM NX Eagle, 12-speed
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Cassette |
SRAM NX Eagle, 12-speed, 11-50t
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Chain |
SRAM NX Eagle, 12-speed
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Front Brake |
SRAM Level TL, hydraulic disc
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Rear Brake |
SRAM Level TL, hydraulic disc
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Handlebars |
Specialized Alloy Minirise, 10mm rise, 750mm, 31.8mm clamp
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Grips |
Specialized Sip Grip, half-waffle, S/M: regular thickness, L/XL: XL thickness
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Stem |
Specialized XC, 3D-forged alloy, 4-bolt, 6-degree rise
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Saddle |
Body Geometry Phenom Comp, hollow Cr-Mo rails, 143mm
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Seatpost |
X-Fusion manic, 30.9mm, (S: 100mm, M-XL: 125mm)
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Seat Binder |
Alloy, 34.9mm
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