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Men's Epic Expert

2019 Men's Epic Expert

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 it's 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, and 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 and 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., and reevaluated all of it. Increasing the reach made a bike that was more stable at speed and generally more comfortable to ride. Dropper posts? Yep, those fit, and 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 and through switchbacks.

Next comes Brain 2.0. The original Brain changed the way the bike world looked at suspension, both in its inefficiencies and benefits alike. 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 countless hours with the RockShox team, the Brain became more than just a slight upgrade. It's totally reborn. 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, in turn, improves oil paths, and it creates an incredibly sleek package that outperforms anything on the market.

The Epic also has a rider Rider-First Engineered™ design that places complex carbon pieces in all the right places, and this greatly increases stiffness in the front-end for a vast improvement in ride quality and control. To go along with this, each frame size has size-specific tubes that result in the stiffest, best riding XC bike we've ever developed—no matter the frame size.

And while stiffness, Brain technology, and geometry features are cool and all, we know what you're thinking, 'What about 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 and tube shapes that feature clean cable routing, integrated channels through the shock extension, straight tubes with less curves, and optimized torsion profiles in every section. And, if you're curious, this weight savings is equivalent to shedding a chainstay and 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, a RockShox SID fork with bottom-adjust Brain Fade, SRAM Level TL brakes, and a hand-built Roval Control Carbon fiber wheelset. Get ready, because this is going to be Epic.

Tekniske specifikationer

FRAMESET

FRAME

Specialized FACT 11m, XC Geometry, Rider-First Engineered™, threaded BB, 12x148mm rear spacing, internal cable routing, 100mm of travel

SUSPENSION

FORK

RockShox SID Brain 29, Solo Air, Bottom-adjust Brain Fade, 15x110mm Maxle® Stealth thru-axle, 42mm offset, 100mm of travel

REAR SHOCK

Custom RockShox Micro Brain shock w/ Spike Valve, AUTOSAG, 51x257mm

COCKPIT

HANDLEBARS

Specialized Alloy Minirise, 10mm rise, 750mm, 31.8mm clamp

STEM

Specialized XC, 3D-forged alloy, 4-bolt, 6-degree rise

GRIPS

Specialized Sip grip, half-waffle, S/M: regular thickness, L/XL: XL thickness

SADDLE

Body Geometry Phenom Comp, hollow Cr-Mo rails, 143mm

SEATPOST

Alloy, single-bolt, 30.9mm

SEAT BINDER

Alloy, 34.9mm

BRAKES

FRONT BRAKE

SRAM Level TL, hydraulic disc

REAR BRAKE

SRAM Level TL, hydraulic disc

DRIVETRAIN

SHIFT LEVERS

SRAM GX Eagle, trigger, 12-speed

REAR DERAILLEUR

SRAM GX Eagle, 12-speed

CASSETTE

SRAM GX Eagle, 12-speed, 10-50t

CRANKSET

Truvativ STYLO, DUB

CHAINRINGS

SRAM Eagle, 32T

BOTTOM BRACKET

SRAM DUB, threaded BB

CHAIN

SRAM GX Eagle, 12-speed

WHEELS & TIRES

RIMS

Roval Control Carbon, 25mm internal width, tubeless-ready

FRONT HUB

Specialized, sealed cartridge bearings, 15x110mm spacing, 28h

REAR HUB

Specialized, sealed cartridge bearings, 12x148mm thru-axle, 28h

SPOKES

DT Swiss Industry

FRONT TIRE

Fast Trak, GRIPTON® compound, 60 TPI, 2Bliss Ready, 29x2.3"

REAR TIRE

Fast Trak, GRIPTON® compound, 60 TPI, 2Bliss Ready, 29x2.1"

INNER TUBES

Presta, 60mm valve

ACCESSORIES

PEDALS

Specialized Dirt

* Vægte baseret på produktion af malede rammer som afbildet. Faktiske vægte vil variere baseret på farveskema, ramme størrelse og komponent variation. Specifikationer kan ændres uden varsel.

Geometri

SMLXL
Pedalarmslængde170mm175mm175mm175mm
Styrbredde750mm750mm750mm750mm
Frempindslængde60mm70mm80mm90mm
Sadelbredde143mm143mm143mm143mm
Sadelpinds længde350mm400mm400mm400mm
Stellets stakhøjde588mm597mm611mm630mm
Stellængde (reach)408mm433mm456mm475mm
Kronrørslængde95mm105mm120mm140mm
Kronrørsvinkel69.5°69.5°69.5°69.5°
Krankbokshøjde332mm332mm332mm332mm
Krankboksens drop38.9mm38.9mm38.9mm38.9mm
Efterløb94mm94mm94mm94mm
Forgaffel Længde506mm506mm506mm506mm
Forgaflens fremløb42mm42mm42mm42mm
Krankboks – Fornavs afstand659mm687mm715mm742mm
Kædestagslængde438mm438mm438mm438mm
Akselafstand1094mm1123mm1151mm1177mm
Faktisk overrørslængde, horisontal568mm596mm623mm647mm
Skridthøjde764mm770mm776mm799mm
Sadelrørslængde400mm434mm470mm520mm
Sadelrørsvinkel74.75°74.75°74.75°74.75°
Geometri

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