Is the Specialized Camber discontinued?
The Camber, now discontinued, was designed to be the XC sister to the StumpJumper. With a less aggressive head angle and slack, she’s a real climber.
What type of bike is the Specialized Epic?
The Epic has to be one of the best known XC bikes on the market, competing with the likes of the Scott Spark, Cannondale Scalpel and Trek Top Fuel. For nearly 20 years, the Epic has forged its own furrow, employing its Brain suspension technology to tread the line between hardtail efficiency and full-suspension speed.
What is a camber MTB?
The nature of how camber comes to be, means that as well as having a side-slope to deal with you may also be faced with a fair few ‘inputs’. Camber and roots often go hand in hand. As a trail is worn into a hillside and cuts down to the root ball of the trees that line the trail, so camber can be created.
What happened Stumpjumper street?
SWAT door on carbon models. The short-travel Stumpjumper ST has been discontinued. Riders looking for a similar short-travel trail bike should look to the 2021 Epic EVO.
What is a Specialized Epic for?
The Specialized Epic is a race-ready, cross-country beast. The S-Works model is the best build of the Epic in terms of componentry. With features such as Specialized Fast Trak tires, frame protection, and the Brain suspension system, experts agree that this bike will please most cross-country trail riders.
Is Specialized Epic a trail bike?
The Epic Evo is now more of a lightweight trail bike than a longer-travel race bike.
What is off camber in MTB?
When you ride more difficult mountain bike trails, you’ll start to come across off-camber sections. Off camber describes any section where the outside edge of the trailbed is lower than the inside edge. These are particularly tricky because the angle of the slope is falling away from your wheels.
What does Stumpjumper mean?
Definition of stump-jumper 1 slang : stump speaker. 2 slang : a person from a backwoods area.
What does FSR mean specialized?
Front Suspension and Rear
In case you were wondering what the ‘FSR’ acronym means, technically it means ‘Front Suspension and Rear [suspension]’. This is historical acronym that dates back to when suspension forks came out (Stumpjumpers with sus forks were dubbed ‘FS’). When rear suspension came along, they added the ‘R’, hence ‘FSR’.
Is Specialized Epic Comp good?
The 2021 Specialized Epic Comp delivers a fast, reliable ride that feels at home on the racecourse and the trails. The BRAIN suspension works brilliantly, and the updated geometry makes it extremely capable.
How much does a specialized mountain bike cost?
The Specialized Epic Hardtail is a top flight cross-country race bike. Only available in carbon fibre the prices range from £2,500 up to a mind-boggling £7,500 for the S-Works version. Weapons, the lot of them. There are six Specialized full suspension models: Camber, Enduro, Epic, Stumpjumper, Demo Rhyme.
What kind of suspension does the specialized epic have?
All of them apart from the Epic use a variation on Specialized’s famous four-bar suspension design (the Epic does away with the Horst link pivot on the chainstay so is now a a linkage drive single pivot design as opposed to a four-bar). Four-bar designs isolate the drivetrain and braking forces from affecting how the suspension behaves.
What is the difference between the specialized chisel and epic hardtails?
The Chisel bikes are made from Specialized’s fancier M5 alloy (the Rockshoppers and Pitchs are more basic A1 alloys) and the geometry and parts builds are centred around XC speed and climbing efficiency rather than rough descending thrills. The Specialized Epic Hardtail is a top flight cross-country race bike.
What is the difference between Santa Cruz and specialized mountain bikes?
Many love Santa Cruz for their designs, exclusiveness, and aggressive geometry. Santa Cruz offers a lot more 27.5 and 27.5plus MTBs compared to Specialized. You could say that Specialized has a lot more variety in their line-up.