Specialized Epic World Cup Expert

Beschreibung

THINK FAST: The Epic World Cup is the world's fastest XC race bike on flat to moderately technical courses thanks to its unrivalled combination of efficiency, control and lightweight. World champion Christopher Blevins said it best: "This thing gives me everything I would want from a hardtail, plus the control and power of full suspension." All it took to make this speed machine was a totally integrated development approach, the invention of a radically new shock absorber and four decades of off-road winning experience.

REFERENCE FRAMEWORK: To deliver maximum speed through relentlessly efficient power transmission and precise steering, our engineering team set and achieved new standards in torsional and BB stiffness. This achievement required an integrated development approach that merged a structurally superior double diamond layout with the upper tube shock absorber and ended up with the most advanced composite layup in the history of Specialized.

SHOCKING FAST: The Specialized Ride Dynamics team devised and invented a revolutionary shock absorber technology for the Epic World Cup that gives the rider the efficiency and quick response of a hardtail PLUS the control, power and momentum-bearing power of full suspension-all with a simple setup. Developed in collaboration with RockShox, the SID Deluxe WCID shock uses a unique, independently adjustable positive and negative air spring to deliver the sought-after hardtail "click", combined with off-road forgiveness and the ability to easily customise the setup for a specific trail or tune it to the rider's preference and feel. Set it firm and it rides like a hardtail or open it up and you have a chunk-squashing ripper. But you are not limited to "open and close", the simple nature of the adjustment allows the rider to set it on a spectrum from firm to soft.

Standing above its category: The 75 mm rear suspension travel of the Epic World Cup delivers the control and power of a bike with a much longer suspension travel. Because it is designed to be ridden on or close to the topdown, it delivers the same positive suspension travel as a bike with 100 mm suspension travel tuned with 25% deflection. To further optimise the suspension's performance, the Specialized Ride Dynamics team tuned the spring rate so that it is relatively flat in the middle of the stroke to handle most impact forces like a bike with a longer suspension travel. Due to its large size, the customised Mega Jounce Bumper is an industry "first" and plays a crucial role in smoothly managing the bottom-out during the biggest shocks.