When it comes to XC, speed is everything but combine that with capability and great handling, and you're onto a winner. Cross country with an off-road race machine that combines the efficiency of a hardtail with the capability of a full-suspension bike. With the new Specialized Epic Mountain Bike, you no longer have to stress over unnecessary weight or the minor details. Countless design hours, endless test laps, terabytes of telemetry data have made sure that not a single ounce of speed was left on the table.
With over 100 World Cup wins and podiums, the Epic was always built for the top of the leaderboard. There's no taking it easy whether you're hitting forest paths, gravel tracks or singletrack, the new Epic is about going all out. This lightweight frame positions you on the bike more upright for better handling and greater control on the trails, cornering smoothly, and hitting big air with confidence.
True to form, the latest Epic continues the tradition, taking advantage of the most efficient BRAIN suspension Specialized have ever created to ensure it’s always on a first-name-basis with fast.
Re-engineered hand-in-hand with the new Epic, the latest BRAIN design resets the expectation for efficiency, employing a new race-tuned pedaling platform to ensure every watt possible is translated into forward motion, while handily soaking up momentum-killing chatter and big hits alike, all more smoothly than ever.
Redesigned with a focus on efficient power transfer and better handling performance, the S-Works Epic frame features a 15% stiffer rear triangle to take full advantage of the BRAIN’s new race-tuned pedaling platform. A dedicated layup schedule and the use of a top-shelf FACT 12m Carbon takes weight savings yet a step further than it’s stablemates, while the pièce de résistance comes in the form of a carbon fibre shock link, combining to shave a total of over 100g from the previous generation S-works frame.
Pairing perfectly with the Brain rear shock for the most balanced suspension perfomance on an Epic yet, the S-Works' Position-Sensitive Brain fork benefits from RockShox’s svelte-yet-stiff SID SL Ultimate chassis, improving front-end stiffness and handling precision while keeping the grammes at bay.
When only the best will do, SRAM’s flagship XX1 Eagle AXS is definitely the group of choice. It dispatches shifts with electronic authority while Roval created an entirely new Control SL rim that wouldn’t just be able to go toe-to-toe with the Epic’s newfound speed and handling performance, but add a bit of its own into the mix as well.
- The S-Works Epic frame is all about speed. Offering 100mm of brilliantly efficient Brain-controlled travel, the S-Work Epic increases rear-triangle stiffness for peerless power transfer, while the use of FACT 12m carbon, a dedicated layup and a full carbon shock link also make it the lightest full suspension frame Specialized have ever created, all while offering the most capable handling in an Epic yet.
- Pairing 100mm of the most efficent travel on earth with RockShox's svelte-yet-stiff SID SL Ultimate chassis, the RockShox SID SL Ultimate BRAIN fork serves as the pinnacle of XC-race supsension perfection.
- SRAM's XX1 Eagle AXS isn't just the lightest electronic MTB groupset on the market, it's also designed to withstand World-Cup winning chain loads while instantaneously snapping of instantaneous shifts to ensure you're never caught on the back foot.
- Created specifically to match the increased capabilities of the Epic, the Roval Control SL rim introduces a completely new offset rim profile that features a 29mm-wide internal width and not only increases strength and reduces weight, but also improves pinch-flat resistance by 22%.