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Video: 2016 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR announced

· By Press Office · 26 comments

Mountain biking has come a long way since the Stumpjumper FSR first debuted in 1981, but one thing’s stayed the same for decades: The Stumpjumper FSR is the ultimate trail bike.

And this year, it features revolutionary new technology, like our proprietary Rx Trail shock tune, never before seen, fully integrated SWAT technology, 650b, 6Fattie, and 29er options, ultra-short and nimble chainstays, and an even slacker, trail-eating geometry. Add it all up, and you have a bike that’s ready for anything that the trail can throw at it.

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For all the details, check out the 2016 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR range here.

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Josh0

May 15, 2015, 11:56 AM

I like dem Stumpies!

Izak

May 15, 2015, 11:59 AM

SEXXXXY!!!

Lurch the stalker

May 15, 2015, 12:07 PM

Looks like it maybe time to crack the piggy bank... ;)

hydrobum

May 15, 2015, 12:27 PM

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!

TheJ

May 15, 2015, 12:34 PM

Not sure they can keep hanging the "Stumpjumper FSR" label on it... I mean the bike is miles, miles different from the original. Give it a new name?

Headshot

May 15, 2015, 12:38 PM

Its a Spaz I could happily own...

rock

May 15, 2015, 1:40 PM

a dropper with some proper offset - nice.

Hairy

May 15, 2015, 1:43 PM

Not sure they can keep hanging the "Stumpjumper FSR" label on it... I mean the bike is miles, miles different from the original. Give it a new name?

Nah, they have established Stumpy name as brand name that will keep, and has kept on evolving over time, and they established this long ago.

Odinson

May 15, 2015, 1:43 PM

Bliksem, that's a beautiful bike!

Bizkit031

May 15, 2015, 1:57 PM

Nah, they have established Stumpy name as brand name that will keep, and has kept on evolving over time, and they established this long ago.

yea you can't change a legends name.
DR ◣◢

May 15, 2015, 2:10 PM

Won't kick it out of my garage to be honest. Good looking bike,

Brawler

May 15, 2015, 2:44 PM

Very very nice!

More travel and proper 650b.

gummibear

May 15, 2015, 3:00 PM

Ned is a LEGEND.

Johny Bravo

May 15, 2015, 4:19 PM

Still the best. Love my Stumpy.

Bizkit031

May 15, 2015, 4:38 PM

Still the best. Love my Stumpy.

time to sell yours now Johnny and get this one.
Johny Bravo

May 15, 2015, 4:42 PM

time to sell yours now Johnny and get this one.

Two things stand out for me. No carbon rims, and no brain. Will have to see how this thing rides, I really love the trail tune brain. Looks fantastic, but it seems really close to the enduro now. S-works 650b in my future if it rides as good as it looks.

Bizkit031

May 15, 2015, 4:47 PM

Two things stand out for me. No carbon rims, and no brain. Will have to see how this thing rides, I really love the trail tune brain. Looks fantastic, but it seems really close to the enduro now. S-works 650b in my future if it rides as good as it looks.

Yea with figures like that I think it's gonna blast the trail. It has a Pike on it and that is gonna change it a lot I think.
Johny Bravo

May 15, 2015, 4:55 PM

Yea with figures like that I think it's gonna blast the trail. It has a Pike on it and that is gonna change it a lot I think.

I also have the Pike on my 2015 expert. Those short chainstays, now that seems like good fun. Oh well. Suppose we can look forward to riding them.

Bizkit031

May 15, 2015, 5:02 PM

I also have the Pike on my 2015 expert. Those short chainstays, now that seems like good fun. Oh well. Suppose we can look forward to riding them.

Read one of the reviews earlier and the guys were saying that the 650b is not necessarily quicker than the 29er but a heel of a lot more fun especially if you like to shred the living daylights out of the trail.
Odinson

May 16, 2015, 4:18 AM

These are completely new bikes. The 29ers now have 140mm of front travel and 135mm rear and the 650B's run 150mm travel upfront. Spez have really responded to the market well with the Stumpy FSR range. 

 

Can't wait to see what they've got planned for the new Camber. I'm hoping they'll take cues from the Kona Process 111 and the Evil The Following - slack geo, short travel and nice and tight rear stays. 

flyluis

May 16, 2015, 11:26 AM

Not a spez fan but this might change my mind. Very nice looking bike. 

Hairy

May 17, 2015, 5:09 PM

Stumpy is really a great one and only bike to have in the garage, well all bikes like this really are.

 

Light, decent travel, can pedal well and just a plain ripper of a bike.

 

More every day/average Joe rider should own a good trail bike at some stage in their lives

KarlvN

May 18, 2015, 8:51 AM

I am in the process of saving for a full-sus. The options at present are  as follows:

 

Giant Anthem X 29er

Scott Spark 950 29er

Giant Trance 27.5 ( jury still out on this, I am 1.94m barefoot )

 

And now this bad boy has just gone and moered a rather large spanner in the works.

 

Any thoughts? Price?

 

[edit] - No worry the price...(cough cough choke) $8900 according to the link...ahem, well okay then.

 

Anthem it is...

Odinson

May 18, 2015, 9:07 AM

The range starts at $2,900 and goes all the way to $8,900. 

 

The alu models are excellent value for money. Carbon models are also well priced considering spec and the R&D that's gone into the new frame designs. 

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