Grease_Monkey Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 Innovation is great, agreed, but dont remove the old one completely if there is people that paid big cash for it and will need parts later on. As an example i prefer 2 x 10, and i am struggling to find replacement drivetrain setups, both road and mtb as i am still 10 speed on both. Thats what i find frustrating.That's called supply and demand, 2x is still readily available - hell Shimano even has a 2x12 groupset. But the market wants 1x, so bike shops can't afford to stock things that are gonna sit on their shelves forever.
Headshot Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 Bike radar had a feature on it in AprilThey refer to it as a Stumpjumper not Epic https://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/article/specialized-stumpjumper-or-stumpjumper-evo-52111/ No man. That is about the Stumpy Evo. Spaz have had Evo models in their range for years. Its usually a more extreme i.e focused on descending and fun, version of the bike. The Epic Evo will simply continue that theme. Much like Scott have a Spark that comes with a dropper post and more fork up front.
SwissVan Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 No man. That is about the Stumpy Evo. Spaz have had Evo models in their range for years. Its usually a more extreme i.e focused on descending and fun, version of the bike. The Epic Evo will simply continue that theme. Much like Scott have a Spark that comes with a dropper post and more fork up front.I know...I popped in at a Spaz dealer during lunch and he knew nothing about a Epic Evo, only knew the stumpy evo
Edge_Design Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 So they're finally catching up with Giant who did this years ago with the Anthem? I reckon it's a good move - that little bit of extra travel makes a big difference to the fun side of a bike with minimal impact on anything other than the steepest climbs (in my very non-professional opinion). My last 3 (normally 100mm) XC bikes have all been changed to 120mm forks and I will never go back unless I'm hoping to win something.
CAAD4 Posted June 26, 2018 Posted June 26, 2018 There goes the value of those Epics even more... And yours has a Brain fork you say? Oh no. Evo for the win....
Williepotch Posted July 8, 2018 Author Posted July 8, 2018 See a lot of Specialized Epics up for sale! Could it be that a new Epic is here????
Me rida my bicycle Posted July 8, 2018 Posted July 8, 2018 XC bikes have to get slacker with more travel have you guys seen how technical the xc races have become. And why not a bike that climbs like a rocket and descends with more ease and still light and a bigger smile. Don't mock it till you've tried it.
gummibear Posted July 8, 2018 Posted July 8, 2018 http://forums.mtbr.com/attachments/specialized/1205790d1530294285-2019-epic-rumors-36176575_10157597717324899_3955228635492777984_o.jpg
hansolo Posted July 10, 2018 Posted July 10, 2018 Some more info on Bikerumor. https://bikerumor.com/2018/07/10/specialized-xc-gets-epic-er-in-new-epic-evo-with-dropper-more-travel-meatier-spec/
splat Posted July 10, 2018 Posted July 10, 2018 This isnt the first time they have Frankenstein'ed the Epic https://www.specialized.com/us/en/epic-expert-evo/p/23685 Edit: Doh! Already mentioned in the article
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