any information on the 2017 epic? Clearly it's pretty early to look for info on it, but the 2017 Enduro thread seems to have some good info already; so i was hoping to get some color on epic as well. thx
I'd love to have an option to buy my own fork. I do not want the expensive, heavy, flimsy RS1, and have not been impressed with the sid/brain. If, they actually discounted the bike because no fork and allowed me to get the new fox (or i guess if ohlins ever made a XC style fork), I'd be happy.
Epic isn't due a frame redesign for 2017 going by Specialized's normal product life cycle, so probably just a different colour which nobody will know for another 10 months or so.
Ha, you are right, I lost a year there somehow. Not sure what they would do really, I like the SWAT door personally but it might put people off I could see this frame going another year, I don't think it has been beaten by anyone else yet anyway!
Seems like its time...but then again...what are they really going to improve/change? Its a pretty tried-and-true design at this point. Maybe they can make it low/slack/#enduro..oh wait..wrong bike.
Well, it was beaten to death in the Stumpy thread, but there's a stiffness and weight penalty. I doubt anyone would notice the stiffness - I wouldn't - but I'm not keen on adding ~ 1/2 lb to the frame.
That amount of weight is probably negligible on a Trail platform like the Stumpy FSR, but it starts to run counter to the theme of their XC racing platform bikes.
Yup, that is the one I was remembering. Not sure if they will have an exclusive like they do with the Brain, but it will be interesting to see where this goes.
I haven't heard anything. I'm really hoping it pops up soon, with the olympics coming up and all. You'd figure they would for sure be on it at the olympics, with all of the riders they will have there... like Sagan...
Even though he may not medal, he's a HUGE name to have moving over to the mountain bike race that will bring a lot of attention.
I agree... the aggressive geo of the current frame is great!
As far as geometry, I dont know enough to even speculate as to how they could improve it... but i'm sure they will.
I figure they will add boost spacing and tweak the brains as well.
The current brain is WAY better than the 2011-2013 iteration, So I assume this one will be even better.
Hopefully they dont do the "aluminum rear triangle on everything but Sworks" thing again.
I understand only having a carbon front triangle on some models for pricing.. but getting rid of the carbon chainstay on the expert models was lame.
The current geometry is useless for anything other than plodding around on Californian singletrack. The days of road bike geo and sizing on XCO bikes is over. The Brain is junk and always has been. Add a lockout or just a little more antisquat and save a ton of weight.
With things like the above appearing on the market, twitchy, unstable, XC bikes are hopefully going to be a thing of the past.
Give me a 69 degree HTA and a 73 degree STA. Reasonably short HT. That's all I ask.
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