Chipps gets down and technical with the new Specilaized Epic Pro - A thoroughbred lightweight XC race machine.
For the 2018 model year, Specialized did a major revamp of its flagship race bike, the Epic. The full carbon frame was made a lot lighter, while the geometry was tweaked to reflect the changing needs of Olympic-level cross country racing. Well, those needs have changed again and the 2021 Specialized Epic has been brought bang up to date with a number of important tweaks to an already fiercesomely fast bike. In addition, the 2021 Specialized Epic EVO, the Epic’s evil twin, has gained some tweaks of its own.
While the 2018 Epic was ‘slackened’ to a whole 69.5° the 2021 Specialized Epic is a whole two degrees slacker still, with a head angle of 67.5° and a steepened effective seat angle of 75.5°. Reach has been lengthened, stems have been shortened and the frame has been lightened. Again.
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