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Specialized
S-Works Epic Carbon Rim
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Submitted by
Joel
a Cross Country Rider
from Greenville, South Carolina
Date Reviewed: December 16, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Greens Lick | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$6500.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Center | | Strengths: | Supernaturally fast and stiff (Fox techno) for a full susser. Impeccable handling characteristics and good bump absorption for a 100mm travel bike. Very, very light; and I need a large frame. | | Weaknesses: | Less-than-ideal Specialized Rival saddle; flat bar and 0-degree stem are too ball-bustingly aggressive for this middle-aged XC rider, though satisfactory for the dedicated XC racer, who is into Yoga and thrice-weekly massages from A big-handed Swede named Heidi. Frameset not American-made, damnit. (I am an old Cannondale man.) Bike can get sketchy when you overpower up a short technical section, but settles down if you touch the rear brake while pedaling. | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale Rush Team Replica | | Bike Setup: | Full XTR, Mavic CrossMax, S-Works Fast-Trac tires, Fizik Alliante carbon saddle, Thomson stem (switched to more svelte Elite 25.4 clamp; every bike maker's front end is overdone anymore) and seatpost, Ergon Race grips/magnesium bar ends, S-works 25.4 carbon riser bar | | Bottom Line: | The fastest bike I have ever had the privilege to ride. (Much faster than I am!) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Harley Mendes
a Racer
from Ribeirao Preto - Brazil
Date Reviewed: September 21, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | pure cross country | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$6500.00 | | Purchased At: | Tripp aventura | | Strengths: | Absorvs bumps like no other bike I ever tried. Doesn´t miss a turn, climbs very well. Confortable when you are tired or on an epic ride and may be seated. | | Weaknesses: | Price. Front deilleur very close to the bottom link | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Marathon, Giant NRS Air, Gary Fisher Sugar Race, Specialized S-Works M5 (hard tail) | | Bike Setup: | XTR group, including disc brakes, SRAM X.O grip shift and rear shifter, Fox F100x (Terralogic), Ritchey WCS ZED tires | | Bottom Line: | Despite de genesis geometry of the Sugar race and the weight of the NRS Air, this is the bike to race. No bob noted. Forginving on descents, even when I made little mistakes. No back pain (I won´t be young forever, neither will my column).
I race every time I can, in cross country races, 12hrs and intercity races. Sometime I go for an epic ride (2 or 3 days) and this machine fits it all.
If you can afford it, you won't regret. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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