Specialized Enduro Elite Carbon 29 Review

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Specialized enduro elite carbon 29 review. Good thing because for 2017 the enduro line sees rear wheel travel increase to 165 millimeters a slacker head angle steeper seat tube angle and plus size compatibility. By far the biggest change however is that the bb height has dropped by 15mm to 336mm. The enduro elite 29 has a carbon fibre front triangle and alloy rear end. Five years ago after an initial reluctance to jump fully into the 29 inch wheeled market specialized shocked the world juking left as everyone was betting solidly on the rising star of 27 5 inch wheels with the introduction of the enduro 29.

It s plenty stiff nice and snappy and with 29 wheels descends like a bike possessed. That makes it lower even than the evil wreckoning and probably too low to run 27 5 x 2 8in plus wheels in the latest version. You also get a handy swat door in the down tube to stash a small pump tube and snacks. The enduro comp sits below it with a.

Meet your new trail buddy buddy. This thing is fun as hell. All of this together makes the bike truly feel glued to the ground and the. Wait a long travel trail bike that climbs well and goes hard on the trail.

Specialized enduro details wheel size. Yeah we didn t think it was possible either until we designed the enduro elite. Specialized offers four enduro 29 and 650b models the latter come with 170 millimeters of travel ranging from 3 200 to 8 500. Our quest was to create the perfect long travel trail bike and it all began with a close look at the geometry.

We gave it a geometry features a slacker front end a longer top tube short chainstays and a lower bottom bracket. The elite carbon 29 6fattie is the bottom rung carbon model featuring a slightly lower spec front end compared to the s works model and an alloy rear end. Specialized enduro pro 29. An aggressive all mountain bike that showed up not only sporting wagon wheels but also boasting more travel 155 millimeters than any other.

170mm front and rear carbon frame 63 9 or 64 3 head angle 442mm chainstays. Which is why specialized has added an adjustable shock extension to the manfu link.