Specialized Enduro Elite Carbon 650b 2017 Review

What attracted you to the specialized enduro comp 650b.

Specialized enduro elite carbon 650b 2017 review. The 2017 specialized enduro comp 650b is an immediately comfortable high value beast of a bike that begs to be unleashed on rowdy terrain. For the launch of the bike specialized brought us to british columbia s sunshine coast to ride some of the region s finest singletrack. Specialized was the first company to use the enduro name for a bike 14 years ago and has been a leading player in the lightweight long travel trail all mountain game ever since. In some uncanny oxymoronic way specialized made the enduro 29 better at climbing and descending at the same time while also increasing the travel to 165 millimeters and relaxing the head angle.

With 170mm of front and rear travel the new enduro lives for long days in the bike park and shuttling downhill trails while remaining playful and fun. Of the many caniforms running loose amongst the complex inlets the separate vancouver island from mainland british columbia the bike a hint of rupert the bear in its colourings is all about tearing through the undergrowth munching up root hauntingly powerful. Since specialized created the enduro it s consistently been at the top of its game and with the revised version for 2017 i was keen to see how this entry point machine would fare. I also wanted to see how feasible a 170mm travel bike would be as a regular ride.

The reworked 2017 specialized enduro has arrived.