Specialized Enduro Evo Expert 2013
The 2013 enduro expert sports a fox float ctd rear shock.
Specialized enduro evo expert 2013. The 2014 enduro expert evo has been improved supercharged may be a better word for it to fulfill the one bike role for dh senders who have yet to find an all around bike that could make a. View vital mtb member waite jesse s mountain bike check specialized enduro expert evo 2013. The 180mm travel m5 aluminum enduro evo is an all mountain machine catered to aggressive descending. The 180mm pedal friendly frame will be appreciated by many riders but the regular build option could be the more popular choice if the different fork and shock are comparable to the performance from those on the expert build.
The 180mm travel m5 aluminum enduro fsr expert evo is an all mountain machine catered to aggressive descending. The evo models come spec d for more downhill oriented riding slacker geometry coil shocks and less carbon. Specialized introduced us to the revamped enduro expert evo at crankworx. As a one bike the enduro expert evo proved itself to be very capable.
The air sprung unit boasts specialized s autosag feature which makes dialing your sag brain dead simple. It sports the same basic frame as the 2013 model tested here but is equipped with the excellent rockshox pike and sram s x01 single ring drivetrain and can be had in both 26er and 29er versions. They bumped up the travel from 160 to 180mm for the new year making it even more capable of tackling any terrain including rough dh courses. Equipped with a fox van r coil shock x fusion vengeance coil sprung fork and custom avid db 3 hydraulic disc brakes.
I have last years enduro evo it has a steeper head tube 160 mm of travel and is perfect. You ve seen the 2013 enduros but have you seen this new ride. The enduro expert carbon is back in black for 2014 or back in grey though that doesn t sound nearly as cool. While there are compromises they re very manageable and rarely held me back.
It cost me 3200 bucks and is probably just as good as the 2013 expert evo wich costs 6 grand. I know autosag seems like the most unnecessary gizmo since the man bra at least it seems that way until you actually try it.