Specialized Epic Evo Pro

The specialized epic evo gets a ground up treatment for 2021.

Specialized epic evo pro. Consider it a more epic kind of epic. The epic expert evo sits in the middle of the evo range. The epic evo shares exactly the same frame as its less rowdy counterpart which in the case of the expert model is constructed from specialized s fact 11m carbon fibre. The epic s burlier sibling the epic evo also gets boosted sharing a front triangle but getting its own back end for more travel.

The s works epic evo is the top shelf option at 10 400 with specialized s fact12m carbon frame and a shimano xtr 12 speed drivetrain. The 2021 specialized epic and epic evo aren t just subtle tweaks to the outgoing model but a ground up revamp that sees the bike evolving as cross country world cup courses getting meatier. Specialized epic pro 2021 first ride review specialized s. Ripping around between the tape is one way to worship at the altar of speed but for all the other long fast rides or marathon races on technical terrain there s our all new epic expert evo.

120mm forks with custom rx tuned valving complete evo s balanced trail smart suspension. Take a look around our office and you re going to see plenty epics most of them wearing dropper posts wider tires and bars and slightly longer forks. To conquer rough trails as fast as humanly possible the epic evo maintains ultra efficient pedaling manners but trades the brain in favor of an rx tuned metric shock. Much like the work done on the specialized demo race the changes to the epic ingredients have been to simply make the bike quicker across the ground.

The epic evo is specialized s acknowledgement that not all epic owners race and that a lot of people want a fast efficient bike that also shreds. In the brain s place are a regular shock and fork. While the last version was essentially an epic with more travel and bigger tires the new evo takes those features and really makes them its own and drops 300 grams in the process.