Specialized Sequoia Elite Road Bike

The fork is a tapered fact carbon with internal light cable routing flat brake mount and two pairs of water bottle bosses and rack and fender mounts.

Specialized sequoia elite road bike. The mid range sequoia elite comes with a shimano 105 11 speed road groupset with hydraulic brakes. It has everything you need to hit the road and not look back. With an fsa gossamer sub compact crankset shifting between a 48 32t rings the smallest gear matches that of the expert 25 but this bike has a better top end gear ratio of 122. The easy geared sequoia elite makes mincemeat of road climbs while the 32 tooth smaller chainring comes into its own once the terrain transitions from tarmac to hard pack either when slogging up.

The specialized sequoia created a whole lot of excitement two years ago when it was first unveiled. 2018 specialized sequoia elite the mid range elite gets a new color way called sierra charcoal reflective as shown above. Compared to the more curvy aluminum and carbon specialized diverge it s a softbag friendly frame that s shared by all three models in the lineup. As steel purists we were pleased the new sequoia harks back to its past albeit with a size specific butted tubing specialize call premium cr mo.

The 2018 specialized sequoia elite. It has everything you need to hit the road and never look back. Now though the sequoia elite gives you both by combining the two into one genre bending bike. Once you get past its weight and lack of prowess on the road it is a decent soft road machine.

Essentially a toned down version of the awol the 2019 specialized sequoia bikes are an excellent choice for bikepacking light touring and gravel riding. This material is coveted for its strength respectable weight and tuned ride quality. I experimented with 650b wheels and mtb tyres for a short while using a set of stan s crest rims and specialized fast trak 2 1 rubber. The smaller wheels made the bike feel a lot nimbler off road but much more of a drag on the road.

The 1300 entry level sequoia the 2000 elite and the 3500 an expert module frameset is also. The sequoia s path to adventure starts at the frame which we constructed from premium cr mo tubing. This material is coveted for its strength light weight and tuned ride quality. The sequoia has a very long wheelbase so it wasn t exactly nimble between the trees but it was very stable.

The sequoia s path to adventure starts at the frame which specialized constructed from premium cr mo tubing.