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Ever been in the middle of stage race and needed just a little more margin for error on the descents? Or maybe youve been speeding through the backcountry and felt beat up near bonking and you just needed to make it back to the trailhead without going over the bars? Yeah we’ve been there too. And thats why we made a bike that’s perfect for those situations. Say hello to the S-Works Epic EVO—it’s well a more epic Epic.
Take a look around our office and youre going to see plenty Epics—most of them wearing dropper posts wider tyres and bars and slightly longer forks. Thats because the Epics that were Frankensteining are not only fast off the start line theyre even better suited to masochistically long rides multi-day stage races and fast backcountry missions. At some point we looked around and said to ourselves “We should offer this bike right out of the box right?” So we did.
So lets dig into the details. First off the EVO ups the fork travel from 100mm to 120mm. This gives you some relief up front while also slacking-out the front-end by one-degree to 68.5º. Next up we added a zero-offset dropper post to give you more control on descents but this design keeps your saddle over the BB on steep climbs. We also put some meat on the tyres with a grippy 2.3 Ground Control at the front and a stiffer Fast Trak at the rear with GRID protection at the sidewalls.
The Epic EVO also features our Brain 2.0. The OG Brain changed the way the bike world looked at suspension and oh was it good. It won races and put a flag in the ground for us as a true leader in innovation and suspension development but we knew that we could make it better. Simple physics told us that by moving the Brain closer to the rear axle it would be in the most sensitive spot. And after some lengthy R&D its totally new. Now it reacts seamlessly to bump forces it has much more consistent damping performance and finally it integrates the hoses into the suspension links. This means that the oil paths are improved and that creates an incredibly sleek package that outperforms anything on the market.
This is also among our first Rider-First Engineered™ MTB frames where the tubes place complex carbon pieces in all the right places regardless of the frame size. As a result stiffness is increased in the front-end for a vast improvement in the ride and in control. And to go along with this each frame size has size-specific tubes that result in the stiffest best-riding XC bike weve ever developed.
And while stiffness Brain technology and geometry features are cool and all we know what you’re thinking What about the weight?” We’re glad you asked. The weight- savings on the frame is equivalent to shedding a chainstay and shock extension from the previous Epic—nearly 525 grams. And now carbon models also feature additional tyre clearance to accommodate wider 2.3-inch tyres. More traction ultimately equals more speed.
The build of this S-Works Epic EVO spares no expense featuring Shimano’s new 12-speed XTR groupset and brakes a FOX Factory Step-Cast 34 fork and a hand-built Roval Control SL carbon wheelset.
Frame: | S-Works FACT 12m XC Geometry Rider-First Engineered™ threaded BB 12x148mm rear spacing internal cable routing 100mm of travel |
Fork: | FOX Factory Step-Cast 34 Fit4 damper Kashima Boost™ 44mm offset 120mm of travel |
Rear Shock: | Custom RockShox Micro Brain shock w/ Spike Valve AUTOSAG 51x257mm |
Stem: | S-Works SL |
Bars: | S-Works Carbon Mini Rise 6-degree upsweep 8-degree backsweep 10mm rise 750mm 31.8mm |
Front Brake: | Shimano XTR Race M9100 |
Rear Brake: | Shimano XTR Race M9100 |
Rear Mech: | Shimano XTR M9100 12-speed Shadow Plus |
Shifters: | Shimano XTR M9100 12-speed |
Speed: | 12 |
Rims: | Roval Control SL hookless carbon 25mm internal width tubeless-ready hand-built |
Front Hub: | Roval Control SL sealed cartridge bearings 15mm thru-axle 110mm spacing 24h |
Rear Hub: | Roval Control SL DT Swiss Star Ratchet 54t engagement DT microspline 12mm thru-axle 148mm spacing 28h |
Spokes: | DT Swiss Industry |
Front Tyre: | Ground Control GRIPTON® compound 60 TPI 2Bliss Ready 29x2.3 |
Rear Tyre: | Fast Trak GRID casing GRIPTON® compound 60 TPI 2Bliss Ready 29x2.3 |
Seat Post: | FOX Factory Transfer Kashima Shimano Ispec-EV lever (S: 100mm M-XL: 125mm) |
Saddle: | Body Geometry Phenom Pro carbon fiber rails carbon fiber base 143mm |
Chainset: | Race Face Next SL 170/175mm |
Chain: | KMC X12 Ti 12-speed |
Cassette: | Shimano XTR M9100 12-speed 10-51t |
Pedals: | Specialized Dirt |
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