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No matter how you look at it XC racing is hard. The punchy accelerations rowdy rock gardens and quad searing ascents arent for the faint of heart. With this in mind we designed the new Womens Epic Comp Carbon to make racing a bit more manageable and to take your results to the next level.
Race courses have evolved over the past few years. They’re more technical steeper and simply more challenging to ride. But instead of quivering in our boots we saw this as an opportunity to make something special—something that both World Cup athletes and XC riders alike can instantly feel the benefit from.
We looked at the sum of parts that make a bike handle well like the head angle reach stack chainstay length fork offset etc. and re-evaluated all of it. Increasing the reach made a bike that was more stable at speed and generally more comfortable to ride. Dropper posts? Yep those fit and not just a short-travel XC option but full-length droppers that fit in the 30.9mm seat tube. Head angle? We slacked that out but not without evaluating the overall handling package. It now lands on a custom offset 42mm fork that works with the slacker head angle in order to behave itself in tight corners and through switchbacks.
Next comes the redesigned Brain technology Brain 2.0. The Brain changed the way the bike world looked at suspension both its inefficiencies and benefits alike. 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 countless hours with the RockShox team the new Brain became more than just a slight upgrade. 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 in turn improves oil paths and it creates an incredibly sleek package that outperforms anything on the market.
The Womens Epic also gets a serious upgrade in the stiffness department. The Rider-First Engineered™ tubes place complex carbon pieces in all the right places which greatly increases stiffness in the front end for a vast improvement in ride quality and control. To go along with this each frame size has size-specific tubes that result in the stiffest best riding XC bike weve ever developed—no matter the frame size.
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. With the goal of the new Epic to be the fastest XC mountain bike we’ve ever made weight was at the top of our priorities list. We started with an efficient frame layout and tube shapes that feature clean cable routing integrated channels through the shock extension straight tubes with less curves and optimized torsion profiles in every section. And if you’re curious this weight savings is equivalent to shedding a chainstay and shock extension from the previous Epic—nearly 525 grams.
The build of the Womens Epic Comp Carbon is value-packed featuring an 1x11 SRAM GX groupset a rear RockShox Brain shock at the rear thats custom-tuned for women SRAM Level TL brakes and a Roval Control alloy wheelset. Every touch point has also been hand-selected for female riders as well from the Sip Grips to the bar width and crankarm length all the way down to the superlative Womens Myth Sport saddle.
Full fact 11m carbon fibre frame combines stiffness strength and light overall weight to deliver an off-the-hook race bike. Meanwhile the new geometry RockShox Brain shock and 100mm of travel make the Epic the best handling fastest XC rig youve been on.
A RockShox Reba RL fork soaks up the bumps up front and features both compression and rebound adjustments.
An 11-speed SRAM GX groupset handles shifting duties bringing the convenience of one-by to your XC rig.
FRAME
Specialized FACT 11m full carbon frame XC Geometry threaded BB 12x148mm rear spacing internal cable routing 100mm of travel
FORK
RockShox Reba RL 29 Solo Air compression / rebound adjust tapered alloy steerer 42mm offset 110x15mm Maxle® Stealth thru-axle 100mm of travel RX Womens Tune
REAR SHOCK
RockShox Brain Womens Rx Tune AUTOSAG 51x257mm
FRONT HUB
Specialized disc sealed cartridge bearing 15x110mm spacing torque caps 32h
REAR HUB
Specialized disc sealed cartridge bearings 12x148mm spacing 32h
SPOKES
DT Swiss Industry stainless 3-cross 2.0
RIMS
Roval Control 29 hookless alloy 22mm internal width tubeless-ready
INNER TUBES
Standard Presta valve
FRONT TYRE
Fast Trak GRIPTON compound 29x2.3 60 TPI Aramid folding bead 2Bliss Ready
REAR TYRE
Fast Trak GRIPTON compound 29x2.1 60 TPI Aramid folding bead 2Bliss Ready
CRANKSET
Race Face Aeffect 6000 Series alloy
CHAINRINGS
Steel 28T
BOTTOM BRACKET
Race Face PF30
SHIFT LEVERS
SRAM GX trigger 11-speed
REAR DERAILLEUR
SRAM GX long cage 11-speed
CASSETTE
SRAM XG 1150 11-speed 10-42t
CHAIN
KMC X11 11-speed w/ Missing Link™
FRONT BRAKE
SRAM Level TL hydraulic disc organic pads 160/180mm rotor
REAR BRAKE
SRAM Level TL hydraulic disc organic pads 160 rotor
HANDLEBARS
Specialized Mini-rise 6000 alloy 8-degree backsweep 6-degree upsweep 10mm rise 720mm width 31.8mm clamp
GRIPS
Specialized Sip Grip half waffle
STEM
Specialized XC 3D-forged alloy 4-bolt 6-degree rise
SADDLE
Myth Sport steel rails 155mm
SEATPOST
Specialized alloy single bolt 30.9mm
SEAT BINDER
Alloy 34.9mm
PEDALS
Specialized Platform 9/16 spindle
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