Specialized Epic Hardtail Comp Gunmetal/White/Silver

Gone are the days when a date with a hardtail race bike meant paying for it for days to come.

Now, the Epic Hardtail Comp’s reality-altering combination of comfort and capability in a lighter-than-life package means counting down the hours until you meet again. Working towards the lightest bike possible has long been the race within the race, but at what cost? The battle of the grams certainly hasn’t been without its casualties, with hardtail XC race bikes coming to stand for a harsh, twitchy ride at the expense of capability and versatility.

But who said fatigue from fighting against your bike makes you any faster? Instead, recognizing that the fastest bike is more than simply the lightest bike, they said out with the jarred-to-death tail, the measure-your-posterior’s-sorrows-by-the-yard tail, and in with the avant-garde tail. The ridiculously capable, mystifyingly comfortable, head-shakingly light, and all-around fast Epic Hardtail.

Sure, they optimized every inch of the Epic Hardtail frame to achieve the lightest production hardtail frame in the world anyway—but they also prioritized their commitment to creating an Epic Hardtail that’s as capable as it is comfortable with aggressive singletrack-inspired geometry, increased tire clearance and a frame obsessively engineered for increased vertical compliance, all while creating a bike that lives and breathes the fundamentals of fast.

Features:

• RockShox's SID SL fork for suspension duties.
• Full SRAM GX Eagle groupset for accessible performance.
• Dropper-post friendly FACT 11m carbon frame.
• RockShox's Rush RL damper for steady travel.
• Debon Air adjustability for easy suspension tuning.
• SRAM's GX Eagle shifting for affordable high performance.