S-Works Epic World Cup Frameset - RockShox SIDLuxe WCID Ultimate - Satin Smoke Granite / Metallic White Silver / M

The Epic World Cup is the fastest XC race bike in the world on smooth to moderately technical courses, combining unmatched efficiency, control, and lightweight design. World Champion Christopher Blevins praised it, saying "This thing gives me everything I could want from a hardtail, plus the control and capability of full suspension." The bike was created through a totally integrated development approach, inventing a radical new shock, and leveraging four decades of off-road winning experience.To deliver maximum speed through ruthlessly efficient power transfer and precision handling, the engineering team set new standards in torsional rigidity and BB stiffness. This required merging a structurally superior double diamond layout with the shock cradled inside the top-tube, finished with the most sophisticated composite layup in Specialized history.The revolutionary SID Deluxe WCID shock technology, co-developed with RockShox, gives riders the efficiency and snappy response of a hardtail plus the control, capability, and momentum-carrying of full suspension with simple setup. The shock utilizes unique independently adjustable positive and negative air springs to deliver hardtail "snap" combined with terrain-devouring forgiveness and easy personalization for specific courses or rider preference. Riders can set it firm to ride like a hardtail or open it up for chunk-squashing capability, with the flexibility to tune anywhere on the spectrum from firm to soft.The 75mm of rear travel delivers control and capability comparable to much longer travel bikes. Because it's designed to be ridden at or close to topped-out, it yields the same positive travel as a 100mm travel bike set up with 25% sag. The spring-rate is tuned to be relatively flat through the mid-stroke to handle the majority of bump forces like a longer travel bike. The custom Mega Jounce Bumper, an industry first due to its large size, smoothly manages bottom-out on the biggest impacts.The BRAIN fork technology features Position-Sensitive damping that allows riders to sag into the fork 15mm for a balanced ride, providing supple small bump compliance and a firm pedaling platform without the need for a remote lockout or levers to flip.With a frame weight of just 1,765 grams painted with shock and all hardware, the Epic World Cup edges out the lightest competitors. This translates to faster acceleration, more efficient climbing, and more agile handling. The featherweight and monster stiffness were achieved by applying lessons learned from the Aethos, the lightest production road frame ever made, specifically the advanced composite layup and tube shapes.The frameset includes the 180-gram Roval Control SL seat post, offering peerless lightweight, stiffness, and control on the World Cup.Maximum EfficiencyAbsurdly light 1,765-gram frame, unmatched BB and torsional rigidity, and radical shock technology deliver category leading efficiency. Thanks to independently adjustable positive and negative air springs the Specialized conceived SID WCID shock gives the Epic World Cup hardtail "snap," AND with terrain-devouring control and capability-plus the ability to personalize set-up to a course conditions and riding style.Precision ControlCompared to a hardtail or lesser suspension bikes, the Epic World Cup keeps your tires on the ground a greater percentage of the time, directly translating to more control. More control means more speed. Torsional rigidity through the entire system - bars to chassis, to wheels, make for peerless agility and precision handling.Seriously LightweightWith a frame weight of just 1,765 grams (painted with shock and all hardware), the Epic World Cup edges out the lightest of competitors. This translates to faster acceleration, more efficient climbing, and more agile handling. And all of that adds up to speed.How To Set Up Epic World Cup Shock