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  • Specialized Enduro 29er – have we hated this yet?
  • TooTall
    Free Member

    Saw a link to this article via CyclistNo1 and wondered whether it had been hated by the haters yet?

    Specialized 29er Enduro

    Looks fun, but I’d guess I’d be over the back with a high seat and those short stays.

    chakaping
    Free Member

    Bike looks great but that saddle is exceptionally high.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    Paint job makes it look like a 2 stage dropper post.

    I don’t like the cables under the BB, either.

    otherwise it looks ok 🙂

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    onehundredthidiot
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    Not going anywhere fast (apart from up walls) with that chainring set up.

    ac282
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    10t sprocket and big wheels will help though

    ads678
    Full Member

    I like it.

    ampthill
    Full Member

    Looks fun, but I’d guess I’d be over the back with a high seat and those short stays

    I think that applies to many of their bikes

    TooTall
    Free Member

    Not going anywhere fast

    Erm….down hills?

    ahwiles
    Free Member

    Dear Santa…

    Toasty
    Full Member

    32 front + 10 rear with 29er wheels will still be a fair pelt. Similar to a 26er a couple of clicks off hardest gear.

    Really like it 🙂 Completely incapable of doing any riding that would justify it though.

    cookeaa
    Full Member

    I can’t help thinking the Enduro should perhaps stay as a 26er…

    Specialized’s Monster lob-on for all things 29″ might just see them ruin a few of their own classics I reckon.

    There’s nothing wrong with 29ers but IMO 26″ wheels better suit the whole “Plod up, Razz it down” thing that the Enduro was intended for…

    bigyinn
    Free Member

    I rather like that. Doesnt look out of proportion, Im guessing its a larger sized frame. Nice slutty red too.
    Why the hate for under the BB cables? They worked perfectly on every bike I’ve had in the last 23 years!

    sambob
    Free Member

    I like that.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    it’s the two big loops of outer that bother me, not the actual under the BB thing.

    MussEd
    Free Member

    I like it.

    TooTall
    Free Member

    IMO 26″ wheels better suit the whole “Plod up, Razz it down” thing that the Enduro was intended for…

    heh – you’ve read the article and watched the video then.

    wrecker
    Free Member

    Not a particularly well written article was it? Good one for bullshit bingo though.

    amedias
    Free Member

    normally I don’t like the look of 29ers (visually I mean) but that one looks good, in proportion, nice colour scheme too 🙂

    asterix
    Free Member

    “I can’t help thinking the Enduro should perhaps stay as a 26er…”

    completely agree – at least give us the option!

    bikebouy
    Free Member

    Nope, I like it.
    Not into “enduro” type bikes me, preferring light/fast/flippy/trippy bikes. So for me to like it, I think I may take a closer look in one of those ye oldie shoppie things.
    Only other bike that tickled me was the Tall Boy.

    Northwind
    Full Member

    Looks good to me… Seems kinda long but it’s really hard to judge. Never been a bad Enduro though has there?

    onehundredthidiot – Member

    Not going anywhere fast (apart from up walls) with that chainring set up.

    What size is it? 32×11 on a 26er is perfectly workable so at a guess that’s 30 or 28, plus the ability to have a small rear, and big wheel- looks sensible enough to me.

    chiefgrooveguru
    Full Member

    I like that! If there was ever any chance of me challenging for a podium on an enduro race then that looks an excellent device for shaving off the seconds. As it is I’ll continue enjoying feeling faster but going slower on a hardtail 26er… 😉

    b45her
    Free Member

    a 29er epic is a good idea.
    a 29er stumpy is acceptable.
    a 29er enduro is a step to far.

    the yanks will lap it up though.

    PJM1974
    Free Member

    *Facepalm*

    sambob
    Free Member

    That from personal experience b45her?

    freeridenick
    Free Member

    gwinny on a 29er demo8 next… 😯

    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    The haterz have moved on to hating fatbikes now.

    It’s their way of trying to stand out from the crowd. 😡

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    Want!

    Not sure what I want more though, my left kidney or that…………

    Gotama
    Free Member

    Gwin on the pedally south african DH course on the enduro… 😀

    Looks perfect, always had a soft spot for enduros.

    wobbem
    Free Member

    430 chainstay is very impressive for a big travel 29er.

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    430 chainstay is very impressive for a big travel 29er.

    Adantage of an FSR linkage, the chainstay gets longer through the travel, so as long as the tyre can clear the seatube/BB you can make it as short as you like.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    Axle does move forward at the beginning of the travel though.

    richmtb
    Full Member

    Certainly one of the best looking 29ers I’ve seen. Bigger travel frame seems more in proportion with the larger wheels.

    Like

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    Baldy phrased that, I meant compared to say a Kona with the main pivot in the same place the horisontal distance between the axle and the BB doesn’t decreace by as much (which makes getting the seatpost out the way easier).

    mrblobby
    Free Member

    650b is the rage

    Is it?

    andyrm
    Free Member

    That’s Specialized rider Curtis Keene’s bike – he’s a tall old fella, hence the seat being so high and the bike appearing so damn big. It’s a big wheeled, big travel bike.

    Running XX1 with a 32t chainring and the 10-40 cassette. Saw this bike in the flesh at SuperEnduro (where the pic was taken), and it looks less odd in real life. Out there, the big wheels and long travel for a 29er definitely make sense I reckon.

    Obviously works very well as Curtis podiumed……

    wrecker
    Free Member

    Obviously works very well as Curtis podiumed……

    Although not quite as well as the 26ers of atherton and sottocornola, eh? 😉

    andyrm
    Free Member

    Hahahaha true!! But he was the first yank to do it, so I thought it only fair to give him credit….. 😉

    Euro
    Free Member

    I hate it! Not because it’s a bad bike, it’s very great and was top of my ‘next bike’ list, but the big S are no longer doing a 26″ version in XL. I’m having to rethink my list as I don’t want big wheels. Curse you.

    kudos100
    Free Member

    It looks good, as far as 29’ers go, but I cannot really see the point of a enduro 29’er.

    Spesh have dropped the ball in the last year or so.

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