Let's see your full suspension Specialized please

9 years old now and still going. The forks in the picture are long since dead, as are the ones that replaced them.

The old, Cut Gate Path:

and the new, South Head:

Thanks to everyone that has contributed so far! Some great bikes.

Great to see a Camber with similar set up to mine in there too!

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My 2011 Camber. Now 1×10 with new tyres and a shorter stem. Still need new wheels and a wider bar.

My baby before I changed to a Covert. Loved it.

@rwills2 – is that a medium or large frame? What size bars /stem did they come with in 2011?

Stumpy and XC FSR
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The XC frame cracked, and have been replaced under warranty by a Camber like Devash’s further up. (they even gave me a new fork and i got to keep the Reba, not bad service on a 5 year old bike)

My big wheeler.

@devash Its a large frame. The bars are 680mm according to the spec online, not sure on the stem – I’ve still got it in the garage so could measure it but never sure where to take the reading from! Its pretty long though much better with a shorter one!

Yours looks smart, is it a 2012? I got mine in Jan 2012 when they were on the cheap due to being the previous years model. Have you swapped out the bars and stem?

EDIT – Just googled the old stem on the picture, it was 105mm!

What stem do you have now?

I dropped from 90 to 50 on my one. I did go slightly wider with the bars (740 over 720).

Still not 100% happy with how I’ve got my rear shock set up. For those with the triad II – do you mainly use the shock on open or propedal?

Keep those pics coming too please.

@devash Its a large frame. The bars are 680mm according to the spec online, not sure on the stem – I’ve still got it in the garage so could measure it but never sure where to take the reading from! Its pretty long though much better with a shorter one!

Yours looks smart, is it a 2012? I got mine in Jan 2012 when they were on the cheap due to being the previous years model. Have you swapped out the bars and stem?

EDIT – Just googled the old stem on the picture, it was 105mm!

Yup mine’s a 2012 elite, bought this time last year in the sales. Mine came with a 90 stem and 720mm bars but I swapped over to a 70mm stem straight away as I felt a little stretched at 6ft with the really long effective top tube these bikes have. Still have the original bars and grips.

The only downside to the bike is that straight headtube. It proved to be a limiting factor when I came to upgrade the fork as most decent stuff seems to come in tapered-only format now.

@Normal Man – My LBS gave me one to test out for a bit think its 70-80mm far better than the one that came on the bike. May go shorter not sure yet. How do you find the wider bars? I’m thinking of going to 780mm but not sure if that will be too much. May get a 740mm renthal bar

@devash Would you go for bigger bars or is 720mm alright?

I got this in 2003. Still have the frame in many bits (obviously the stays cracked!)

Ten years on I returned to spesh with this.

@rwills2 I have 700mm flat bars on my ht (29er, also a Spesh)
so had found 720 about right, but with the shorter stem thought I’d go a tad wider but still be able to fit through the local woods!

The 780 do have cut down lines though so you might find somewhere in between suits.

Just completed this, my first 29er , & first carbon frame. Its fast!

My old Big Hit. Loved this thing.

It got some black rollers and the stanchion guards got stickered up. With a Push tuned rear shock, it was a hell of a bike.

It was replaced by a Demo 9 but I haven’t got any pics of that to hand. Stealth build with 888’s (decals removed) and knack components. Great bike but OTT for this country.

Aldo had an SX Trail. One of the best bikes I’ve had and can still hold its own again more modern stuff.

Retired this 3 years ago and now hanging on my garage wall.

Had a few,
Demo 9

My first was moved on because i wanted something lighter and ended up with this,
Demo 8

Not exactly lighter and only lasted two months before it went to heaven. Gutted!!
The enduro arrived

Loved it, but a dead car meant it had to go.
08 Stumpy test bike

This bike lasted me a long time although i could never get on with the brain shock.
That was it for a while until my 07 stumpy fsr turned up. oddly i have no photo’s of that. It’s funny looking back at them and realizing as i got older my riding changed because i stopped bouncing and strated breaking 🙁

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650b 2013 enduro

Gone now but had a great time in the Alps before selling it. Changed the seatpost to a GD 125mm drop and the shock to a FOX RC4 with a Ti coil. Oh and dual plys for the Alps trip 🙂

2014 650b enduro

No shots of this built up yet But will get some.

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waldo1 – that’s luverly – look forward to seeing pics when it’s built

tenfoot

Retired this 3 years ago and now hanging on my garage wall.

I remember lusting after one – jeez, they look like a poor Halfords special now 😕

Seeing as we are doing past ones too…

The day I bought it

Waldo that is indeed very, very cool. It’s almost too pretty to ride!

I used to lust over those old FSR’s….and actually had one for a short time (missed that off my list). The lack of seat post length was a real pain.

My new Stumpy comp evo 29er

Hob Nob and Widge34, both your bikes are perfect.

What this thread has shown me is that pre 2012 Specialized used to make some of the ugliest FS Bikes.

I have a 2013 Camber Comp with a few choice upgrades.

Nice 740mm Fat Bar Lites and a stem shorted that the 100mm tiller it came with.

I adore it, and the Stumpy Evo and Enduro 29er are wonderful looking bikes.

One day I’ll get a new pic:

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tricky dicky – You are clearly a man with impeccable taste!

Warns,
I like that too, is it a recent build that you did?
Is it 1 x 10 or 2 x 10?
I’m running a single and not sure I’m feeling it yet!
Richard

Hob Nob and Widge34, both your bikes are perfect.

What this thread has shown me is that pre 2012 Specialized used to make some of the ugliest FS Bikes.

I have a 2013 Camber Comp with a few choice upgrades.

Nice 740mm Fat Bar Lites and a stem shorted that the 100mm tiller it came with.

I adore it, and the Stumpy Evo and Enduro 29er are wonderful looking bikes.

Really? Not taking anything away from the bikes above (I like the Enduro 29 – but in a larger frame), but think the Stumpy 29’s are absolutely gopping. Each to their own innit 😉

Here’s my old faithful Enduro Pro 2004

Action shot, from 2008… first ride on the new bike 🙂

Spesh Pitch Pro 2008

(I took to the bike, like a fish to water..)

tricky dicky

Warns,
I like that too, is it a recent build that you did?
Is it 1 x 10 or 2 x 10?
I’m running a single and not sure I’m feeling it yet!
Richard

Hi Richard, yes finished it a little over a month a go, taken me a long time to get all the bits together but finally there. I’ve only ridden it a few times but christened it with a trip to BPW then rode Blade at Afan, and was really impressed. Fastastic on the technical climbs and almost felt like cheating on the downs!

Running 2 x 10 (24/38 cranks with 36-11 cassette) and very happy with that.

Ant

My stumpy evo. Love it.

Had so much fun on this until some crim nicked it in Cardiff

@devash Would you go for bigger bars or is 720mm alright?

720mm is working for me so far with the 70mm stem – trail and all day XC use including some steel extended climbs (North Yorks Moors). I haven’t felt the need to go wider just yet.

Still my favourite bike. Anyone want to guess location?

My 2011 Camber. It’s been a great bike but my only niggling worry is the lack of tapered headtube and potential problems if I want to upgrade the fork.

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EDIT: P.S. anyone know the correct way to link from Flickr?