Racy women will consider selling every expensive possession they own for the experiences this high end, and surprisingly versatile bike, offers on the trails.
The Era is Specialized’s women’s-specific, cross-country whip, sporting 100 millimeters of travel and a carbon-fiber frame built around 29-inch wheels.
(Photo from Bikeradar.com)Compared with the Epic, the Era’s most noticeable difference is in its significantly lower standover height, with a size small measuring in at just 726mm tall. In a unique feature (not just to women’s bikes), the bottom bracket height increases by 5mm with each frame size.
Suspension wise, the Era keeps the Epic’s Brain system, with its ‘locked-out until you hit a bump’ technology. We’re told the suspension kinematics and shock tuning is modified for a lighter-weight rider compared with a men’s bike, but the exact details were vague. While the medium and large frame sizes will offer 100mm of travel, the small has 90mm to allow for a lower standover height.
The S-Works version–there is also an Expert at $6,300 and a Comp at $4,200, both with carbon frames–wears many fancy parts including a full XX1 11-speed drivetrain, shifters and crankset. It also dons the new RockShox RS-1 fork customized with a top-mounted BrainFade adjuster and rebound dial and a 15-millimeter thru-axle. The size small frame comes in a 90-millimeter-travel version, while medium and large have 100 millimeters of front travel. The rear shock is a Fox/Specialized remote Mini-Brain with Autosag for easy set-up with 95 millimeters of travel. The flat, carbon bars are a respectable 680 millimeters wide. It also included the SWAT Top Cap Chain Tool, a cool addition.Come check out all the newest and coolest products from Specialized at Bicycle Sports!
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Bicycle Sports
2770 Interstate 10 E
Beaumont, TX 77703
(409) 860-5959
www.bicyclesports.com
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