Comments on: Specialized 29″ers: Epic Marathon 29″er- Mid-Term

By: Amelist

Amelist — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:07:07 +0000

hey Bob,
I have been comparing between the FSR and epic comp! You are about my size and I weigh just a bit more. How has the ride been on your epic?
Thanksa for your input! I am picking one up for my b-day and would like any input I can get my hands on!
Amelist

By: JG

JG — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:27:18 +0000

Nice review. I’ve been riding the Epic marathon for a few months now, and it makes me miss my s-works 26 epic a little less each day. I have mine built up to 24 lbs w/ the edge composite wheels, pedals, bar ends, and bottle cage… It’s a complete rocketship! I do think the frame is a bit heavy and that my parts spec on a superfly would be in the 22.5 – 23 lb range, but I can’t imagine having not having the incredible efficiency of the epic. I’ll give up a bit of weight in order to hammer out of the saddle and get no pedal feedback.. I’ve only ridden this bike in awful conditions so far, and I look forward to riding it on some hardpack.. I highly recommend this bike to anyone!

By: c_g

c_g — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:40:04 +0000

congratulations on the great review!
I am looking foward to the piece on the ROVALs. There seem to be some interesting stuff going on.

By: tds

tds — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:07:08 +0000

the epic 29er frame and shock is just under 6lbs in the medium. i just got the frame and fork package from specilaized swithced over the componets from my lynskey pro 29er, awesome bike by the way! the lynskey was 23.lbs the epic came in a 26lbs. xt crank x9 shifters and derailuer ritchey carbon bars and stem dt swiss 240 hubs stans rims exclir ultimate brakes specialized captain tire tubeless. AWESOME REVIEW! spot on! i was messing with the reba fork trying to dail it in to match the brain in the back. your settings were just what i was doing to achive a sweet balance. i run the brain 4-5 clicks out plenty stiff enough and the hydraulic clack smooths out after 4clikcks,12 total clicks to full open. this bike rocks, a hardtail with 90mm of travel. click up a few gears and pedal through anything with the big wheels and suspension. i guess i’ll trade up when the carbon frame comes out if its a pound less then the m5. previous bikes dean ti hardtail, ocoee ti hartail, intense tracer, 3 stumpjumpers fsr pro and sworks, lynskey pro 29er. now the epic great bike for everything. rocky technical steep single trak here in connecticut to fast double trak this bike is a joy to ride all day. twentynineinches rocks thanks!

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:23:20 +0000

I think the frame weight for the TB and SF100 are both around 5 lbs.