It’s interesting to see Magura brakes on many of the Epic models in fact, there is a huge variety of brake manufacturers on display across the whole range (SRAM, Shimano, Formula, Magura and Tektro). Not only does this speed up suspension setup, but way this system automatically balances the rear shock’s positive and negative air pressures finally means that Epics will run the correct negative pressure! This should translate to greatly improved small bump performance. Perhaps the biggest story with the new Epics is the introduction of AUTOSAG rear shocks. While the S-Works Epic pictured above is shown with a SRAM XX drivetrain, production versions will in fact come with the revolutionary SRAM XX1 drivetrain, so you can feel just like Kulhavy. The Epic range scores not one, but two S-Works models this year, with SRAM and Shimano XTR options. For 2013, Specialized has a huge array of Epics in carbon with just a solitary alloy option. With an Olympic gold medal recently added to its trophy cabinet, the venerable Specialized Epic range is on a bit of a high. For 2013 the range of Epics is massive and highly refined. The Epic is a proven world beater World Cups, World Champs, Olympics. If you’ve got money to burn, take a look at the S-Works Enduro with SRAM’s XX1 drivetrain and a Cane Creek Double Barrel air shock, there is no finer all-mountain bike on the market right now. improved rear suspension, AUTOSAG, Fox CTD fork and shock) but with an M5 alloy mainframe instead of carbon. If the budget won’t stretch to the Expert Carbon, the Enduro Comp shares all the same key features (ie. The Enduro’s equipped with Specialized’s own Command Post adjustable seat post, as well as the grippy rubber (a Butcher 2.3″ up front and Purgatory out back), clearly communicating this bike’s descending intentions.įor 2013 Specialized have rolled out their AUTOSAG rear shock technology to most of the dual suspension bikes in the range, including the Enduro, making ideal suspension setup a two second job. With an increase in rear suspension travel to 165mm, there’s plenty of forgiveness when you want let it rip on the Enduro. The new 34 series fork is a little shorter than the 36 too, meaning that lower bar heights are possible, again improving climbing performance. There will be some who lament the loss of the 36, but it’s a change we welcome – if you need more fork than this, consider the Enduro Evo. The sub 13kg weight is amazing (though the sub 12kg weight of the S-Works version is even better!), achieved in part by the switch at Fox 34 fork with a 15mm axle, rather than running a burlier 36mm stanchioned fork as in years past. Close your eyes and you’d swear you were piloting an Stumpjumper FSR up the hill. Its climbing performance, especially with the TALAS fork dropped to its shorter travel setting and the ‘Trail’ mode engaged on the CTD rear shock, was excellent. Smithfield is definitely an area more suited to shorter travel bikes, but we genuinely didn’t feel out of place on the Enduro. We spent the bulk of our trail time at Smithfield on the Enduro. Specialized have drastically rework the suspension action of the Enduro and it’s a far superior bike as a result. They had the gears to get you there, but the suspension kinematics left the bike sitting well into its travel. In years past these bikes were, if we’re being honest, a little bit of a slug on the climbs. They’re a great all-mountain bike, with amazing descending capabilities. The Enduro series has been a favourite of ours for a while now. It’s one of the few 26″ bikes in the line up (outside of the pure gravity bikes) and it is a world apart from the 2012 version of this bike in many regards. Let’s crack open the bank vault and look around – because in these films, crime does pay.The new Enduro Expert Carbon is the highlight of the range as far as we’re concerned. You’ll find all kinds on our definitive list of the best gangster movies of all-time. Some are romantic, others funny and a few just plain weird. Many are loud and violent, sure, but plenty others are smart, pensive and icily cool. Over the last century-plus, the mythos has spread from hard-boiled mobsters spraying Tommy gun fire to yakuza enforcers turning pistol-play into art, larger-than-life mafioso in three-piece suits and street-level bosses whose empire only extends to the end of the block.Ĭlearly, gangsterism is a diverse profession, and so are gangster movies. Almost since the movies began, filmmakers have been fascinated by people living outside the law. In truth, the closest most of us have gotten to a life of crime is spending a few hours in the loafers of cinema’s smoothest criminals.
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