Is the Fox Factory much lighter than the Performace? If you like Fox probbaly the stepcast is the way to go if you want a significant weight reduction. I upgraded from Fox Performance 120mm to the new Sid Ultimnate 120mm and saved about 250 grams
I have a 34 Grip2 and a last gen 34 SC and my examples are 120 grams difference.
I’m more surprised that neither he nor Keegan have heard trainer road say that 2.4 tires are faster than 2.2
He did a sea otter bike check on Instagram and showed it had carbon ti mtb SPD pedals. Not road pedals
I was responding to whoever said he had road pedals.
I wonder how many tenths of a second those saved over the course of a race versus if he ran like xc9s. Genuine question
Versus a top end s works MTN shoe?
Just trying to get all the info. You didn’t specify which shoe that savings was against, and I figured since it was a specialized wind tunnel they would only test specialized products.
Either way, I’m surprised it was that big of an aero difference. I figured it’d be mainly weight.
watched this gain, they have Enve hubs so I’m pretty sure this will use the new innerdrive hubs they released recently on their SES road wheels. Wondering where they are gonna be regarding to weight, I have been using trail M630 for a few years now and really like that wheelset, their SES had some weight reduction due to the new hubs but enve mountain wheels had always been a bit on the heavy side.
Beautiful. Subject to whether I got to it fast enough I’ve had an order accepted on an '23 Epic Evo Pro.
Over the weekend in the UK a bike shop had the on sale for £3750 - half price. I was going to wait until September but with AXS, carbon all over, Roval’s and Factory suspension I couldn’t resist a far greater level of build than I could afford at RRP on an Epic 8 or Oiz.
I already have an epic evo but if I saw that deal I might have just picked it up anyways. 
Screaming deal!
He’s winning so he can do whatever he wants 
Amazing deal! I noticed Specialized has taken the 2023 bikes off of their US site. I’m guessing stock has run pretty low out there?
About 6 weeks ago I called a bunch of shops that the online inventory said still had them and no one actually did in my size.
It’s awesome when someone finds one that has somehow slipped through, but I would not get my hopes up.
Apart from the insane deals to be had and the frame weight, what’s keeping you from buying the Epic 8?
Yup I did the same. No luck on the s-works I was looking for. There are some places in Florida that have them still, but not for the sale price. I’m sure they’ll sell them any day now.
The comparison I did showed that there’s only few MM in reach and seat angle, other than that the '23 Epic Evo and the '24 Epic are essentially the same. In my case I could afford an MSRP Epic 8 Comp with alloy wheels, alloy stem & bar, GX and lower grade suspension or the discounted '23 Evo Pro with Fox Factory with compression adjust, Roval Carbon throughout and AXS, oh and 300g lighter. It was a no brainer for me.
The website stock numbers haven’t updated so I’m hoping when business opens on Monday I’m at the front end of the queue for a stock bike and don’t miss out.