Specialized Epic 8 Evo and Epic 7 Evo comparison

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ShaneXCS

2 ай бұрын

With the debut of the new Specialized Epic 8 Evo, we wanted to see the changes in person with the Epic 7 Evo.

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@GOmotorsports 2 ай бұрын

Don’t forget the down tube protector

@vanjames6757 2 ай бұрын

Would be good to compare the regular epic 8 against epic evo 7..

@ShaneXCS 2 ай бұрын

Working on that one. Wanted to do it based on the name first.

@Stef77-nc2sf 2 ай бұрын

great bikes. like the look of the newer model. i think the epic 8 evo frame is heavier than its predecessor. flowmountainbike weighted the new epic 8 evo frame (2100g incl. shock and almost 1800g sworks model). The weight of the older sworks epic evo model is around 1680g if i remember correctly

@ShaneXCS 2 ай бұрын

Yea I miss-spoke as we didn't have that figure on hand. later found that the new one is heavier due to the swat box and other updates.

@iLuveKatsup 2 ай бұрын

Wow 65.5* is slack for an XC bike.

@ShaneXCS 2 ай бұрын

I would say the Evo 8 is more of a capable short trail trail bike. The lines are definitely being blurred. lol

@keosoutdooradventures 2 ай бұрын

Good thing you didn't post any of my slow riding! Lol

@jt_mtb1 2 ай бұрын

Heheheh nice bike brother

@keosoutdooradventures 2 ай бұрын

@@jt_mtb1 thanks!

@ShaneXCS 2 ай бұрын

lol. I was going to but I didn’t have a good talking session to add. Lol

@funLad80 2 ай бұрын

Hi, could you tell me please how tall are you (asking about Epic Evo rider). I know you got size Medium frame, I am 5'10 and in-between M and L frame. Many thanks

@michaelhawthorne4315 2 ай бұрын

I am 5-10 too, got a large 7 and if I was getting an 8 I would do medium. I’m on 40mm stem and the bike is stable! The medium 7 seemed to low in the front. You can likely go either way.

@funLad80 2 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@michaelhawthorne4315thank you. So at the moment you got 40 mm stem in epic EVO 7 right?

@michaelhawthorne4315 2 ай бұрын

Yes. It does feel a smidge long, so I opted to make the bike shorter, 35-40mm stem, seat rails forward also makes the seat angle more steep and 165 cranks really help. In medium I had to run 60 stem, 30mm of spacers, rails back. I am in rough desert area and need the stability. If I was in the woods, I might have went medium

@funLad80 2 ай бұрын

@@michaelhawthorne4315many thanks

@ShaneXCS 2 ай бұрын

I’m 6’3” and went with the XL for the longer wheelbase and stability. I did have to go with a 50mm stem as the 60mm felt weird on my back and the 45mm didn’t have enough weight on the front for grip. The 50 was a great compromise and I just move my body position as needed. Definitely go to the store and check the fitment if you can. The #’s are different as this is shorter numbers than my Ripmo BUT the stock ride was more stretched due to the stem and slack seat angle.