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Thats the old school way! Much faster and more precise to use the bar and align it over both sides at crown of the fork

I preordered the S Build. The primer S IRL is a sweet bike, this is even better IMO. Checks all the boxes. Assegai 2.5 front and back, magura brakes, ohlins, love the red...just noticed but does the chainstay say "279"?

I saw that in the pic, dang

"Descending the bike is very quiet with the normal noises expected from rocks and trail debris hitting the downtube of an aluminum frame." How about chain hitting the ground noise? I know people like to say tongue-in-cheek that SRAM's "clutch" is just a strong spring, but it sure seems like the NX clutch is pretty useless in that pic next to the "Rear Suspension" section, with the chain literally on the ground.

as brad said, he's put the hurt down before. here are his two latest Cannondale Jekyll stumpjumper evo alloy norco range

Glad you dig Jonny's work. This is his 4th (5th?) review for us and we have plenty more in the hopper. Don Burl is quite the asset! We're sure your dig isn't at any testing going on at Vital.

Seconded

More with this tester please!! Too many reviews from middle-of-the-bellcurve peeps.

Everything on the one I saw at a shop recently. Which is also what is listed on the Status website.

So 33lbs and a beer for those technical nerds like me..

How is it 33 pounds in XL, with NX boat anchors, and still $3000 in 2022? Insane. Stock/inventory issues aside, its a hard argument to buy anything else at this point.

Could be an interesting 3000k comparison with Commencal 3000k meta sx. Which i think has better specs than this or the Spez evo alloy comp.

Sounds like a rad bike. Compared to pretty much anything else out there the price is amazing (over at sc this build would be a min of $4500). Well done specialized

SunRace sells a 50/51 Cassette for 80/90€ which wheigts about 480-500g

I was able to buy a XD driver for my 2021 Enduro Comp this past summer, in stock at a Specialized shop. I’m assuming it’s the same hub.

There really isn't anything that touches this bike (or the 140 version) for the price. As for any drivetrain/future proof concerns I would have like to have seen Speshy use a Microshift 10 speed 1x, but you can always do that later. The Microshift stuff is lighter than any of the base level stuff from big red or blue, works great and is a screaming deal. Juan Velez who took 2nd and 5th at Red Bull Monserrate and Val Pairaiso respectively rode this bike smoking riders who were on bikes that cost thousands more.

Grade A B practice! Can’t wait for the next one

Please let these be the only 3 April fools related posts in this thread. I believe in you, Vital user group.

Thank you for your feedback and I totally agree - we need to clean up our coverage of junior/women categories. Was/is on my radar going into our next show!