First Look: 2013 Specialized S-Works Enduro Carbon

Why would the CTD be welcome in any high end product? CTD looks to be a selling point. Attracting people that know or care little to nothing about suspension setup. While you can still choose what setting to use for a given trail, it is a bit misleading. I.e. no compression on the descend mode!, at a loss for words. Specialized provides a shock with the most "tuneablity" on the market in conjunction with a "one size fits all damper". Give us a 36 with real high and low speed damping.

yes please! Now, just need to scrape up a few bucks

64.5% head angle? I call your bluff

Sloan slipped up on that one. It's 66.5 degrees.

1 Word = Kashima

Sounds more like a beefed up Stumpy Evo than a new Enduro.

I'd still prefer to have a bash guard. But, yeah, nice bike.

everything looks sick except the 34mm forks. Come on specialized, is it really worth those tiiiiny weight savings to ditch the stiffness of a 36 (especially on a DH oriented AM bike.) Bad choice IMO.

The industry wins out yet again. 36mm forks are going the way of the freeride set. Engineer egg heads probably saw a negligible stiffness penalty with a slight weight reduction for the same travel. Reminds me of 15mm axles and how you can't get a trail fork in 20mm as easy as you used to... Meh. Still looks fine to me.

Exactly what I was thinking. With the Stumpy Evo 26 taking care of that segment, why not keep the beef up front? Spoke to a top guy running 34s at Ashland and he said it was almost as stiff, but not. With a bike like the Enduro, where you can do everything, that 36 up front seems like it inspires more confidence. Haven't ridden the 34 though, but I would miss the beef when sending/dropping/plowing.

There is also the Enduro EVO models that have yet to be released.
See here http://fotoalbum.mtb-forum.it/albums/25162/thumbs_800/177304.jpg

This bike will boast 180mm travel front and rear and is the reason the Big S will be dropping the SX Trail. Me thinks this will be a beefed up and more DH oriented version that some of you folks are calling for.

34mm is where its at for a bike like this. If every part on a bike can get a tiny weight savings then the whole thing ends up being substantially lighter.

The other thing that no one's talking about, UNTIL NOW, is that the 36 is 10mm taller. If you like slack head angles and tall handlebars and spacers under your stem and such, the 36 is pretty sweet. Tall bar height is so in right now.

To clarify, the 36 represents moar stiffness, moar adjustability, a moar common front hub, and moar bar height. Moar is always better.

Too bad 20mm axles are becoming MOAR UNcommon...

It is too bad, Mr. Cliffy. It seems like pinch bolts are so two thousand and late.

Agreed. The weight savings on a 15mm axle are so small, but the stiffness advantages of a 20mm are pretty big. Why can't 20mm just be standard?!

I can't believe i'm saying this but $7,700 doesn't seem too bad for what you're getting.

Now to figure out how to "break" my enduro frame...

Whether you love or hate the big "S," you have to admit they covered all the bases on this one...

Yeah...

drool! looking good