Specialized Epic World Cup Pro 2025

THINK FASTEST: The Epic World Cup is the fastest XC race bike in the world on smooth to moderately technical courses thanks to its unmatched combination of efficiency, control, and light-weight. World Champ Christopher Blevins said it best, “This thing gives me everything I could want from a hardtail, plus the control and capability of full suspension.” All it took to create this speed machine was a totally integrated development approach, inventing a radical new shock, and four decades of off-road winning experience.

FRAME OF REFERENCE: To deliver maximum speed through ruthlessly efficient power transfer and precision handling, our engineering team set and achieved new standards in torsional rigidity and BB stiffness. This feat required an integrated development approach that merged a structurally superior double diamond layout with its shock cradled inside the top-tube, and finished off with the most sophisticated composite layup in Specialized history.

SHOCKINGLY FAST: The Specialized Ride Dynamics team conceived and invented a revolutionary shock technology for the Epic World Cup that gives the rider the efficiency and snappy response of a hardtail PLUS the control, capability, and momentum-carrying of full suspension—all with a simple setup. Co-developed with RockShox, the SID Deluxe WCID shock utilizes a unique independently adjustable positive and negative air springs to deliver the sought-after hardtail “snap”, combined with terrain-devouring forgiveness, and the ability to easily personalize set-up for a specific course or tune for rider preference and feel. Set it firm and it rides like a hardtail or open it up and you have a chunk-squashing ripper. But you aren't just limited “open and closed,” the simple nature of its setup allows the rider to set on a spectrum of firm to soft.

PUNCHING ABOVE ITS CATEGORY: The Epic World Cup’s 75mm of rear travel delivers control and capability of a much longer travel bike. Because it’s designed to be ridden at or close to topped-out, it yields the same positive travel as a 100mm travel bike set up with 25% sag. To further optimize suspension performance, the Specialized Ride Dynamics team tuned the spring-rate to be relatively flat through the mid-stroke to handle the majority of bump forces like a longer travel bike. Due to its large size, the custom Mega Jounce Bumper is an “industry first” and plays a crucial role in smoothly managing bottom-out on the biggest impacts.

ABBIAMO PERSO LA TESTA? L'innovativo ammortizzatore SIDLuxe WCID offre una combinazione unica di supporto e flessibilità nella parte posteriore, mentre la RockShox SID SL con smorzatore Race Day 2 a 3 posizioni adotta la nuova taratura "Magic Middle" dell'Epic 8s, garantendo supporto durante la pedalata e 110 mm di sospensione attiva per assorbire gli urti sui terreni accidentati, offrendo la massima efficienza.

IL PESO È SUPERIORE: Con un peso del telaio di soli 1.915 grammi (verniciato con ammortizzatore e tutta la ferramenta), l'Epic World Cup supera i concorrenti più leggeri. Questo si traduce in un'accelerazione più rapida, una salita più efficiente e una maneggevolezza più agile. E tutto ciò si traduce in velocità. Abbiamo raggiunto il peso piuma e la rigidità mostruosa dell'Epic WC applicando ciò che abbiamo imparato nello sviluppo del nostro Aethos, il telaio da strada di produzione più leggero mai realizzato, in particolare il layup composito avanzato e le forme dei tubi.