Specialized Men's Stumpjumper Expert 29

Ever had a ride that felt more like an experience than just a ride? Us, too, and we've been chasing that feeling ever since. With the Men's Stumpjumper Expert 29 from Specialized, we've bottled up that feeling and put it into a radical new frame design that's so in-tune with the trail, the bike feels like an extension of your body. Seriously, it's going to make you rethink how a trail bike should ride.Our design goal for the new Stumpjumper was simple - build the ultimate trail bike, one that feels telepathic. And it turns out that this feeling all comes down to stiffness. Think of it this way: when the frame's telling your hands one thing and your feet another, your brain gets confused with the imbalance and the bike feels unstable. In order to fix this, we had to get to work on dialling-in the materials, shapes, and the layout.We started by creating our own mountain-specific stiffness test, and then we looked at the layout with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to see where we could get the biggest stiffness improvements. This led to a big discovery: The Large and X-Large frames needed more front-end stiffness while the Smalls and Mediums were just fine. We were able to create a frame design that was 20% more efficient. And in the end, this proved to be one of the lightest trail frames on the market today.When designing the frame with the stiffness targets being a main goal, we developed a radical new sidearm design. The front-end and rear-end are connected at three points, and the sidearm helps keep all these points super stiff and connected, all while taking about 100 grams out of the rear-end. More explicitly, this minimises frame flex when the rear suspension is active.We continued down the suspension path with a custom Rx Trail Tune on both the fork and rear shock. Suspension performance is highly dependent on frame, wheel, and rider size, so we use our Rx Tune to get each bike to land in the middle of the adjustment spectrum, and this gives you the biggest possible range to fine-tune your ride. Another focal point of the tune was matching the suspension characteristics between wheel sizes - we developed a specific Rx Tune for each platform. So, no matter what wheel size you prefer, you'll get perfectly linear suspension.Steps were also taken to make this bike easy to live with. Threaded bottom brackets make a triumphant return, and we made room for up to a 3.0" tyre. You're also free to run whatever aftermarket rear shock you want since we're using standard metric shocks. We revamped the SWAT box, too, making it sleeker, lighter, and with more volume. And customization is furthered with a Flip Chip that lets you dial-in your Stumpy to your riding style. Switch it from High to Low and it drops your bottom bracket 6mm and slackens the head tube by half-a-degree. Little details also jump out to surprise you, like a newly designed ribbed chainstay protector that makes chain slap a thing of the past and nearly silences the drivetrain. Lastly, we seriously couldn't make cable routing any easier on carbon models. Full tubes can be found throughout the carbon frame, so all you have to do is push the cable and it'll come out the other end. No more lazy loop, hidden stashes of magnets, pokey spokes, or pillows to cry in.For the build, you get a solid components package with a full SRAM GX1 Eagle drivetrain, SRAM Guide R disc brakes, RockShox front and rear suspension (150/140mm of travel respectively), and Roval Traverse Carbon 29 wheels.

Specification

FRAME	FACT 11m, full carbon chassis and rear end, asymmetrical design, 29 Trail Geometry, SWATâ„¢ Door integration, threaded BB, fully enclosed internal cable routing, 12x148mm dropouts, sealed cartridge bearing pivots, replaceable derailleur hanger, 140mm of travel
FORK	RockShox Pike RC, DebonAir, rebound/low-speed compression adjust, tapered steerer, 51mm offset, 15mm Maxle© Stealth thru-axle, 15x110mm Boostâ„¢, 150mm of travel
REAR SHOCK	RockShox Deluxe RT3, Rx Trail Tune, rebound and 3-position compression adjust, 210x50mm
INNER TUBES	Presta, 40mm valve
FRONT TYRE	Butcher, GRID casing, GRIPTON© compound, 2Bliss Ready, 29x2.6"
REAR TYRE	Purgatory, GRID casing, GRIPTON© compound, 2Bliss ready, 29 x2.6"
CRANKSET	FC DESC 6K EAGLE B148 24MM 170 BLK 30
CHAINRINGS	30T
BOTTOM BRACKET	SRAM GXP
SHIFT LEVERS	SRAM GX Eagle, trigger, 12-speed
REAR DERAILLEUR	SRAM GX Eagle, 12-speed
CASSETTE	SRAM GX Eagle, 12-speed, 10-50t
CHAIN	SRAM GX Eagle, 12-speed w/ PowerLock©
FRONT BRAKE	SRAM Guide R, hydraulic disc, organic pads, Guide S4 4-piston caliper, 200mm rotor
REAR BRAKE	SRAM Guide R, hydraulic disc, organic pads, Guide S4 4-piston caliper, 180mm rotor
HANDLEBARS	Specialized Trail, 7050 alloy, 8-degree backsweep, 6-degree upsweep, 27mm rise, 780mm, 31.8mm clamp
GRIPS	Specialized Sip Grip, half-waffle, S/M: regular thickness, L/XL: XL thickness
STEM	Specialized Trail, forged alloy, 4-bolt, 5mm rise
SADDLE	Body Geometry Phenom Comp, Adaptive Edge design, hollow Cr-Mo rails, 143mm
SEATPOST	Command Post IRcc, 16-position micro-height adjustable, two-bolt head, bottom mount cable routing, remote SRL lever, 34.9mm, S: 130mm, M/L/XL: 160mm of travel
SEAT BINDER	Specialized bolt-type, alloy, 38.6mm
PEDALS	Specialized Dirt