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To enjoy mountain biking’s golden age you need a bike that thrives in varied terrain and unlocks your potential on the trail. In the forty years since we first int...
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The creation of our Aethos road bike started with a question: “What if?” What if we built a bike focused around the purest imaginable road riding exper...
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Shaped by everything we’ve learned from 40 years of XC racing, the all-new Chisel is a purebred XC race machine that crushes climbs, rockets out of corners, and ri...
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The Tarmac SL7 puts an end to compromise, and racing will never be the same. Climb on the lightest bike the rules allow, sprint on the fastest - all with legendary...
The new Specialized Epic Evo has been given its own unique identity in the Epic range. Where the previous Epic Evo was a straightforward specification change, the new Epic now h...
It has been just three years since the launch of the previous Epic but Specialized's engineers have not been idle. The all-new 2021 Epic boasts a complete rethink on the bike's...
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Whether the name of the game is World Cup XC racing, racking up personal KOMs, or bagging peaks and backcountry exploration, it’s fair to say that the game is bein...
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The freedom, the adventure, the community—it all begins where the pavement ends. This is gravel and we’ve been doing it before it even had a name. Whether you’re d...
Amid the chaos and uncertainty unleashed on the economy by COVID-19, Specialized Bicycles Africa has taken significant steps to support their employees, retail partners and cust...
With the current travel restrictions and rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation, Specialized believes it is important for our riders and staff to be home with their families during...
Electric-assisted mountain bikes are hugely fun bikes to ride but the one unavoidable consequence of a motor and battery is the added weight and the impact that has on the ride...
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Let’s just call it what it is: The Turbo Kenevo is, hands-down, the most capable e-mountain bike to hit the dirt. You’re looking at 180 millimetres of supple susp...
Cross-country racing has always been a battle of grams—a contest to see who can build the lightest machine. The Epic HT flips the bird at that hoary convention. Yes, you’re look...
Specialized has announced the all-new Roubaix just days ahead of the cobbled classic Paris-Roubaix. The updated platform boasts dramatic improvements in aerodynamic slipperiness...
After a last minute team change, Alan Hatherly paired up with his training buddy Matt Beers to form SpecializedFoundationNAD. The under 23 XCO World Champion, now riding for the...
The development of the Specialized Epic mountain bike, and the Absa Cape Epic have become somewhat intertwined over the years. Here we take a trip down memory lane and look at h...
Traditionally helmets only offer protection to the rider during a crash. Specialized now want to add protection beyond the crash with their new connected ANGi impact sensor, and...
The winner of the Karkloof MTB Club fundraising giveaway was announced at the SA Enduro Champs on Sunday 28th October. Meet the lucky winner, Nyaniso Morlock, and his two s...
The Karkloof trails are renowned throughout South Africa and internationally for the stoke they bring to riders lucky enough to set rubber on their dirt. But they only stay in w...
Trail building isn’t something most of us give much thought to. Trails are just something that are there. We ride them. We grumble a bit when they become washed out and rutted a...
The Specialized Turbo Levo set a new standard for electronically assisted mountain bikes when it launched in 2015. At least, we certainly thought so. Specialized today announce...
The Epic EVO range boasts influences from the trail bike scene bringing some everyday practicality to Specialized’s out-and-out race machine. But how much of the original Epic’s...
Matt Hunter has crafted a career living the mountain bike dream. While he's a household name in some mountain biking circles, his style of riding often gets overlooked in South...
