Specialized Fate Expert Carbon 29 '12

Specialized Fate Expert Carbon 29

It takes brains to make a mountain bike this good. The Specialized Fate Expert Carbon 29's RockShox Reba fork is customised for Specialized with a Brain inertia valve which automatically firms up the suspension when it's not required then reactivates it on demand the millisecond you would benefit from its 80mm travel.

• Custom Avid X-0 World Cup hydraulic disc brakes.
• SRAM X.9 shifters and X.0 rear mech.
• SRAM X.9 shifters and X.0 rear mech.

'The all-new Fate Expert Carbon 29 features women's performance XC 29er geometry and is equipped with an 80mm-travel RockShox SID Brain fork and Avid X0 World Cup brakes for premium cross-country performance.'
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Women's Bike Sizing Guide.

Same as Specialized Fate Comp Carbon 29

• The women's-specific FACT IS 8m carbon frame is fast, lightweight, comfortable and efficient as is the RockShox Reba RL 80mm-travel air-sprung fork.
  
• With their Roval rims and Specialized cartridge sealed bearing rims, these 29 inch wheels shift.
• SRAM 2x10 shifting with 22/36 chanirings and 11-36 cassette offers a wide range of gears in a simpler double chainset format.
• Specialized compensate for the longer fork that 29" wheels require by speccing a shorter head tube. That way you get the big fork benefits of better leverage yet the handlebars on a 17" Fate are no higher than they would be on a 26" wheel 17" Specialized hardtail, so you can still carve round corners.
• Specialized also compensate for the longer chainstays that a 29" rear wheel requires by curving the seat tube forward where it meets the bottom bracket. That way, the Fate retains the quick-handling benefits of a tight rear end. These tweaks ensure that the Fate's contact points (the saddle and pedals) will exactly imitate sitting on the same sized 26" wheel Specialized.
• Because the Specialized Fate's saddle, bottom bracket and bars exactly replicate their position on a 26" wheeled Specialized MTB, the bike will feel natural and familiar to ride.
• Then you get the benefits of a 29er. The bottom bracket is lower in relation to the wheel hubs. This drops the bike's centre of gravity so you sit 'more in the bike'. The bike feels more stable on downhills. The big tyres roll over rocks easier and up hills faster. The net result is a hardtail that will help you knock 2 minutes off an hour-long ride round a typical World Cup XC circuit.

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