Specialized bills its Epic 8 Pro mountain bike as the “fastest XC bike in the world” and “a wolf in wolf’s clothing.” And there’s no mistake that this thing is fast. Weighing 23 pounds ...

and mountain bike builds. Poking around their blog, I stumbled across this uber-light Specialized Bicycles Epic build that tips the scales at just over 17.5 lbs (8.02kg). The bike is packed with ...

Very few parts of this build would even be recognized by the average mountain biker or be affordable. Th bike includes a complete Darimo cockpit and seatpost, Trickstuff brakes, GrigorioCarbonio ...