The T7 rubber helps keep the bike rolling with good efficiency on tarmac and fire-road surfaces, so I rarely found myself cursing up hills. Here, I often found myself reaching for the Float DPS’s lockout lever to quell the squish. On smooth climbs, there’s a little pedal bob, certainly if the suspension has been set up to be compliant and comfortable on descents, with sag in the region of 28 to 30 per cent. The rear Purgatory’s T7 compound isn’t the softest, nor the tread the most aggressive, and thus it feels as though the suspension really massages the tyre’s abilities here.

The rear suspension is impeccably smooth, a light-feeling shock tune helping this, aiding the bike’s Purgatory rear tyre pick out every morsel of grip on offer, whether that be up and over rocky or rooty steps, or when scrabbling for traction on wet grassy drags. The Stumpjumper fulfils the requirement for a trail bike to climb technical trails with ease. There’s a little pedal bob on the Stumpjumper but, overall, it’s a perfectly competent climber. Specialized Stumpjumper Comp ride impressions My S4 bike has 175mm of drop, which feels reasonable – though at 182cm tall, there’d be room for a 200mm drop if I wanted. The smallest S1 bike gets 100mm of travel from the post, while the (huge) S6 gets 190mm. The only non-Spesh piece of finishing kit is the X-Fusion Manic dropper. Its Butcher and Purgatory rubber is featured here in the slightly harder T7 compound and GRID casing, both in a 29×2.3in size. Specialized has a wide range of own-brand kit, from cockpit to wheels and tyres. The fork has compression adjustment via an easy-to-grab dial on the top of the fork, while the shock has a three-position lever to toggle from open to firm. At the back, there’s a Float DPS Performance shock with Specialized’s custom RX Trail Tune compression tune. It comes with a GRIP damper and 140mm of travel. Shimano’s mid-range SLX drivetrain and brakes are a solid choice, with a 10-51t cassette, 30t ring and snappy brakes that provide tons of power.įox’s Rhythm 34 is up front. Shimano, Fox and Specialized dominate the build on this bike. The Fox Rhythm 34 front fork comes with a GRIP damper and 140mm of travel.

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