I welcome SBCU we're here to talk about the specialized CRAVE
here three years ago when we created crave you realize that there is a need
for a bike between
Rockhopper and stumpjumperHT need was really for
an entry-level cross country race bike and that's exactly
the void that crave fills so back when we started this project wheat at Ned
Overend really help us develop a bike that was going to be
raceable deliver performance but was actually gonna be accessible and
approachable for that entry level rider
and someone walking through the frame the geometry in some the tech highlights
to deliver on that and Sheila cross country race
performance
so sorry what
I N so the goal a this project was really to deliver a frame that was going
to be stiff
an efficient but there is also going to be comfortable compliant a ride for an
extended period of time
so every great frame as a fully butted and for aluminum frame set
with the tapered headtube 27 to post compatibility for that
interpose vertical compliance 934 JPost not dropouts
I think probably what I'm most excited about
was the performance were able to put into this frame
just from the to manipulation so what you see here you notice the Seas days go
from thinner up here at the c2
too little bit thicker down there at the dropout what that allowed us to do
was to deal with deliver the stiffness read one it down here
at the dropouts for that that stiff chassis
and you actually get some compliance up here by the sea to
to make that a comfortable ride so we were able to to deliver
twelve and a half percent more vertical compliance from last year's frame
five percent more lateral stiffness from the stiffness down there at the dropouts
and maintain the BB stiffness that we had before so what you have now is a
stiffer
more efficient and more compliant friend in years past
so it's getting the some the frame geometry is he like I said earlier the
goal in this platform was to deliver cross country race performance
but also make sure that it's approachable for that entry level rider
so craves a 29 only platform all the benefits that you get from 29 whether
you're an entry level rider
or a World Cup racer are all delivered here
and are specialized 29 way sir Craig delivers on that specialized
XE 29 yr geometry with the roomie top two below BB
and shorter chain stays the case has what I like to call neutral cross
country race geometry
and that's by putting the rider more in the center of the chassis
rather than over the front for someone who might be an aggressive world country
World Cup cross-country racer and so we do that by
putting a slightly shorter stem on crave then we would say a Stumpjumper hardtail
to keep that rider weight: a little more over the center
we specter hundred millimeter travel for work on all crave models
rather than a ninety millimeter on the Stumpjumper so the handlebar height
as a little a little higher so the writer possesses a little more upright
and we have slightly longer chain stays than a Stumpjumper hardtail
a/c getting overall more stable platform then he would
are Stumpjumper which is really kinda now the box
World Cup cross-country race platform
let's get into some the spec highlights: so cave comes with our body geometry
grips EXE contour grips
antibody John she sat also a course are by John she grips
are designed to help decrease in on this and take the pressure off %uh that nerve
in the palm that would result in numb hands when you ride for a longer period
of time
and then a Corsair Body Geometry saddle to decrease in on this
where you really don't want in on this and makes for a much more comfortable
ride as well
I crave has 31 8 a bar and stem control so you have the
much bigger bar stem inner face stiffer and lighter than you would say from a
$25 for the OC
on some lower and bikes all all crave models have a tapered
air strong fork they all have tapered alloy steerer so
much lighter than a steel stair the tapered steerer also creates a much
stiffer interface at the head to
for more precise steering then say a straight one and then ate then steered
to
that that you'll see on some lower and bikes and then Accorsi air spring
two things one is significantly lighter than a coil spring
and allows the rider to adjust about the spring rate for their weight without
having to swap out Springs
on move down here to the drivetrain we have
but are to buy 10 drivetrains at all levels of cranes and it's very similar
to what you see at the high end say on Epicor Stumpjumper hardtail
and that 3622 gearing that you see on those bikes as well that's a
29 arguing that we speck on all bikes and so the shares a lot of what you see
at the high and race level but we also spec
clutch type weird trailers on all models and so
what that is is that's like some honors plus system here
that decreases the amount love movement that you get from the rear derailleur so
it minimizes the chain slap
a create so much choir I but it's also much more reliable because the changes
and hopping all around
and then the tires respect to ground control in the front and a fast track in
the rear
and the reason we do that as you want a little more bite up front you want some
traction
from that tired and so we put a ground controller has a little bit more
little bit more meat on their and then a fast track in the rear because it's so
much
faster rolling tread design and so you get a nice
fast efficient rear tire with the front tire that's gonna deliver the handling
and grip that you need
so that's a specialized Grange to perfect entry-level cross country race
platform