Specialized Bicycle Components
Specialized Bicycle Components is a major
Products
Today, the company produces a variety of gear, including clothing, helmets, and parts, in addition to over 25 lines of bikes. They range from cheaper models such as the Hardrock, P series and the children's Hotrock up to the expensive S-Works models for road and cross-country riding; and the Demo for freeride and downhill mountain biking. Specialized's current line-up of bicycles are as follows:
Road bikes
Tarmac: Full FACT 8r/6r Carbon Fiber Az1 Monocoque construction competitive road bike.
- Tarmac Pro
- Tarmac Pro (Compact)
- Tarmac Expert
- Tarmac Expert (Triple)
- Tarmac Comp
Allez: E5/ A1 Aluminum Frame / Carbon Mix (depending on model) Competition road bike.
- Allez Pro
- Allez Expert (Double)
- Allez Expert (Triple)
- Allez Comp (Double)
- Allez Elite(Double)
- Allez Elite (Triple)
- Allez (Double)
- Allez (Triple)
Roubaix: Full FACT 8r/6r Carbon Fiber Az1 Monocoque construction Performance Endurance road bike.
- Roubaix Pro
- Roubaix Expert (compact)
- Roubaix Expert (Triple)
- Roubaix Comp (Compact)
- Roubaix Comp (Triple)
- Roubaix Elite (Triple)
- Roubaix (The only Roubaix Model that does NOT have the full carbon fiber frame, instead it has the E5 aluminum frame with the carbon seatstays and fork)
Sequoia: A1 Aluminum frame, Recreational road bike.
- Sequoia Elite
- Sequoia
Transition: E5 AEROTEC Aluminum frame, TT Racing/ Triathlon specific road bike.
- Transition Pro
- Transition Expert
- Transition Elite
- Transition Multi-Sport
Langster: A1 Aluminum frame,Velodrome/ Fixed-Gear road bike.
- Langster
- Langster Comp
Freeride/ Full Suspension bikes
P-series: aluminum/steel frame dirt jump and street mountainbikes
- P.3
- P.2
- P.2 Cr-Mo
- P.1
- P.All mountain
Demo: aluminum framed full suspension
- Demo 8
- Demo 7 II
- Demo 7 I
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Bighit: aluminum framed full suspension slightly lower grade full suspension than the demo series
- BigHit FSR III
- BigHit FSR II
- BigHit FSR I
- BigHit GromHit
Stumpjumper aluminum and carbon fiber framed full suspension
- S-Works Stumpjumper FSR Carbon
- Stumpjumper FSR Pro Carbon
- Stumpjumper FSR Pro Aluminum
- Stumpjumper FSR Expert
- Stumpjumper FSR Elite
- Stumpjumper FSR Comp
Epic lightweight aluminum and carbon fiber frame with race-like components
- S-Works Epic FSR Carbon
- Epic FSR Marathon Carbon
- Epic FSR Marathon
- Epic FSR Expert
- Epic FSR Comp
- Epic FSR Rim
Enduro & Enduro SL aluminum and carbon fiber frames built with durable components for handling the roughest terrain
- S-Works Enduro SL FSR Carbon
- Enduro SL FSR Pro Carbon
- Enduro SL FSR Pro
- Enduro SL FSR Expert
- Enduro SL FSR Comp
- Enduro FSR Pro
- Enduro FSR Expert
- Enduro FSR Elite
- Enduro FSR
Many riders in recent years have used Specialized bicycles in the North American and European professional cycling circuit. Currently, Team Gerolsteiner and Quick Step-Innergetic are riding the Tarmac (a full carbon fiber composite road bike) in the Tour de France. Team Gerolsteiner equips their bikes with Shimano components while Quick Step-Innergetic uses Campagnolo components
Specialized has also equipped Manuel Höchbauer, the Bavarian cyclist (Team Parsberg) and champion of the German HC.
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