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How do you find the sizing on the 2011 onwards Specialized Enduro. Being 5' 10 should i go for a large with a short-reach stem?
if it's the same as the new one walk into any specialized dealer!
Im 5' 10" as is Abigale. Kevin is 6' 0". We are and Kevin was on medium frames . Bike feels longer than the older Enduro's
Tracey..all on 50mm stems?
I'm 6ft and my old 06 Enduro was a medium and that was a bit small. I now rode an 11 Evo in large with a 20mm shorter stem and it feels great. I just wish I had a normal one as the evo frame is too much for my needs.
If you like your bikes streached out get a large, if not get a medium.
Nimble at slow speed medium with a 50mm stem or stable at high speed large with a 30mm stem.
At 5'10" You can go either way. Depends on the riding/terrain you do.
I'm 6ft but with long legs/short torso - had to go large on my last 2 Enduro's, but purely for seat tube length - they ('06 & '08) were/are quite long bikes though - can't comment on the current versions, but at 5'10", I'd wager a Medium would be your ideal size.
I'm 6ft and my old 06 Enduro was a medium and that was a bit small. I now rode an 11 Evo in large with a 20mm shorter stem and it feels great. I just wish I had a normal one as the evo frame is too much for my needs.
Get an air shock for your Evo.
At 6ft I ride a large with a 50mm stem. If I were 5' 10" i'm pretty sure I'd want to drop to a medium.
JCL
How? Without swapping the clevis I cant see how I can fit one. I have thought about getting a new clevis made up by BETD but need to contact them about the cost.
Why not source a non-eyeleted Specialized specific shock? Isn't the eye to eye is the same for the standard Enduro.
A Float off a 13 Enduro sold on ebay recently for $180 and there's a CCDB on Pinkbike off an Enduro for $375.
I'm 5.10, but have gorilla length arm, so i run a large with a 40mm stem.
Better than the previous medium with a 70mm stem. Also my reverb has not much lay-back, so the large worked better with this post.
Im not sure how that would work. The evo link has a ring around it that doesn't seem to fit the x fusion air shock I have. It seems specific to a coil shock.
I cant fit a new one without the new links and I don't think the new links are compatible with the old frames.
I think the best solution (and probably no where near the cheapest) is to get a new link machined up so I can use a standard sized shock. It should also be of the new Kona style so no machining to the shock is needed.
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I can't see how this differs from what specialized were trying to achieve but yet again Specialized went down the route of producing stupid suspension mounts.