Specialized Crux DSW 2025

The lightest weight At just 1399 grams*, the Crux DSW is the lightest aluminum gravel frame in the world.
Combine that with our Fact12r Crux carbon fork and a construction designed for performance, and a full Crux DSW weighs 9.37kg—no aluminum gravel bike can compete.
*56cm in the lightest color.
Production frames may vary. More capacity More clearance means more capacity – that’s why the Crux DSW has the same clearance as its carbon sibling – 47mm and up to 2.1″ on a 650b wheel.
Combine this with the strong, lightweight aluminum frame, and the Crux DSW can take you anywhere you can imagine at full throttle. Ultra-Reactive Reactive on the pedals.
Flexible in the saddle.
We’ve used D’Aluisio Smartweld to fine-tune the properties of aluminium and deliver a ride that was previously impossible without carbon, and we’ve combined it with the same high-performance gravel geometry and competition-influenced fit as the carbon Crux.
A longer reach provides better weight distribution for a fast and safe ride, while a lower stack creates a performance position.
With 72mm bottom bracket drop, we’ve hit the nail on the head between agility and stability. D’Aluisio Smartweld D’Aluisio Smartweld – or DSW – is a proprietary engineering process that uses hydroforming to fine-tune tube-to-tube joints for better and stronger welds and ultimately a lighter frame that can be twice as durable as a traditional aluminum frame.
Our Smartweld technique helps us create a one-piece down tube and bottom bracket for the Crux, reducing weight and increasing responsiveness.

• Lightest: 1399g Crux DSW Frame (raw, unpainted).
  We’ve taken everything we learned creating the carbon Crux and used our patented D’Aluisio Smartweld system to make it a reality in aluminium.
  *56 cm in the lightest color.
  Production frames may vary.
• Capacity: 47c/650b x 2.1″ of clearance.
  More clearance means more capacity.
  With tire clearance on par with the Diverge, Crux takes you anywhere you can imagine.
• Reagent: Agile, flexible and reactive.
  Sensitive to pedals.
  Flexible in the saddle.
  Featuring high-performance gravel geometry and geometry inspired by Crux’s iconic history in cyclocross.

Specs

• HUG.
  Specialized Alloy SADDLE, 30.8mm
• CUADRO Specialized E5 Premium Aluminum Disc frame with D’Aluisio Smartweld Technology, hydroformed aluminum tubing, tapered head tube, threaded BB Suspension
• S-Works FACT Carbon FORK, 12x100mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc Cockpit
• Alloy seatpost, 2-bolt Clamp, 12mm offset, 27.2mm, anti-corrosion hardware
• Body Geometry Power Sport SADDLE, steel rails
• Specialized Adventure Gear HANDLEBAR, 118.9mm drop x 70mm reach x 12º flare
• STEM Specialized, 3D-forged alloy, 4-bolt, 7-degree rise
• Supacaz Super Sticky Kush RIBBON
• FRONT BRAKE SRAM APEX, Hydraulic Disc
• REAR BRAKE SRAM APEX, Hydraulic Disc Drivetrain
• SRAM CN APEX D1 12S 114LI CHAIN
• SRAM PG 1231 CASSETTE, XPLR, 11-44
• SRAM DUB BSA 68 WIDE BOTTOM BRACKET
• SRAM APEX XPLR BOTTOM BRACKET, 40t
• SRAM APEX SHIFT KNOBS, 12sp
• CAMBIO SRAM APEX XPLR, Mechanical
• 40t CHAINRINGS
• CAMERAS 48mm Presta Valve, 700X28-38
• TYRE. Pathfinder Pro 2BR, 700×38
• Pathfinder Pro 2BR REAR TIRE, 700×38
• DT G540 FRONT WHEEL, Centerlock Disc, Tubeless Ready, 25mm internal width
• DT G540 REAR WHEEL, Centerlock Disc, Tubeless Ready, 25mm internal width