Specialized S-Works Epic World Cup LTD 50th anniversary 2025

These unique bikes are built with the best of the best: Specialized/RockShox SIDLuxe WCID rear shock, RockShox SID SL Ultimate 3P fork, Roval Control SL Team wheelset, Roval Control SL integrated cockpit, Roval Control SL seatpost, S-Works Power with Mirror saddle, and CeramicSpeed DUB bottom bracket – ensuring these bikes go as fast as they look.
It’s time to hang up your hardtail. The Epic World Cup is a machine built with a purpose, and its purpose is to win. We challenge ourselves to avoid the conventional understanding of what it takes to be the fastest. We rise to the challenge with an unprecedented integrated system approach to frame engineering, revolutionary damper design and unrivalled driving dynamics. The result? An unrivalled combination of efficiency, control and lightness. The whole is faster than the sum of its parts. THINK FASTER: The Epic World Cup is the world’s fastest XC race bike on smooth to moderately technical rides, thanks to its unmatched combination of efficiency, control and lightness. World champion Christopher Blevins said it best: “This bike gives me everything I could want from a hardtail, plus the control and capability of the full suspension.” AMAZINGLY FAST: The team at Specialized Ride Dynamics conceived and invented a revolutionary shock technology for the Epic World Cup that gives you the efficiency and agile response of a hardtail PLUS the control, capability and momentum of full suspension, all with a simple setup. Co-developed with RockShox, the SID Deluxe WCID shock uses unique independently adjustable positive and negative air springs to deliver the coveted “snap” of a hardtail, combined with terrain-eating forgiveness and the ability to easily customise settings for a specific ride or adjust them to the rider’s preferences and feels. PERFORMING ABOVE AND BEYOND: The Epic World Cup’s 75mm of rear travel offers the control and capability of a much longer-travel bike. Because it’s designed to be mounted on or near the top, it produces the same positive travel as a 100mm travel bike with 25% sag. To further optimize suspension performance, the team at Specialized Ride Dynamics has tuned the spring to be relatively flat in the middle of travel so that it can handle most bumpy forces like a longer-travel bike. Due to its large size, the custom Mega Jounce Bumper is an “industry first” and is crucial for smoothly managing the bumper against major impacts. LIGHTNESS: With a frame weight of just 1,765 grams (painted with shock absorber and all hardware), the Epic World Cup outperforms the lightest competitors. This translates to faster acceleration, more efficient climbing ability, and more agile handling, all of which translate into speed.

We’ve achieved the featherweight and monstrous stiffness of the Epic WC by applying what we learned in the development of our Aethos, the lightest production road frame ever made, specifically the advanced compound composition and tube shapes.

• The Epic World Cup frame incorporates suspension technology developed by Ride Dynamics and 75 mm of optimized rear wheel travel. With this damping technology, the Epic World Cup offers unmatched pedaling efficiency and is ready for the toughest descents you can throw at it, without the need for lockout knobs.
• The SRAM XX SL drivetrain with CeramicSpeed DUB bottom bracket is based on what the best riders need in terms of shifting performance and robustness, so it is perfectly suited to the brutal demands of XC racing.
• A RockShox SID SL shock with Race Day 2 3-position with Epic 8’s “Magic Middle” setting provides support during pedaling and 110mm of active suspension and bump damping on rough terrain to provide maximum efficiency.
• Weighing 1190 grams, the Control SL Team is the lightest production XC wheel on the planet and is still ready for the demands of modern World Cup racing. The biggest weight savings are due to our revolutionary carbon spokes: After a three-year process that included extensive material research and extensive field and laboratory testing, we arrived at 20 optimized carbon fiber spokes that are not only 29% lighter than their steel counterparts, but also stronger and more durable.

Specs

• Ceramicspeed DUB BSA 73mm BOTTOM BRACKET
• SRAM CS-1299 10-52T CASSETTE
• SRAM
  POD Ultimate AXS controller
• Quarq
  XX SL power meter crankset, Carbon, 168 Q-Factor, DUB, 170/175mm, 34T
• SRAM XX Eagle CHAIN
• SRAM XX SL Eagle Transmission Gearbox
• PLATOS
  34t
• S-Works FACT 12m Carbon FRAME
  , WCID suspension design, Progressive XC Race Geometry, Rider-First Engineered™, threaded BB, 12x148mm UDH compatible rear spacing, internal cable routing, 75mm of
• SWAT
  SWAT EMT Cage-Mount Tool
• HUG. Specialized Alloy 34.9 SADDLE
  , Titanium Bolt
• RockShox SID SL Ultimate FORK
  , 3-position Raceday damper, Debon Air, 15x110mm, 44mm offset, 110mm Travel
• RockShox-Specialized SIDLuxe WCID Ultimate SHOCK
  , Ride Dynamics Developed, Independent negative spring, Rebound Adjust, 215x40mm
• SRAM Level Ultimate rear brake
  , 4-piston caliper, hydraulic disc, stealth, 160mm rotor
• SRAM Level Ultimate FRONT
  BRAKE, 4-piston caliper, hydraulic disc, stealth, 180/160mm rotor
• Control SL 29 RIMS
  , 4mm FlatTop Bead Hooks, 29mm internal width, Tubeless Compatible, Tire Insert Compatible, 20h, Quarq TyreWiz 2.0
• FRONT HUB
  Roval Control SL Team, DT Swiss Internals, Ceramic Bearings, 6-bolt, 15mm thru-axle, 110mm spacing, Torque caps, 20h
• REAR HUB
  Roval Control SL, DT Swiss 180 Internals, DT Swiss Ratchet EXP, Ceramic bearings, 12mm thru-axle, 148mm spacing, 20h
• TYRE.
  Specialized Fast Trak, S-Works Casing, T5/T7 Compound, 29×2.35
• REAR TIRE
  Specialized Renegade, S-Works Casing, T5/T7 Compound, 29×2.35
• CAMERAS
  Specialized Turbo Tube
• SPOKES
  Roval Carbon Round Straightpull
• CONTROL SL TEAM OLYMPIC FRONT
  WHEEL; FS
• REAR
  WHEEL CONTROL SL TEAM OLYMPIC; FS
• Roval Control SL Integrated cockpit handlebar, 60mm/70mm X- 12 degree integrated stem, 8-degree backsweep, 1 degree upsweep, 760mm wide
• Body Geometry S-Works Power Mirror SADDLE
  , carbon fiber rails, carbon fiber base, 143mm/155mm
• Roval Control
  SL carbon seatpost, Two-bolt clamp, 0mm offset, 415/370mm x 30.9
• SRAM Twist Loc GRIPS
• PEDALES PEDALES
  , TEST RIDE PEDALS PROVIDED BY SPECIALIZED
• WEIGHT
  9.31kg (20 lb, 8.4 oz)