IMG-20260711-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on FlickrSpent an hour or so on this thing on Sat evening. It was a mates wifes bike and in an S3, they all felt the S3 would be too small, but S3 is my happy place with Specialized, so i was content
Don't ask me about power, or battery, but both are apparently pretty low. I think he said 300whr battery and mabye 300w power.. but can't be sure.
It was running AXS, but the shifter was in a place i couldn't really reach, so getting gears was pretty tricky... the brakes were new version Code Silver and were utterly pointless
The suspension was set to a 70kg womans weight... So threw in a few bottom-outs and some pedal strikes
However it was a really really good bike and ride. I think these sort of things are the sweet spot for Emtb for me in the fact that they still ride nicely and are poppy enough, but they also give you the GO you need on some of the climbs. It was running a ranger extender and started the day at 150% and ended dead on 100%, i'm not sure what that equated to in terms of usage, but was less than the mate who was a little quicker but pushing massive gears, i was trying to spin it more than power it.
Can't really fault the thing though.
As always, it changes how/what you ride in a way, you do the same thing, but either suffer less or go faster on bits. I certainly worked hard and came back sweating lots... but matey is a fast rider and XC god, so we were pushing on a bit
Certainly makes me think that the SL/lightweight is more 'me' than a big power beast.
