2013 Parts Thread

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SOTTA

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Awesome wheels, bout doubt they'd spec the production model with ENVE carbons. The price would be through the roof!
 
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Sethius

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Saracen's 2013 gear will be out in a few weeks, looking forward to the pricing! might even try and get them here again if there's enough interest. :pop2:
 
FoxRidersCo

FoxRidersCo

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2013 Demo Carbon S-Works

The 2013 Specialized S-Works Demo 8 Carbon Team Replica bike. This is one seriously pimped out ride. The bike is as close as you can get to a Monster Energy / Specialized Factory Racing bike without stealing Sam Hill's bike. These bikes have 12 x 135mm rear spacing for added clearance, while all of the other Demos have 150mm rears. It also runs a seven-speed cassette; the actual team bikes have six-speed cassettes. Weight for this bike is 35.8 lbs.



The downtube protector starts just below the front shock mount and runs underneath the bottom bracket. It's more than just a piece of plastic on top of the carbon frame, though. There's a soft plastic material on the back of the protector, between it and the frame, to absorb impacts like the crumple zones on a car.



No detail has been overlooked on the S-Works Demo, including the 780mm Renthal bars and integrated stem, or the custom Avid XO World Cup brakes.



No tapered head tubes here. This is a 1.5" head tube, integrated for a 1.125" steerer. Check out the Black Gold stanchions on the RockShox Boxxer forks.



There's no mistaking that this is an S-Works bike. The black and red colour scheme carries over from the frame to the DT Swiss wheels and graphics on the custom forks.



The non-drive side of the S-Works Demo. People are either going to love or hate the look of the bike. If you do like it and have to have this bike, you'd better get down to your local Specialized dealer soon - they're only making 250 of these bikes worldwide.



2013 Demo 1 Carbon


There's also a carbon Demo that won't destroy your bank balance quite as thoroughly as the S-Works but is still damn fine looking. This is the Demo I Carbon, which weighs in at 38.1 lbs.



The rear end of the Demo I Carbon uses an aluminum upper linkage, rather than the magnesium of the S-Works version, but has the same rear end.


This particular model gets a Specialized-brand direct mount stem and bar. Like the new carbon Enduro, the lines on this bike are amazing.



A close-up of the non-drive side of the Demo I Carbon linkage. That is one seriously beefy bottom bracket region.

2013 Demo 1 Alloy



There's also an aluminum Demo I. Weight on this bike is 39.3 lbs. It comes in this excellent lime green colour, as well as a gloss black and the same black-and-white colour scheme as the carbon Demo above

Frame Only


Those of you who want to build a fully custom Demo will be happy to hear that frames are available in both carbon (front) and aluminum (behind) flavours.
 
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Sethius

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Kills me to say this, but the black is very nice... :( I think 2013 will be the year of the polygon and specialized onslaught, would hate to be another large competing company honestly.
 
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met63

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Sethius said:


Kills me to say this, but the black is very nice... :( I think 2013 will be the year of the polygon and specialized onslaught, would hate to be another large competing company honestly.
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i agree... i run a 2012 demo atm... and just about creamed myself reading this..... fuck
 
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