SPECIALIZEDSpecialized was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard as Specialzed Bicycle Components. Mike was a cycling enthusiast, who legend has it, sold his kombi van to fund a cycling tour of Europe where he bought a load of Cinelli handlebars and stems and brought them back to California to sell.
While Mike started out importing Italian bicycle components that were hard to get in the USA, by 1976 he started producing their own components and in 1981 produced their first bikes, including the Allez road bike, famously ridden by Kenin Costner in the movie, "American Flyers". Specialized also introduced the world's first major production mountain, the Stumpjumper. Specialized continues to produce bikes under the Allez and Stumpjumper names. Today, Specialized is one of the world's largest bicycle companies, producing a range of bicycles for all uses from beginners to elite competition models, kids bikes and pedal assist electric bikes. |
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SPECIALIZED Road BikesSpecialized produces four main road bike lines, the Venge, Tarmac and Amira, Roubaix and Ruby as well as the Allez and Dolce, with the Amira, Ruby and Dolce featuring women's specific geometry. These are produced at a range of levels, the pinnacle of which id the S-Works model similar to the bikes ridden in the pro peleton. For the time trial specialist or triathlete, there is also the Shiv..
Specialized also produced a range of adventure bikes for cyclocross and gravel grinding as well as bicycle touring or bikepacking. These are the AWOL CruX, Diverge and Sequoia. VengeWhen it comes to creating the world's fastest road bike, it isn't enough to tweak a frame's shape and rely on existing technology. Instead, the Venge was birthed from years of development and testing in our own Win Tunnel. We used it develop the individual parts, ensuring that they work together to form an aerodynamic advantage. This meant shaping the frame, seatpost, brakes, and Aerofly handlebars to be faster than the sum of their parts.
TarmacThe Tarmac doesn't do one thing well, it does everything exceptionally—which is why it's been ridden to victory in all three Grand Tours. The Tarmac's advanced materials add a modern edge to the lively character of a classic race bike, while its Rider-First Engineered™ design ensures that the Tarmac sprints, corners, and descends with uniform excellence across every size.
AmiraSure, you train hard and eat right, but there’s just one thing missing—an edge. The Amira gives you two. First, there’s the performance edge you get from its FACT carbon frame and tapered head tube. The combination results in responsive handling and true get-up-and-go accelerations. Then comes the psychological edge. The feeling that, when teamed up with a lightweight, high-performance machine, there’s no limit to what you can achieve together.
RoubaixEvery Road Has a Roubaix
Every crack, every pothole, every rough patch and bit of chip seal—the off-limits boneshakers to the smoothest homestretches—the Roubaix isn't resigned to a single day in France, it's made for every road, everywhere. And for models with the all-new Future Shock, rides are now even smoother and even faster. RubyThere's No Place Like Home
Home is the one place you can feel comfortable in your own skin. You can be yourself, invite people in, or close the door to the world. To be "at home" on the Ruby is to shut out the negative, to truly relax into who you are. If that's someone who's into the harshest of roads? Relish in them. Or if you want the smoothest ride in the world? Welcome home. AllezThe Allez range shows off the capabilities of aluminum, from Win Tunnel-tuned and ultra-stiff race rockets to fully capable all-rounders that serve as the perfect introduction to road riding. Our engineers have decades of experience with alloy, developing innovative welding and hydro-forming techniques that allow them to craft the ideal balance of responsiveness, comfort, and handling.
DolceNothing beats the thrill of discovering a new route by yourself, except the joy of sharing that route with your friends. The Dolce is your escape vehicle for long rides, short rides, and all that good stuff in between. Always up for a challenge, and built with our Women’s Endurance Geometry, its smooth and stable handling helps you push boundaries, while vibration-damping Zertz in the fork soak up road bumps for a smooth, fatigue-free ride.
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AWOLThe Diverge Sport A1 is a more than a capable exploration machine at an incredible value. It features a responsive and reliable A1 Premium Aluminium frame that with a unique bottom bracket height and front rake angle that increase handling confidence. Plus, it includes a carbon fork with fender mounts, a workhorse Shimano Sora groupset, and mechanical disc brakes, making a bike that's well suited to conquering any road—paved or otherwise.
CruXCyclocross demands a lot from both bike and rider, and the CruX has been engineered to give the precise and efficient performance needed to win races, and the durability to win them every weekend. The frame's geometry and character has been created with input from some of the world's most accomplished racers, making for an agile, easy-to-shoulder bike that is as fun to ride in a World Cup as it is in the local woods.
DivergeThe Diverge Sport A1 is a more than a capable exploration machine at an incredible value. It features a responsive and reliable A1 Premium Aluminium frame that with a unique bottom bracket height and front rake angle that increase handling confidence. Plus, it includes a carbon fork with fender mounts, a workhorse Shimano Sora groupset, and mechanical disc brakes, making a bike that's well suited to conquering any road—paved or otherwise.
SequoiaWe believe that at the heart of every rider is an adventurer, ready to seek out new roads, regardless of whether they're paved or not. And for this reason, we created a bike that's built to handle anything. The Sequoia Expert eliminates the need to choose from a dedicated touring rig or a road bike, instead combining the two in a single, genre-shattering bike. The Sequoia's path to adventure starts at the frame, which we constructed from Premium Cr-Mo tubing. This material is coveted for its strength, respectable weight, and tuned ride quality. And we took this a step further by selecting tubes that are specific to each frame size, further ensuring that every frame rides exactly as we intended. Of course, this is only a piece of the equation, with the next being its dedicated Adventure Geometry. This geometry is unique in that it skews the line between a traditional road bike and a dedicated touring rig. You'll find an amble wheelbase and low bottom bracket for control, but the chainstays and tube angles ensure that you'll be able to travel efficiently and quickly, regardless of whether or not your rig is loaded. Digging into the details, the frame is outfitted with an ample number of mounts for water, racks, and fenders. And for the build, we included reliable parts, like a SRAM Force 1 groupset, powerful hydraulic disc brakes, and hand-built Cruzero wheels that are cased in wide, 2Bliss Ready tyres.
ShivThe Shiv Expert has been designed with the sole intention of making you faster. The aerodynamically optimised FACT 10r carbon frame and fork offer lightweight performance, and they've been coupled with the bulletproof Shimano Ultegra drivetrain in order to make this Shiv ready to go straight out of the box. And when you add in our integrated Fuelselage Hydration System and a wide fit range, the Shiv Expert truly has everything that you need to start setting your new PR.
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