Specialized CHISEL COMP EVO BLACK/TAUPE 2025

Where it stands

Priced below the market rate for its equipment, but another bike in its price range is priced further below it in the sizes where both are in stock. That is the only reason it is not the pick.

Our pick · €2,500 – €3,000

• Cube Stereo ONE44 C:68X SLX 2023 at Multicycle€2,700GX Eagle AXS instead of GX Eagle, decent aluminium rather than unidentified wheels, carbon rather than aluminium frame.

What you get

Frame

Aluminium Specialized D'Aluisio Smartweld M5-Legierung, hydrogeformte Rohre, progressive XC-Geometrie, 110 mm Federweg, interne Kabelführung, BSA BB, 12 x 148 mm Abstand,

Drivetrain

SRAM GX Eagle, 12-speed

Wheels

Aluminium Specialized 29, hakenlose Legierung, 30 mm Innenbreite, Tubeless Ready | VR: Legierung, abgedichtete Patronenlager, 15 x 110 mm Steckachse,

Brakes

Hydraulic disc, 4-piston, the maker's entry series

Weight

not stated by the shop: not scored

Power meter

No

Suspension

full suspension

Fork

FOX 34, the maker's upper series, 130 mm travel

Rear shock

FOX Float, the maker's mid series

Dropper post

Yes

Tyres

VR: Specialized Purgatory, GRID-Gehäuse, T9-Mischung, 29 x 2,4 | HR: Specialized Ground Control, GRID-Gehäuse, T7-Mischung, 29 x 2,35

The compromises

• Mechanical shifting, at a price where electronic groupsets are common.
• Aluminium frame, at a price where carbon is common.

Your size

What Liquid-Life lists, and what it has today

This brand publishes no centimetre equivalence we can verify, so the bike appears only when you pick a letter size.

Where to buy

Liquid-Life is the only one of the 22 shops we check that sells this bike.

Price so far

How sure we are