At 6ft 3in / 190cm tall, the bar felt too low and too close for my liking. Specialized Fuse 27.5 ride impressionsĪlthough the XL Fuse’s 480mm reach (the horizontal distance from the centre of the BB to the centre of the top of the head tube) is pretty roomy on paper, its short stack height (the vertical distance from the BB to the top of the head tube) makes it feel much smaller.Ĭombined with the short 45mm stem and low-rise bar, this makes it feel comparatively cramped. I’m a big fan of the Specialized’s comfy saddle and grips though. Also, Tektro’s M275 stoppers aren’t as powerful as the other bikes’ brakes.
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The square-taper bottom bracket is likely to be less reliable and harder to upgrade than the external BBs found elsewhere here too. Steve BehrĪlthough Specialized’s website says the Fuse comes with a 30t chainring, my bike had a 28t, which limited speed on pedally descents.Īnd while the other bikes have 11-46t cassettes, the Fuse makes do with an 11-42t spread, so the bottom gear is no easier. The adjustable air spring makes it easy to adjust for different rider weights and styles, but the TurnKey damping isn’t as sophisticated or forgiving as the Motion Control set-up found in its mid-range forks.Ī dropper is a bonus at this price, even with a limited 115mm (measured) stroke. RockShox’s Judy TK fork is nice and sturdy too, with a bolt-thru axle. The highlight of the Spesh’s spec sheet is the Trans-X dropper post, which offers 115mm of drop (by my measurements) and can be set anywhere in its travel using an ergonomic under-bar remote lever.
This makes it more likely that you’ll damage the frame and/or shifter in a crash. Steve BehrĪside from a few niggles with the geometry (more on that later), the only aspect of the frame design that I didn’t like was the relatively high top tube.Įven with the handlebar raised up as far as it would go (by placing all the spacers under the stem), the shifter would contact the top tube when the bar was turned through 90 degrees. Tektro’s M275 brakes aren’t as powerful as the Calibre Line 29 or Vitus Sentier 29, never feeling like they’ve bedded in properly.
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