I’ve heard very good things about the ride quality of some of the new aluminum Specialized road frames. Like other than grams they rival the ride of the best Roubaix carbon rigs. And that’s from folks who aren’t big fans of the brand. Sounds pretty great.
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The Enigma isn’t intended as a specific pump-and-jump bike (Banshee does make one). It’s a modern ~ 140mm travel fork 27” hardtail, that is happy to be mulleted with a 100-120mm fork, and it turns out matches the front end geo of my V2 almost spot on with my rigid fork.
But the back end is 45mm shorter than V2. So the ride is something else entirely. Much less stability ; much more playfulness.
I’m calling it a Freeride BMX. Riding it on some pretty aggressive terrain and it’s working great.
May 26, 2023, 9:42 p.m. - Andrew Major
I’ve heard very good things about the ride quality of some of the new aluminum Specialized road frames. Like other than grams they rival the ride of the best Roubaix carbon rigs. And that’s from folks who aren’t big fans of the brand. Sounds pretty great. . The Enigma isn’t intended as a specific pump-and-jump bike (Banshee does make one). It’s a modern ~ 140mm travel fork 27” hardtail, that is happy to be mulleted with a 100-120mm fork, and it turns out matches the front end geo of my V2 almost spot on with my rigid fork. But the back end is 45mm shorter than V2. So the ride is something else entirely. Much less stability ; much more playfulness. I’m calling it a Freeride BMX. Riding it on some pretty aggressive terrain and it’s working great.