'Best XC Performance Mountain Bike: Specialized S-Works Epic Carbon, $7,100: After a day of high-speed cat-and-mouse around the serpentine trail network of Fruita, Colorado, one tester proclaimed, and the group agreed, that the Epic has one of the finest-feeling carbon front triangles we've ever ridden. Match that to the new, adjustable Brain Fade inertia-valve shock, and the ride is unbeatable...' More
