Ripping around between the tape is one way to worship at the altar of speed, but for all the other long, fast rides or marathon races on technical terrain, there's the 2020 Specialized Epic Expert Carbon EVO. A more kind of epic! Dropper posts and slightly longer forks may seem like overkill on an XC bike. Specialized begs to differ. The 2020 Specialized Epic Expert Carbon EVO is not only fast off the start line, they're even better suited to masochistically long rides, multi-day stage races, and fast backcountry missions.