![]() Not only do we riders get a bike that promises to handle both disciplines, but we also get it sooner, and Specialized gets to add a new category to its range without any extra pressure on its factories. In times where gravel is exploding in popularity, alongside the ongoing COVID-19-related bike shortage, it was a no-brainer for Specialized to take its already-off-road-capable 'cross bike and tweak it to be attractive to a broader audience. Yet, with so many different types of gravel, most brands have just one gravel bike in their line-up, alongside three or four different road bikes. ![]() ![]() Maybe it's a 200km race across the flint hills of Kansas, a bikepacking overnighter with friends, a ride on predominantly smooth surfaces with the freedom to take the broken road home, under-biking mountain-bike trails for an hour at a time, or a multi-hour all-road ride with pieces of off-road connected by stretches of tarmac. If you were to ask a group of cyclists what a typical gravel ride looks like, the chances are you'll get a variety of different answers. The result is an S-Works model bike that boasts a 725g frame weight, a frankly astounding 7.25kg overall weight (with power meter), and clearance for 47c tyres. In the most simple terms possible, for the design of the Crux, Specialized took everything it learned when developing the lightweight Aethos and applied it to a bike with ample tyre clearance, off-road capability and a few added gravel-minded features.
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