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So Enduro

This is Phil Bastow’s new Specialized Enduro Elite Carbon 29er. “Within three days of picking it up, I was atop of Mount Stromlo ready to send it on Vapour,” he told us.

It certainly is a clever weapon – with 160mm of travel front and rear, the ability to use either 29-inch or 27.5+-inch tyres and even a threaded bottom bracket, the carbon/alloy