SPECIALIZED STUMPJUMPER PRO 2021

Is it that time already, we only saw the arrival of the asymmetrical swing armed Stumpjumper some three years ago and Specialized have hit us with a full redesign already. It would have been a huge task to tweak an already stellar trail bike, shed weight and make it stiffer. So how does the new Stumpjumper really differ?

INITIAL IMPRESSIONS

Specialized have somewhat streamlined their Stumpjumper offerings, doing away with the Stumpjumper ST (Short Travel) 130mm/120mm platform and brought the Stumpjumper back into the Trail realm of 140mm/130mm front and rear respectively. This also opens up space for the all new Stumpjumper Evo, which sits just above the old Stumpjumper at 160mm/150mm and dips into Enduro territory. Specialized wanted to create the ultimate trail bike, but that actually still required two Stumpjumper models, as what we all want from a trail bike is pretty different.

Fortunately I owned the new Stumpjumper’s predecessor and while we have gone our separate ways, we