Specialized and Trek have both debuted new short-travel suspension XC race rigs this year. And given that the Trek Supercaliber and Specialized Epic World Cup look extremely similar in design, we figured they would make the perfect XC head-to-head test. Not least because both brands are giants in the mountain bike world, both bikes weigh in at under 10kg, and both have five-figure price tags.
And that’s not all they have in common. Dynamic geometry and
