{"id":16065,"date":"2018-03-25T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2018\/03\/25\/epic-bike-check-annika-langvad39s-specialized-s-works-epic-r7212\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:03:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:03:56","slug":"epic-bike-check-annika-langvad39s-specialized-s-works-epic-r7212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/epic-bike-check-annika-langvad39s-specialized-s-works-epic-r7212\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Bike Check: Annika Langvad’s Specialized S-Works Epic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Annika Langvad returned to the Absa Cape Epic after a brief hiatus with American partner Kate Courtney. The pair proved to be an unbeatable combination, winning the women’s overall title<\/a> and claiming seven of the eight stages in the 2018 race.<\/p>\n

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Annika’s Specialized S-Works Epic has been customed painted to celebrate the songo.info organisation that is uplifting the Kayamandi community in Stellenbosch through cycling and education. In fact, this bike will be auctioned to the public<\/a> after the Cape Epic to raise funds for the organisation.<\/p>\n

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The artwork includes a number of symbols relating to the work done by songo.info including the names of some of the kids benefitting from its work on the underside of the downtube.<\/p>\n

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Annika is riding a SRAM XX1 Eagle drivetrain with a Rotor 2INPower crankset and 34 tooth Rotor chainring. Stopping is controlled by Magura’s MT8 Raceline brake set with Shimano XTR pedals propelling the crankarms.<\/p>\n

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Annika raced with a Specialized Command Post for the first three days of Epic. Right after we had taken these photos, her mechanic set about replacing it with a rigid carbon seat post. He explained that Annika likes the dropper post for confidence but believed that she would benefit more from the weight saving on the following day’s stage. Funnily, he chuckled saying that he doesn’t understand why as she is so powerful with or without the extra weight.<\/p>\n

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Annika has chosen Specialized’s Fast Trak with a 2.3″ wdith and GRID casing on the front wheel with a Renegade 2.1″ GRID tyre displaying prototype markings on the rear. The wheelset is Roval’s carbon rim Control SL with DT Swiss rear hub internals.<\/p>\n

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Specification list:<\/h2>\n

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  • Frame<\/span>Specialized S-Works Epic (Medium)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Fork<\/span>RockShox SID Brain<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shock<\/span>RockShox Specialized<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Wheelset<\/span>Roval Control SL 29<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Front Tyre<\/span>Specialized Fast Trak GRID 2.3″<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rear Tyre<\/span>Specialized Renegade GRID 2.1″ Prototype<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Handlebar<\/span>S-Works carbon 720mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Grips<\/span>Supacaz<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Stem<\/span>S-Works SL 100mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Headset<\/span>FSA<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Seatpost<\/span>Specialized Command Post IRcc<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Saddle<\/span>Specialized Power<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Brakes<\/span>Magura MT8 Raceline<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Brake rotor<\/span>Magura 160 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shifters<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rear derailleur<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Cassette<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle 10-50T<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Crank arms<\/span>Rotor 2INPower<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chainring<\/span>Rotor 34T<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chain<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Bottom bracket<\/span>Rotor<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Pedals<\/span>Shimano XTR<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Bottle cages<\/span>Specialized Zee with SWAT Box<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Sealant<\/span>125ml in each tyre<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Weight<\/span>11.53 kg (race ready as pictured)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Annika Langvad returned to the Absa Cape Epic after a brief hiatus with American partner Kate Courtney. The pair proved to be an unbeatable combination, winning the women’s overall title and claiming seven of the eight stages in the 2018 race. Annika’s Specialized S-Works Epic has been customed painted to celebrate the songo.info organisation that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[310,24,434,95],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-annika-langvad","tag-cape-epic","tag-epic-bike-check","tag-specialized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16065"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}