Specialized Epic year?

andyjayh
andyjayh Posts: 46
edited October 2008 in MTB general
Hi all,

Wonder if someone could help identify the age of my Specialized Epic Expert for me. I believe Specialized change the colour of the bike each year and mine is Mango (Orange), does that provide a clue?

I bought it from Evans during a summer clear out sale as an ex-demo bike. It was labelled as a 08 model, so nearly new, and why I snapped it up. As I investigated a little further after my impulse buy! That it certainly is not a 08 model :( Checking my receipt it marked it as an 07 model and I have a feeling it might even be an 06

I went back to Evans and complained that they had misrepresented the bike and they gave me £100 of vouchers back. The other options was to pay another £1000 to upgrade to a carbon Epic :shock: or to trade for an 08 Stumpy. To be honest I was quite keen to try the Epic out as my Brother had a Stumpy already.

Very happy with the bike so far though and really getting back into ridding now, shame the weather is turning wet and cold :(

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    picture?

    Looked on Speshes webby?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • andyjayh
    andyjayh Posts: 46
    Sorry about the piccy quality, taken with camera fone!

    Epic_1.jpg

    Been looking through the Specialized webby but haven't managed to find anything to identify age.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Not the colour i was expecting.

    But I think that is Demo bike orange.

    it may be better to identify the year of the forks/shock, gears etc...
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • andyjayh
    andyjayh Posts: 46
    When you say Demo bike, were these ones not intended for main sales and just for the shops demos?
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    correct that is what i ment.
    In that it is not a common colour and i have seen it (or similar) on demo bikes.

    But others may know better.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • andyjayh
    andyjayh Posts: 46
    Perhaps that is why I am having trouble tracking it down then :roll:

    I have come across a couple of internet articals the show that colour on 2007 test bikes so perhaps it is 07 rather than 06 in the end?

    I assume the fact that it is a test bike it is still the same spec as the normal sales bike apart from the colour?
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Like i said date the parts.

    the fork and shock labels change each year so easy to age...
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • andyjayh
    andyjayh Posts: 46
    Cheers for your help :D I will have a go at that and see how far I get

    Thanks
  • rgarner
    rgarner Posts: 77
    I did notice one of these on my web travels the other day (I liked the colour and remembered it :))

    http://www.masoportunidades.net/item-29 ... xpert.html seems to think it's '07.
  • Yahoobedoo
    Yahoobedoo Posts: 109
    Yep, deffo 2007:

    http://www.trailheadcyclery.com/Bikes1/ ... index.html

    testepic-1.jpg
  • andyjayh
    andyjayh Posts: 46
    Cool many thanks :D

    Glad I gave Evans a hard time about selling me an 06 bike that was advertised as an 08. Not so bad being that it was really an 07 :lol:

    Anyway. I love the bike and that's what counts 8)

    Cheers
  • ainesy
    ainesy Posts: 5
    I think its a great colour!! And made even more appealing knowing there is obviously not too many around!
    All in all, well shopped buddy!! :D:D:lol:
  • andyjayh
    andyjayh Posts: 46
    Yeah I really like it 8) I didn't realise at the time that it might be a bit unusual and I am dead chuffed with it :D

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