Specialized S-Works Crux

Category: Performance Gravel Bikes Components: SRAM Red XPLR eTap AXS

Description

The Crux is the lightest gravel bike in the world, with the exceptional capability of massive tire clearance and performance gravel geometry. It’s not just the ultimate expression of gravel performance, it’s your one-way ticket to gravel enlightenment. This S-Works Crux comes spec'd with SRAM's pinnacle RED eTap AXS hydraulic disc groupset, lightweight and durable Roval Terra CLX Disc wheels, and 2Bliss Ready, 700x38mm Pathfinder Pro tires that hookup over nasty terrain.

Features

Lightest: 725g S-Works 12r and 825g 10r frames. We took the revolutionary breakthroughs that made Aethos the lightest bike ever and applied them to the Crux. The result? A gravel bike that climbs like a dream, floats over nightmarish terrain, and weighs less than a full bottle in your cage. |Capable: 47c/650b x 2.1” tire clearance. More clearance means more capability. With Diverge-level tire clearance, Crux takes you anywhere you can imagine, at full gas.|Responsive: Nimble, supple, and reactive. Responsive at the pedals. Supple in the saddle. With performance gravel geometry and race-influenced fit inspired by Crux’s iconic history in ‘cross.|||||||

Bike Specs

Frame and Suspension

Frame: S-Works Crux FACT 12r Carbon, Rider First Engineered™, Threaded BB, 12x142mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc
Fork: S-Works FACT Carbon, 12x100mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc

Drivetrain

Bottom Bracket: SRAM DUB BSA
Cassette: SRAM XPLR, XG-1271, 12-speed, 10-44t
Chain: SRAM RED 12-speed
Chainrings: 40T
Crankset: SRAM Red AXS Power Meter
Rear Derailleur: SRAM Red XPLR eTap AXS
Shift Levers: SRAM Red eTap AXS

Wheels and Tires

Front Tire: Pathfinder Pro 2Bliss Ready, Transparent Sidewall, 700x38c
Rear Tire: Pathfinder Pro 2Bliss Ready, Transparent Sidewall, 700x38c
Front Wheel: Roval Terra CLX I, 25mm internal width, Tubeless ready, 32mm depth, 21h, Roval AFD1, Centerlock, DT Swiss Aerolite spokes
Rear Wheel: Roval Terra CLX I, 25mm internal width, Tubeless Ready, 32mm depth, 24h, Roval AFD2, Centerlock, DT Swiss EXP internals, SRAM XDR, DT Swiss Aerolite spokes
Inner Tubes: 700x28/38mm, 48mm Presta valve
Wheel Size: 700C

Brakes

Brake Type: Disc
Front Brake: SRAM Red eTAP AXS, hydraulic disc
Rear Brake: SRAM Red eTAP AXS, hydraulic disc

Cockpit

Handlebars: Roval Terra, carbon, 103mm drop x 70mm reach x 12º flare
Stem: S-Works SL, alloy, titanium bolts, 6-degree rise
Tape: Supacaz Super Sticky Kush

Seating

Saddle: Body Geometry S-Works Power, carbon fiber rails, carbon fiber base
Seat Binder: Specialized Alloy, 30.0mm, titanium bolt
Seat Post: Roval Alpinist Carbon Seatpost

Miscellaneous

Weight: 7.28kg (16 lb, .8 oz)
Size Weighed: 56