The 2019 Specialized Stumpjumper Short Travel Comp Carbon is a full suspension carbon trail bike with 130mm of travel and 29 inchwheels for fast trail riding. With the same 11m carbon construction as the S-Works, the Stumpjumper ST Comp Carbon 29 with 12-speed SRAM NX Eagle brings you transcendent handling, custom-tuned suspension, & an elimination of proprietary headaches all while keeping the speed you look for with 29-inch wheels. & dont forget that with its ST distinction, this Stumpjumper gets slightly steeper angles & less suspension (130mm front/120mm rear), so you get more nimble & responsive climbing ability & sublime descending prowess. Specializeds design goal for the new Stumpjumper was simple, build the ultimate trail bike, one that feels telepathic. & it turns out that this feeling all comes down to stiffness. Think of it this way: when the frames telling your hands one thing & your feet another, your brain gets confused with the imbalance & the bike feels unstable. In order to fix this, they had to get to work on dialling-in the materials, shapes, & the layout. They started by creating our own mountain-specific stiffness test, & then we looked at the layout with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to see where we could get the biggest stiffness improvements. This led to a big discovery: The Large & X-Large frames needed more front-end stiffness while the Smalls & Mediums were just fine. Specialized were able to create a frame design that was 20% more efficient. & in the end, this proved to be one of the lightest trail frames on the market, today. When designing the frame with the stiffness targets being a main goal, Specialized developed a radical new sidearm design. The front-end & rear-end are connected at three points, & the sidearm helps keep all these points super stiff & connected, all while taking about 100 grams out of the rear-end. More explicitly, this minimizes frame flex when the rear suspension is active. Specialized continued down the suspension path with a custom Rx Trail Tune on both the fork & rear shock. Suspension performance is highly dependent on frame, wheel, & rider size, so we use our Rx Tune to get each bike to land in the middle of the adjustment spectrum, & this gives you the biggest possible range to fine-tune your ride. Another focal point of the tune was matching the suspension characteristics between wheel sizes we developed a specific Rx Tune for each platform. So, no matter what wheel size you prefer, youll get perfectly linear suspension. Steps were also taken to make this bike easy to live with. Threaded bottom brackets make a triumphant return, androom for up to a 3.0-inch tyre. Youre also free to run whatever aftermarket rear shock you want since the Stumpy uses standard metric shocks. Specializedrevamped the SWAT box, too, making it sleeker, lighter, & with more volume. & customization is furthered with a Flip Chip that lets you to dial-in your Stumpy to your riding style. Switch it from High to Low & it drops your bottom bracket 6mm & slackens the head tube by half-a-degree. Little details also jump out to surprise you, like a newly designed ribbed chainstay protector that makes chain slap a thing of the past & nearly silences the drivetrain. Lastly, you seriously couldnt make cable routing any easier on carbon models. Full tubes can be found throughout the carbon frame, so all you have to do is push the cable & itll come out the other end. No more lazy loop, hidden stashes of magnets, pokey spokes, or pillows to cry in. The build on this Comp model comes with a list of components that deliver undeniable quality, like a like a 12-speed SRAM NX Eagle drivetrain, SRAM Guide R disc brakes, a FOX FLOAT Rhythm 34 for with 130mm of travel, a FOX FLOAT DPS rear shock with 120mm of travel, & Roval Traverse 29 wheels. This Bike Is Perfect for The rider that values agile handling & speed above all. The 2019 Specialized Stumpjumper ST Comp Carbon is great value for your money considering its 12 Sram drivetrain & matching fox front & rear suspension. Its perfect for trail riding with its great climging abillity & downhill prowess. Key Features The Stumpjumper STs asymmetrical, FACT 11m carbon fibre construction is lightweight, stiff, & ready for technical climbs & rowdy descents. Its built off of our 29 Trail Geometry, so its both capable & comfortable. & with SWAT integration in the down tube, a threaded BB, easy cable routing, & a brand new chain silencer, its ready for anything the trail, or you, throw at it. The FOX DPS Performance rear shock features our Rx Trail Tune, ensuring that no matter the frame or wheel size, your bike is dialed-in perfectly. SRAMs 12-speed NX Eagle groupset features a wide gear range that delivers climbing & descending efficiency in spades.