{"id":887272,"date":"2026-09-10T19:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887272\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T19:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:56:14","slug":"specialized-celebrates-2026-cycling-domination-with-limited-edition-built-for-legends-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887272\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialized Celebrates 2026 Cycling Domination With Limited Edition “Built for Legends” Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo: Specialized Bicycle Components<\/p>\n

To celebrate Specialized\u2019s dominance in the past year across a wide range of cycling disciplines, this brand has unveiled the Built for Legends LTD Collection, a limited-edition lineup of bicycles that are meant to be the peak of what the industry can offer.<\/p>\n

During 2026, Specialized bikes have gone on to be spotted at the top of countless cycling disciplines, and to celebrate this domination, the biking powerhouse has launched four bikes and two pieces of rider gear to bring the spirit into the hands of those of use that simply want the very best, but in a way that stands out from the rest.<\/p>\n

From a unique and custom, “hand-buffed\u201d paint jobs to numbered frames and the very best<\/a> equipment around, all of it has a place in this limited run of two-wheelers. Because of the hand-touched work, no two frames are alike either.<\/p>\n

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According to Specialized\u2019s website, the lineup was \u201cDeveloped alongside the world’s best athletes and tested at the highest level, from the Tour de France and World Cup races to the gravel roads of Kansas, each of these bikes has already written its place in racing history with legendary victories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four disciplines are covered by the bikes, including MTB, road, gravel, and downhill. MTBing is represented by the S-Works Epic 9 LTD, selling for $15,500 (\u20ac13,350), and the downhill ride is built on an S-Works Demo 11. The latter is flying off the shelf for $11,500 (\u20ac9,900).<\/p>\n

Road riders can look forward to seeing the unique colorway and limited badging on an S-Works Tarmac SL9, flying off the shelf for a solid $15K (\u20ac12,900), and the gravel-destined ride is set on the S-Works Crux 5, crunching gravel at $15K as well. Clearly, these are bicycles aimed at serious riders<\/a>, much like all of anything with S-Works stamped on the side of a frame.<\/p>\n

As mentioned, two other pieces of equipment accompany the release. One is a pair of shoes, S-Works’ Ares 2, also designed with a matching colorway, going for $570, and the S-Works Evade 4 helmet, selling for $370. A solid way to complete the ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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Names like RockShox bring forth gear like their Flight Attendant suspensions, making adjustments on the fly so all you have to do is ride, SRAM drivetrains with wireless shifting, and wheelsets completed from carbon fiber. This is all peak cycling goodness right here. Components like the brake calipers have seen a unique touch too.<\/p>\n

All that\u2019s built around Specialized\u2019s top-tier<\/a> carbon fiber building block and layup techniques, resulting in bikes that weigh as little as 6.6 kg (14.5 lbs). That number belongs to the Tarmac, and the second lightest is the Crux 5, rolling in with just 0.5 kg more, or 7.1 kg (15.6 lbs) for a size 56 frame.<\/p>\n

Clearly, the downhill monster is the heaviest, rolling on an 18.3 kg (40.3 lbs) platform for a size S4. The Epic 9 weighs just 9.7 kg (21.4 lbs) for a medium-size frame.<\/p>\n

If you want in on the unique action, head over to Specialized\u2019s website and whip out those checkbooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 15 photos Photo: Specialized Bicycle Components To celebrate Specialized\u2019s dominance in the past year across a wide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,3170,784,3188,50514,36391,9493,191041,85],"class_list":["post-887272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bicycle","tag-cycling","tag-downhill","tag-gravel","tag-mtb","tag-road","tag-specialized","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}