With the previous ruby taking top honours in our women s road bike of the year test we were very keen to try the newly updated totally redesigned ruby.
Specialized ruby elite 2017 review.
Within the ruby range the elite mostly shimano 105 is pretty middle of the road sandwiched between the sram apex equipped ruby at 1600 and the ultegra sporting ruby comp at 2500.
Who said that performance and comfort don t mix.
It s got new wheels new bars new geometry and even suspension.
The 2017 specialized ruby is available in six builds ranging from the 2 600 ruby elite with shimano 105 and mechanical disc brakes to the 10 000 s works ruby with sram etap and sram red.
Its stiffness levels are also off the charts and compared to the sl4 iteration of yesteryear you ll experience a whole new.
The specialized ruby elite is one of our bike of the year bikes for 2018.
From the off i was probably positively predisposed towards the specialized ruby elite given that i ve yet to ride a specialized i didn t find comfortable and.
Who said that performance and comfort don t mix.
It won bikeradar women s bike of the year in 2016 but the specialized ruby has gone through some serious changes for 2017.
Introducing the 2017 specialized ruby pro di2 once adjusted to the feeling of a dampened ride it was remarkable how smoothly the bike sailed over cracks and rough pavement.
To read reviews of the other contenders and the categories tested across road mountain and women s bikes visit our.
It sure wasn t us because our ruby elite combines the two in one seamless unprecedented package.
The frame is among the lightest that we ve ever made and it s been constructed from our superlative fact 10r carbon fiber.
Its stiffness levels are also off the charts and compared to the sl4 iteration of yesteryear you ll experience a.
