It was less than three weeks ago that Miranda Miller won the rainbow striped jersey at the DH World Champs in Cairns, Australia, but her race season isn't over yet. She's swapped out her Specialized Demo for an Enduro, and will be battling it out this weekend on the rocky, tricky tracks of Finale Ligure at the conclusion of the 2017 Enduro World Series.
Rider: Miranda Miller
Team: Specialized Racing
Height: 175 cm / 5'9"
Bike: Specialized Enduro 650b
Handlebar width: 760mm
Stem length: 50mm
Tire pressure: 21 psi (front), 23 psi (rear)
Bike weight: ~14.5 kg / 32 lb
CockpitMiranda runs a fairly similar setup between her DH rig and her enduro bike in order to make both bikes feel as familiar as possible. She's currently running a 760mm Joystick bar with 28mm of rise that's mounted to a 50mm stem with a healthy number of spacers underneath, creating a fairly tall front end. Formula even provided Miranda with a special set of levers for her Cura brakes etched with the words '2017 DH World Champ,' one of the many perks to come from that victory.
Suspension SetupCoil shocks seemed to skyrocket in popularity on the EWS circuit this season, partly due to the increased number of options on the market, along with the fact that many of tracks have been extra rough and technical. Miranda's on Öhlins' TTX 22 shock with an 480 in/lb spring, and an air-sprung RXF 36 up front. There's 115 psi in the main chamber, and 240 psi in the bottom chamber, which adjusts the amount of bottom out resistance. Keep in mind that the Specialized team has full factory support from Öhlins - the fork and shock have been tweaked and tuned especially for Miranda.
Carbon Roval Fattie SL wheels are mounted up with prototype 2.6" Butchers.
TiresSpecialized recently updated their mountain bike tire lineup, and even the classic Butcher underwent a slight revision. The edge of each knob now has a pattern that resembles a set of stairs, providing more angles to dig into the ground. Miranda's on a new rubber compound that mechanic Patty Young says is in the middle as far as stickiness goes. Her 2.6" tires are inflated to 21 psi in the front and 23 psi in the rear, and there's also a CushCore tire insert in that rear tire for additional protection against flats from Finale's rocky terrain.
Miranda's running BikeYoke's Revive 160mm dropper post.
I'm 5'9" and find the 17 large almost too big with a 40mm stem? The 18 is 12mm longer and with a 50mm stem there is no way I would be quick on it.
Hill is what 5'10"? and he's on a bike that's 30mm shorter in reach than this bike.
Thanks Mike!
Up here we have an annual police recovery auction where unclaimed stolen bikes get sold off. Sometimes dudes will grab a spray can and hit up a bike to try cover their dastardly deed. That's what this Speshy looks like.
next season she'll have a bunch of pressure to get results, and could prove detrimental.
User mollow got a hefty downvote for saying she was without a chance of winning this race. Now I don't know if he got downvoted for saying so, or the manner in which he said it (quite blunt to say the least), or a combination but he was essentially correct. Her best stage was an 11th, her worst 35th, a total of 11 minutes + behind Ravanel.
Make of it what you will.
since the butcher is out for years now, gwin rode them before onza
m.pinkbike.com/news/ews-race-tech-jared-graves-new-specialized-tires.html