What is the Specialized Secteur?
Our review The Secteur range is named after Paris-Roubaix’s cobbled sections and is the budget-orientated, aluminium-framed take on the Roubaix theme, with the same emphasis on comfort over all-out racing performance and identical geometry.
How many gears does a Specialized Secteur have?
The Specialized Secteur Elite comes equipped with the 10 speed Shimano Tiagra groupset which has been heavily revised since launch in order to make it lighter, stronger and slicker in the shifts than ever before.
What replaced the Specialized Secteur?
the Diverge
Specialized removed the Secteur from their 2015 range and replaced it with the Diverge. You could easily build up the Diverge in a number of ways, for commuting, touring, Audax even, a winter trainer with slick tyres or more off-road capability with treaded tyres.
Specialized’s Secteur Compact boasts a lightweight and lively Specialized A1 Premium aluminum frame with a back-friendly, endurance-oriented riding position that keeps you feeling great mile after mile.
How do you know what size Specialized bike to get?
Measure the distance from fingertip of one hand to fingertip of the other. This will give you your arm span. Subtract your height from this figure to get your Ape Index. If the result is positive (your arm span is greater than your height) you should go for the larger size of bike.
How can I tell what year my Specialized bike is?
Once you’ve located your specific model and year in the online archive, click on the “Geometry” tab located under the photo of your bicycle. This will show you the geometry chart for your specific model and year in accordance with all of the sizes the bicycle came in.
What does S2 mean specialized?
If you want a ride that’s balanced between maneuverability and stability, S3 will be your size. If you want a more nimble ride, you’d drop down to a S2. Want a bike that’s more stable at speed?
When was the first specialized diverge?
2014
The Specialized Diverge platform was launched to much fanfare in the middle of 2014, making it one of the first in the new wave of adventure road bikes.
Where does specialized make their bikes?
In summary, Specialized bikes are designed and prototyped in Morgan Hill, California. They are then manufactured by Merida bikes in Taiwan. But a few lower-end Specialized bikes are made in China. Giant also helps make the Specialized bikes frames in their facilities.
How can you tell a fake Specialized bike?
Counterfeit frames lack a serial number on the bottom of the frame or have a sequence starting with letters, like “GK.” Many fake Venge or Tarmac frames have the serial number WSBC604292544K.
How do I know my specialized frame size?
How do I determine the size of my bike?
- Measure the length of your bicycle’s head tube.
- Once you have the length of your bicycle’s head tube in millimeters, you can then compare that length to the geometry chart for your corresponding year and model of bicycle.
How do I know what size Specialized bike I need?
Is specialized diverge good on road?
With the stock tyres it’s a solid and dependable road bike for road riding and commuting, but needs a tyre swap to open it up to more varied terrain, whereupon it’s decently capable for rough stuffing.