2019 Specialized Chisel Expert Mens Hardtail Mountainbike in Blue
Often times carbon gets all of the attention but as our senior advanced r&d engineer chuck teixeira says "if you haven't ridden an aluminium bike lately you haven't ridden an aluminium bike."
With its d'aluisio smartweld frame, the chisel Expert with two-by gearing is no exception.
Traditional welding methods create frame joints by connecting tubes to cylinders leaving the performance and security of the connection up to the skill of the welder. D'aluisio (dsw) however allows us to move the joint away from the area of the highest stress making for a lighter frameset that's stiff compliant and incredibly strongthe optimal characteristics of a hardtail XC rig. So what does this mean for you? You'll be powering up climbs shredding singletrack and everything in between on a bike that has you questioning why alloy's gotten such a bad rap.
And to further improve this feel the chisel also features our XC geometry which took our previous XC race geo and added some trail dna to the mix. This equates to a longer top tube a shortened head tube and a slacked out front-end the result of which is a tremendous increase in downhill stability plus a wider range of fit. And just as importantly this doesn't require any sacrifice of climbing proficiency.