Hi Guys,
This is Sacki from BikeYoke.
I am contacting your, because we have finshed the desing for our BikeYoke for 2018 and newer
Specialized Epic models.
I would like to know, if you are stil interested.
We have found a few things with the new EPICS, and the most important one is, that it is not possible to install every shock into the frame.
The picture below shows an average sized shock with a diamter of roughly 50mm. This shock size does not work for every frame size. Especially not on the Small frame size (as shown).
For size S, the maximum diameter of the shock woul dhave to be <<45mm.
Bigger frame sizes my allow some shocks, but it will still be very tight and not easy to find a shock that works.
One shock, we found out works with all frame sizes, is this one here:
http://www.xfusionshox.com/products/shocks/microlite-series/rl
https://www.mbr.co.uk/reviews/shocks/x-fusion-microlite-rl
We are currently checking if we can source them from X-Fusion and offer Yoke+shock together as a bundle. You´d need a new shock anyway, and we want to make sure, you´d get the best fit for your bike.
The target price for the bundle Yoke+shock is roughly 500€ including 19% VAT (= 420€ for customers outside of EU without VAT). It will depend on what we actually have to pay for the shock ourselves.
We do want to offer in Gold Slick Ano coating.
We can also offer the Yoke only for roughly 120€, but I want you to know, that it is not easy to find a 190x50/51 shock with the proper diameter and we can not take back the yokes, if you find out that the shocks won´t fit.
This is why I am telling you beforehand.
Please let me know, what you think!
I am looking forward to hearing your reply.
Cheers
Sacki