The Cervelo is on sale if you can find your size. That being said, will that bike be back for another season? Haven’t really heard a lot of future developments.
Really? Source for this info? That’s 2/3 of a lb!
Word i got is, no more production…
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I think they really should get together and bring some of those improvements to the Blur, and focus on road bikes while Santa Cruz focus on MTBs. I want the blur to be lighter, they should also review their in frame storage since it’s too bulky and doesn’t seem really fit for an XC bike.
EDIT: except the headset routing 
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As best I can tell it’s an LBS only thing. The shop is doing 30-40% off all 2024 bikes. It’s a split bike/ski shop so I think they are blowing out everything. They have a Santa Cruz Blur in sale, but it’s an L otherwise I’d be all over that.
White frames are usually 200-300g heavier. You need a lot more paint than on a black bike. Some black bikes are even only clear coated and not even painted.
The modification of my 23 epic evo continues, albeit slowly. Finally removed the stock level t brakes and put on some older Hope race Evo x2 that are much lighter. These will suffice till end of the year or if I decide to go back to 4 piston.
Fox Transfer SL 100mm dropper will be here tomorrow. This should get it under 25 pounds if not already. Haven’t weighed it in a while.
I might toss on an FSA integrated bar/stem combo as a friend is selling one at a good price.
Last thing is a new rear shock. Probably Fox, 3 pos adj no remote. The one I want is out of stock via my fox hookup.
I’ve been wanting to do this (change out the brakes) on my ZFS-5, last thing on my list. Anybody know a rough estimate on the weight difference between the stock level bronze brake set and an XTR brakeset?
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this is correct, the ZFS-5 has a VERY light clearcoat over raw carbon. It appears to be a much lighter application of paint than my clearcoat Orbea Oiz from a couple years back. Mine has a RideWrap installed so I can’t tell you much regarding how well it is holding up…
Do you have frame weight comparison by size? I can only find a medium cervelo weighs 1718g, while a blue CC large is at 1933g (both with same shock). They’d prob be within 100g at same frame size.
The cervelo is definitely lighter and cheaper! That head set routing is the only clear downside. I wonder if the build quality is equal to Santa Cruz? I’be had my blur for 1.5 years and I’m completely blown away by how it’s held up to abuse, and so easy to service! I did a full pivot bearing replacement last week and it took maybe 2hrs, which is just crazy easy.
I agree, I have mine for little over a year and I love the bike… I have currently no desire to replace it. Fantastic bike!
I think gonna be hard to find much feedback regarding the Cervelo, not many around, but definitely should ride pretty good! A bit slacker front end which is nice!
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This.
That’s an amazing deal, I thought the big specialized discounts at the start of the year on the outgoing Epic Evo models would not be repeated, and if it was, it’d not be for 2-3 years.
I’m debating. I’m leaning towards the cervelo. It’s $1000 cheaper, but w/ the Epic I get a whole bike’s work of spare parts. Wheels, fork, dropper, drive train, cockpit. . .I just don’t need any of that and the garage is full.
Can you elaborate here? I don’t see it as a plus, but it’s not as if this is a fully aero cockpit. From pictures it looks like you can leave some slack in the cables. Is it really that big a deal?
Admittedly, I’ve not seen the Cervelo in person. But, as a rule, I’ve found head set routing of cables is more complex, particularly if you are doing work on the headset. So for me, the Cervelo is preferable in all ways to the Blur, except that it’s got headset routed cables that I don’t want the hassle of dealing with. I just don’t see any advantages in this approach vs going into the frame directly.
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I am confused then. Solution seems simple next time: Fox.
If a manufacturer makes claims of rock solid lockout on website but rep over phone tells me compression well beyond one inch is properly functioning lockout, I have a hard time trusting them for the next purchase. Not sure Fox is any different…haven’t looked.
Thanks. Yeah I agree. But if the need to spend an extra hour every other year is the worst part of it, I think I’m ok saving $1000.
White or black tho?
Unquestionably black for me, but the whole reason I went with the ZFS-5 was because I wanted to do a weight weenie-ish build on budget so there was no way I was going to add 200g+ back just on paint.
The headset routing is a non-issue for me since the only housing on my bike is brake so not like I’m ever going to be changing housing or routing new cables through the headset.
Yea but changing the headset bearings will still suck…