Comments on: The New 2018 Specialized Diverge Light Touring Bikes

By: Gilles Guignard

Gilles Guignard — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 09:35:00 +0000

In reply to Sinai Carmi. Not really to be honest. But I believe the pizza rack from Specialized will not fit. For a front rack you can use a lowrider front rack and then add the usual bike bags.

By: Sinai Carmi

Sinai Carmi — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 06:51:00 +0000

In reply to Gilles Guignard. Hey Did you find an answer for that?

By: nishars

nishars — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 02:01:00 +0000

In reply to Donald. Donald, can you explain a bit more about how the front derailleur worked with 44/28 cranksets?

By: Gilles Guignard

Gilles Guignard — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 07:47:00 +0000

Hey I just bought the E5 Sport! Awesome Bike can only recommend it!! I was thinking about applying a front rack. Does anyone know if the specialized pizza rack fits? Because there is no horizontal screwhole in the fork. Any advise for front racks for the 2018 diverge?
Thaaanks and greets Gilles

By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com

Alee | CyclingAbout.com — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 19:45:00 +0000

In reply to Donald. Sounds rad!

By: Donald

Donald — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:41:00 +0000

Tested a Comp Carbon. Remarkably comfortable – bought it. Went tubeless, added a Brooks B17, 11- 42 cassette, XT RD, Tanpan and 44/28 Sugino crankset. Fantastic comfort combined with 18 to 108 gear inch range can go anywhere. Rear rack and mudguards make it a good practical bike but 32mm tubeless ( blow up to 34.6mm) and lower tire pressures of 55/60 psi make it by far the most comfortable road or touring bike I have ever ridden.

By: Test Bed

Test Bed — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:06:00 +0000

If the alloy version had gone to 42c they could have scrapped the Sequoia. Now your probably saying – but the steel bike can be welded in the middle of nowhere right? Wrong. Most welders don’t have the skills to weld these sorts of frames. Steel rides better right? Again you’d be wrong and stuck in the year 2010. That issue was put to bed ages ago with newer manufacturing techniques. Its all about tyre volume and Brooks saddles. My main rig is steel but there are plenty of alloy bikes that ride just as smooth as Reynolds.

By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com

Alee | CyclingAbout.com — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 01:07:00 +0000

In reply to Dom. A rack and panniers isn't a huge concern on a carbon fork, as it can certainly be easily be engineered to handle a load (Specialized hasn't released a maximum capacity as far as I know). I'd suggest mounting no more than 10kg to the fork or chainstays, not only to be prudent, but also because the Diverge bikes use road bike components and wheels which are not up to the task of heavy loads.

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:01:00 +0000

Hi Alee, any idea what the load limits are for these bike’s pannier mounts? I haven’t managed to find anything online about weight limits, but I had thought it wasn’t a good idea to put a front rack and panniers on a carbon fork?