Given the recent drought and super-dry trails in UK, I can't tell you yet how this bike handles in the mud, but I am really enjoying riding it both on trails and the road. Feels pretty much as fast to ride on flat roads as my lighter road bike with 25mm tyres, and copes well with chalky single track and forest firetracks. I love riding it! It really looks the part too.
Product Details
Specialized Crux Comp Gravel Bike 2026
The Specialized Crux Comp is the world’s lightest gravel bike, combining huge tyre clearance with performance gravel geometry. Built for speed, versatility and control, it delivers the ultimate expression of gravel performance.
Specialized Crux lightweight design
With frame weights of just 725 g for the S-Works 12r and 825 g for the 10r, the Crux applies the breakthroughs of the Aethos to gravel. The result is a bike that climbs with ease, floats over rough terrain and weighs less than a full bottle in the cage.
Specialized Crux with capable clearance
Clearance for 47c tyres or 650b x 2.1” means the Crux matches the capability of the Diverge, opening the door to more adventurous routes at full gas.
Responsive ride
Nimble, supple and reactive, the Crux is sharp at the pedals and smooth in the saddle. Its performance gravel geometry and race-inspired fit carry forward the heritage of Crux cyclocross racing into a modern gravel bike. Equipped with a Shimano GRX 12 speed groupset, DT G540 Disc wheels and 2Bliss Ready 700x40 mm Pathfinder tyres for reliable shifting, strength and traction across challenging terrain.
Features
- Frame: Crux FACT 10r Carbon, Rider First Engineered, threaded BB, 12x142 mm thru axle, flat mount disc, UDH dropout
- Fork: S-Works FACT Carbon, 12x100 mm thru axle, flat mount disc
- Front brake: Shimano GRX RX820
- Rear brake: Shimano GRX RX820
- Crankset: Shimano GRX RX820, 40T
- Rear derailleur: Shimano GRX RX822-GS, 12 speed
- Bottom bracket: Shimano threaded BSA
- Chain: Shimano XT M8100, 12 speed with quick link
- Cassette: Shimano XT, 12 speed, 10-45T
- Shift levers: Shimano GRX ST-RX820
- Front wheel: DT Swiss G540 rim, 24 mm internal width, tubeless ready, 24h, Specialized full sealed bearing thru axle hub, centre lock disc, DT Swiss Champion 14G stainless steel spokes, DT Swiss brass nipples
- Rear wheel: DT Swiss G540 rim, 24 mm internal width, tubeless ready, 24h, Specialized full sealed bearing thru axle hub, centre lock disc, DT Swiss Champion 14G stainless steel spokes, DT Swiss brass nipples
- Front tyre: Pathfinder, 700x40, tubeless ready
- Rear tyre: Pathfinder, 700x40, tubeless ready
- Inner tubes: Presta, 700x32-50 mm
- Stem: 3D forged alloy, 31.8 mm, 7 degree rise
- Saddle: Body Geometry Power Sport, steel rails
- Seatpost: Roval Terra Carbon, 20 mm offset
- Handlebars: Specialized Adventure Gear, 118.9 mm drop x 70 mm reach x 12° flare
- Seat binder: Specialized alloy, 30 mm
- Handlebar tape: Supacaz Super Sticky Kush
- Claimed Weight: 8.66 kg (19 lb 1.5 oz)
- Weight size: 56
Specifications
- Model
- Crux Comp
- Bottom Bracket [Maker]
- Shimano
- Bottom Bracket Standard
- BSA
- Brakes [Kind]
- Hydraulic Disc
- Brakes [Maker]
- Shimano
- Brakes [Model]
- GRX RX820
- Cassette [Gearing]
- 10–45
- Cassette [Maker]
- Shimano
- Cassette [Model]
- XT
- Chain [Maker]
- Shimano
- Chain [Model]
- XT M8100
- Chainring [Gearing]
- 40
- Crank [Maker]
- Shimano
- Crank [Model]
- GRX RX820
- Discipline Compatibility
- Gravel
- E-Bike
- No
- F Hub [Maker]
- Specialized
- Family
- Crux
- Fenders Mounts
- No
- Fork [Axle Diameter]
- 12 mm
- Fork [Axle Type]
- Thru-Axle
- Fork [Brake Type]
- Disc
- Fork [Maker]
- Specialized
- Fork [Material]
- Carbon
- Fork [Model]
- S-Works FACT Carbon
- Fork [Rake]
- 50 mm
- Fork [Wheel Size]
- 700c
- Frame [Hanger Standard]
- UDH
- Frame [Material]
- Carbon
- Frame [Tire Clearance]
- 47c mm
- Frameset
- No
- Gearing [Configuration]
- 1x
- Gearing [Kind]
- Conventional
- Gender
- Unisex
- Handlebar [Drop]
- 118.9 mm
- Handlebar [Flare]
- 12 degree
- Handlebar [Kind]
- Drop
- Handlebar [Maker]
- Specialized
- Handlebar [Material]
- Aluminium
- Handlebar [Reach]
- 70 mm
- Handlebar [Shape]
- drop-with-flare
- Handlebar [Width]
- 420 mm
- R Hub [Maker]
- Specialized
- Rack Mounts
- No
- RD [Maker]
- Shimano
- RD [Model]
- GRX RX822-GS
- Saddle [Maker]
- Specialized
- Saddle [Material]
- Steel
- Seatpost [Diameter]
- 27.2
- Seatpost [Kind]
- Rigid
- Seatpost [Maker]
- Roval
- Seatpost [Material]
- Carbon
- Seatpost [Offset]
- 20 mm
- Shifters [Maker]
- Shimano
- Shifters [Model]
- GRX ST-RX820
- Shifting
- Mechanical
- Stem [Clamp Diameter]
- 31.8
- Stem [Material]
- Aluminium
- Stem [Rise]
- 7 degree
- Sub Family
- Crux
- Suspension Configuration
- Rigid
- Tires [Maker]
- Specialized
- Tires [Width]
- 40 mm
- Wheels [Configuration]
- Front+Rear
- Wheels [Kinds]
- Tubeless Ready
- Wheelset [Inner Width]
- 24 mm
- Wheelset [Maker]
- DT Swiss
- Wheelset [Material]
- Aluminium
- Wheelset [Model]
- G540
- Product code
- 1949493 / 54293683601754
Size Guide

All measurements in mm unless otherwise stated.
Reviews
Bought for my wife, she loves it. Superb machine but you really need to upgrade the wheels / tyres to get the best out of it. It's still a bargain. Aethos on steroids.
Shipping & Returns
Free UK delivery on orders over £50. Orders are dispatched within 1-2 working days and typically arrive 1-2 working days later.
Return unused items in their original packaging within 30 days of delivery. Return postage is £3.50.
Q & A
1 question answered
Can I get a bike fit with a new bike
Hi Miles, Yes, we offer Bike Fit across our stores and it's well worth pairing with a new bike to dial in your position. To arrange one alongside your order, get in touch via https://www.sigmasports.com/contact-us. Many thanks Joe W
About Specialized
Innovate or die.
Founded in California in 1974, Specialized began with a simple promise: serious riders deserve serious gear. Half a century later, the brand still funds its own wind tunnel, builds its own carbon, and tests every bike with the world's best so that you ride your own best.
The first production mountain bike. The first cycling-specific shoes. FACT carbon, the Win Tunnel, S-Works. Specialized has a habit of building the things the rest of cycling ends up copying.









