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2017 Specialized

Ruby Comp

A carbon frame women’s endurance bike with high-end components and shimano hydraulic disc brakes.
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FrameCarbon
ForkCarbon
Wheels700c Aluminum
Drivetrain2 × 11
GroupsetUltegra
BrakesShimano Hydraulic Disc
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relaxedaggressive
Terrain
smoothrugged
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Gearing

A bike with lower gearing will be easier to ride up steep hills, while a higher top end means it will pedal faster down hills.

Lowest gear

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63 km/h

Ruby Comp

62 km/h

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Reviews

Summary

The Specialized Ruby is celebrated for its exceptional comfort and innovative FutureShock suspension system, which significantly reduces road vibration and enhances ride quality. It's designed with endurance in mind, featuring a lightweight frame and women-specific geometry for a smoother, faster ride. While it excels on uneven surfaces, some riders note a learning curve with the suspension and a different weight distribution compared to traditional road bikes.

Pros
  • Exceptional comfort

  • Innovative FutureShock suspension system

  • Lightweight frame

  • Women-specific endurance geometry

  • Smoother ride increases speed and efficiency

Cons
  • Learning curve with suspension

  • Different weight distribution than traditional road bikes

  • Suspension movement noticeable during sprints

Key Quotes
The built-in suspension in the steerer tube and seat tube reduces the cumulative effect of thousands of divots, rocks, and washboard ripples you encounter on a ride and leaves you feeling mostly the effects of your own exertion—which might even be more impressive than you thought you were capable of.
Bicycling
"The perfect ride does not require the perfect road"
Cycling Tips logoCycling Tips
The Ruby really just does it all for you.
Cycling Weekly logoCycling Weekly
the brand new 2017 Ruby would be called a statement bike – something that everyone would be talking about
Cyclist logoCyclist
The Ruby’s Future Shock head tube suspension system takes the sting out of bumpy roads with 20 millimeters of vertical travel up front.
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VeloNews
Specialized Ruby Pro Ultegra Di2

May 2017 · William Tracy

The Ruby’s Future Shock head tube suspension system takes the sting out of bumpy roads with 20 millimeters of vertical travel up front. It does this

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Bicycling
The 2017 Specialized Ruby Has a Techy Front End for Lots of Compliance

Sept 2016 · Leah Flickinger

Specialized debuts new technology for a faster, smoother ride on its flagship women’s bike

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Cycling Tips
Ridden: the all new 2017 Specialized Ruby, a suspension road bike

Sept 2016

It’s the end of July and we’re in a classroom setting in a small town in the south-western suburbs of Paris. Specialized’s Head of Women's Brand Vanessa Christie is addressing the room of media folk and it’s clear she can hardly contain her excitement. Behind the door to her left awaits a small fleet of bicycles

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Cycling Weekly
Specialized Ruby Elite

Sept 2016 · Hannah Bussey

Designed for harsh roads and long days in the saddle, the Specialized Ruby Elite brings suspension to the road

Highs
  • Great handling

  • Hydraulic braking

  • Component specification

  • Comfortable

  • Innovative

  • Semi all-terrain

Lows
  • Expensive

  • Not pure race bike

  • Lack of road feedback maybe disconcerting for some

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Cyclist
Specialized Ruby review: first ride

Sept 2016 · Susannah Osborne

The new Specialized Ruby claims to be the smoothest bicycle around, but can you really create a silky ride without compromising on speed?

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BikeRadar
Specialized Ruby Comp review

July 2016 · Aoife Glass

Exceptional performance, supreme comfort – a fast, responsive and encouraging ride. Buy if you want a bike that will eat up miles comfortably, quickly – and excitingly

Highs
  • Fantastically comfortable, stable and responsive ride, with superior parts for the price

Lows
  • We're struggling to think of any

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Velo
Specialized Ruby Pro Disc Ultegra Di2

June 2016 · VeloNews.com

Disc brakes on an endurance bike should be a no-brainer. Yet the Ruby Pro is one of only a few women’s-specific comfort rides to offer them. While they

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Geometry
Specs
Build
Frame

Specialized FACT 10r carbon, Women's Endurance Geometry, Rider-First Engineered™, 12x142mm thru-axle, Future Shock suspension, 20mm of travel, flat-disc mounts

Fork

S-Works FACT full-carbon, flat-mount disc, 12x100mm thru-axle

Stem

3D-forged alloy, 7-degree rise

Handlebar

Specialized Hover Comp Alloy, 15mm rise, 125mm drop, 75mm reach

Saddle

Women's Body Geometry Ruby Comp, Adaptive Edge design, hollow Cr-Mo rails, 155mm

Seatpost

Specialized CG-R, FACT carbon, single bolt, 27.2mm

TypeRigid

Pedals

Nylon, 105x78x28mm, loose balls w/ reflectors

Groupset
Rear Derailleur

Shimano Ultegra, long cage, 11-speed

Front Derailleur

Shimano Ultegra, braze-on

Crank

Praxis Zayante, 50/34T

Shifters

Shimano RS505 disc

Cassette

Shimano 105, 11-speed, 11-32t

Chain

KMC X11, 11-speed

Brakes

Front: Shimano 505 Flat-Mount HYD, resin pads w/fins, Rear: Shimano 505 Flat-Mount HYD, resin pads w/fins

TypeShimano Hydraulic Disc

Wheels
Rims

Front: DT R470 Disc, thru-axle, 2Bliss Ready, Rear: DT R470 Disc, thru-axle, 2Bliss Ready

Tires

Front: Turbo Pro, 60 TPI, folding bead, BlackBelt protection, 700x26mm, Rear: Turbo Pro, 60 TPI, folding bead, BlackBelt protection, 700x26mm

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