MountainVerified spec
2012 Specialized Fate Expert Carbon 29
Launched at $4,000
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What a used one is worth
Open the value toolNew
$1,055
$559 to $1,401
Like new
$1,003
$531 to $1,331
Excellent
$950
$503 to $1,261
Good
$792
$419 to $1,051
Fair
$580
$308 to $771
For parts
$317
$168 to $420
From the launch price, aged to 2026 and adjusted for condition. Guidance from our catalog, not an appraisal.
Overview
- Brand
- Specialized
- Model family
- Fate
- Model year
- 2012
- Category
- Mountain · xc
- Frame material
- carbon
- Sizes
- 15, 17, 19
- Wheel size
- 29
- Launch MSRP (US)
- $4,000
Drivetrain
- Speeds
- 10
- Groupset
- SRAM X0
- Electronic
- false
Build
- Fork
- RS/Specialized Sid 29 Brain, Brain Fade and rebound adj., alloy tapered crown/steerer, 80mm travel, 15": 51mm offset, 17"/19": 46mm offset
- Stem
- Specialized XC, 3D forged alloy, 4-bolt, 31.8mm clamp, adjustable rise
- Tires
- S-Works Renegade, 120 TPI, 2Bliss Ready aramid bead, dual-compound, 29x1.95"
- Brakes
- Custom Avid X0 World Cup, hydraulic disc w/ Flex Hose, tool-less reach adj. and alloy blade, alloy backed semi-metal pad; levers: Custom Avid X0 World Cup, hydraulic, tool-less reach adj.
- Saddle
- Specialized Women's Body Geometry Jett Comp, hollow Cr-Mo rails, 143mm
- Wheels
- rims: Roval Control 29, alloy disc, 26mm, 32h; front hub: Roval Control 29, alloy disc, OS 28mm end caps, QR, 32h; rear hub: Roval Control 29, QR, 32h; spokes: DT Swiss Competition 1.8/1.6mm stainless
- Cassette
- SRAM 10-speed, 11-36t
- Crankset
- Custom SRAM S-1250, 10-speed XC double, PF30 spindle, 15": 165mm, 17": 170mm, 19": 175mm
- Seatpost
- 2014 butted alloy, single bolt, 27.2mm, 15"/17": 350mm, others: 400mm
- Shifters
- SRAM X9, 10-speed, trigger
- Handlebar
- Specialized XC flat, 2014 butted alloy, 660mm wide, 8° back sweep, 31.8mm
- Rear derailleur
- SRAM X0, 10-speed, mid cage
- Travel front mm
- 80
Geometry
- 15
- Reach mm: 394; Stack mm: 592; Chainstay mm: 436; Wheelbase mm: 1049; Head angle deg: 70.5; Seat angle deg: 74.5
- 17
- Reach mm: 410; Stack mm: 605; Chainstay mm: 436; Wheelbase mm: 1060; Head angle deg: 71; Seat angle deg: 73.5
- 19
- Reach mm: 433; Stack mm: 615; Chainstay mm: 436; Wheelbase mm: 1072; Head angle deg: 71; Seat angle deg: 73.5
Spec from Specialized's then current US page (captured 2012-04; model year from the breadcrumb link SBCMain.jsp?my=2012). MSRP $4000 read from the model's own row of the US MSRP list on its then current page, captured 2012-04 (inside the 2012 launch window). Colors: Carbon/White.
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