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Instead, recognizing that the fastest bike is more than simply the lightest bike, we said out with the jarred-to-death tail , the measure-your-posterior’s-sorrows-by-the-yard tail, and in with the avant-garde tail.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LegacyView__Html\"\u003eThe ridiculously capable, mystifyingly comfortable, head-shakingly light, and all-around fast Epic Hardtail. Sure, we optimized every inch of the Epic Hardtail frame to achieve the lightest production hardtail frame in the world anyway—but we also prioritized our commitment to creating an Epic Hardtail that’s as capable as it is comfortable with aggressive singletrack-inspired geometry, increased tire clearance and a frame obsessively engineered for increased vertical compliance, all while creating a bike that lives and breathes the fundamentals of fast. 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