Leadville bike: Rebecca Rusch's Specialized Fate
- By Emily Zinn
- Published Aug. 6, 2012
- Updated Oct. 11, 2012 at 4:51 PM EDT
Rebecca Rusch's Specialized Fate
Rebecca Rusch chose her carbon Specialized Fate hardtail 29er for her first time racing the Silver Rush 50. She rides the medium which is a 17.0 with a 605mm stack and a 410mm reach. She will be racing a Fate for the Leadville Trail 100. Photo: Emily Zinn | Singletrack.com
Rebecca Rusch's Specialized Fate
The internally-routed front derailleur cable pops out of the crotch of the top tube fork just in front of the seat tube. Photo: Emily Zinn | Singletrack.com
Rebecca Rusch's Specialized Fate
From the looks of it, she used the full range of travel on her Sid in the Silver Rush 50. Flat bars are one of the ways that Specialized minimized stack on the Fate to compensate for large wheels on the smaller geometry. Photo: Emily Zinn | Singletrack.com
Rebecca Rusch's Specialized Fate
No through-axle for Rusch. She is confident that her long front QR lever provides enough clamping pressure to hold the wheel from slipping when applying her SRAM XX World Cup hydraulic disc brakes. Photo: Emily Zinn | Singletrack.com
Rebecca Rusch's Specialized Fate
Rusch uses SRAM aluminum-spider HSX rotors front and rear with a new CleanSweep model on the front. The brake mounts are built into the carbon left dropout. Photo: Emily Zinn | Singletrack.com
Rebecca Rusch's Specialized Fate
Rusch races with a Quarq SRAM S2275 BB30 power meter, but says that sometimes she stops looking at the numbers and just turns it off. Photo: Emily Zinn | Singletrack.com
Rebecca Rusch's Specialized Fate
Rusch runs her titanium-spindle Crankbrothers Eggbeater 11 pedals without shim sleeves; tall tread on her shoes eliminates foot rocking. Photo: Emily Zinn | Singletrack.com
Rebecca Rusch's Specialized Fate
Rusch prefers GripShifts for races that require more frequent shifting. She has another Fate outfit with triggers, but says she appreciates the ease of flowing through a lot of gears in one movement that comes from a GripShift. Photo: Emily Zinn | Singletrack.com
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Emily Zinn
Emily Zinn spent her infancy in the back of a women's team van while the team built wheels around her. She spent part of her pre-teen years in Europe following the major European mountain, road and gravity races and touring cycling product factories. College was the first time she lived in a home without a frame building shop in her garage or basement. Her favorite style of riding is getting lost in singletrack trail networks and taking her time finding her way back.
