Bike Build: Rhianna's Specialized Crux Cyclocross

We were lucky enough to get the opportunity to build a cyclocross bike up for Rhianna this month (hopefully her work roster will have her in Perth for the CycloCross State Champs in March) and boy was it a steep learning curve for us. The Specialized Crux showed up looking incandecent with its blue/yellow/red paint job.

We got a near perfect colour match with the Salsa cork tape and the rather bright colours on the Specialized Crux frame. SRAM Force Shift/Brake levers are taking care of business up on the bars.

Click through after the break to see more pics and get a rundown on the details.

Available late January 2012 - Tarmac w/ Ultegra Di2

We will at long last be getting our first look at Shimano's new Ultegra Di2 electronic groupset in the second half of January, on the Specialized Tarmac SL4 frame. Specialized are offering Ultegra Di2 on the SL4 framesets in the Tarmac and Venge models and on the Roubaix SL3 framesets. Make no mistake, Ultegra Di2 is every bit as performance focused as its Dura Ace big brother. Matching it to Speciaized's performance framesets will allow riders to get the most out of the electronic experience.

Pricing for the Tarmac and Roubaix is $6499.00 and the Venge is $6999.00

We will put up a post when the bike arrives in the showroom sometime in the next fortnight so keep an eye out.