The Status (140 or 160) is a weird or interesting bike and I’d highly recommend anyone thinking of one get an off-road demo before plunking down the cash.
It’s like Specialized wanted to simultaneously build a less expensive Stumpjumper / Stumpy EVO, a dedicated mullet platform, and a full suspension Jib bike and lined up all three with one stone.
If it works for you the value is the most solid of anything in their lineup. If the rear-center/front-center balance doesn’t work for you there’s no worse value than a bike you don’t like or end up flipping to buy something else. Some folks can adapt to it, others not.
I’d say there’s a lot of feedback out there that if they’d just copied the Stumpy/Stumpy Evo geo more folks would have been better served and the bikes would be a cult combination of ride/manufacturing quality/value.
July 19, 2022, 5:56 a.m. - Andrew Major
The Status (140 or 160) is a weird or interesting bike and I’d highly recommend anyone thinking of one get an off-road demo before plunking down the cash. It’s like Specialized wanted to simultaneously build a less expensive Stumpjumper / Stumpy EVO, a dedicated mullet platform, and a full suspension Jib bike and lined up all three with one stone. If it works for you the value is the most solid of anything in their lineup. If the rear-center/front-center balance doesn’t work for you there’s no worse value than a bike you don’t like or end up flipping to buy something else. Some folks can adapt to it, others not. I’d say there’s a lot of feedback out there that if they’d just copied the Stumpy/Stumpy Evo geo more folks would have been better served and the bikes would be a cult combination of ride/manufacturing quality/value.