Anyone got a Specialized Status and care to comment on its climbing ability (yes I realise what the bike is designed for)??
Reviews suggest it climbs well for what it is, but I'm sure I read a comment on here saying it wasn't great...
Other than the short back end the geo suggests it should winch up the climbs ok (I don’t mind climbing slack HA bikes).
IT's a little wandery... but OK..
It's a little weighty, but OK
The DPX2 is quite a lot of initial travel meaning on sitting down pedalling the BB sits a bit low... Maybe you could fix that with volume spacers etc.. But it's OK...
Overall.... it's far from the best, far from the worst.
IT’s a little wandery… but OK..
It’s a little weighty, but OK
The DPX2 is quite a lot of initial travel meaning on sitting down pedalling the BB sits a bit low… Maybe you could fix that with volume spacers etc.. But it’s OK…
Overall…. it’s far from the best, far from the worst.
Yesterday you were telling me it was the best thing since sliced bread ( for the price)
Yesterday you were telling me it was the best thing since sliced bread ( for the price)
The question above is about how it climbs....
It goes downhill way way better than it goes up... but it's not really designed as a climber. It's designed as an Enduro type bike.
when i had mine, i did the south downs way on it (foolishly) and also took it to scotland and did inners, the golfie etc on it.
I didnt have any issues with the way that it climbed. As many say, it climbs pretty well for a 160mm mullet 'park' bike. its not the lightest, but it does get you to the top without much drama.
just dont expect it to be an XC whippet 😛
It's the Float X rear shock on the new ones @weeksy think this has a 2 pos climb switch??
Do you run yours in the high or low setting?
We all know what they are designed for and it's dh ability/playfulness isn't in question. Wouldn't want one as full on enduro bike where all out speed is required due to the short rear but for injecting a bit of fun and playfulness back into my riding i think it looks ideal.
Just want to make sure it's usable for 3 hr rides from the front door too.
Can't see it being worse than my old Enduro 29er, just not sure how the smaller rear wheel affects it.
Ours is the DPX2 version mate sorry, i've not tried one with the Float X.
My lad did FoD on it a few weeks ago, covering about 35km that day, OK, so FoD isn't a Peaks epic, but it's up and down enough. We also did the green family trail as we had the ladies with us too, he seemed happy enough on it.
I've only mostly ridden it downhill rather than uphill, with a day at BPW and a couple of local days but they're push up and come down. I can't see any reason it's not perfectly OK at getting up things generally though, it may not be it's forte...but it's still just a bike.
Can’t see it being worse than my old Enduro 29er
Hello, I haven't ridden a Status and I was just having a nose in here, but I had one of the aluminium E29ers and it was one of the best pedaling long-travel bikes I've owned.
It climbed better than most of the short-travel 29ers I've owned as well TBH.
Its a modern full suss from a major company. If it doesnt climb well I would put that down to:
1 - tyres (simple and cheap to change)
2 - body position/contact point set up (which you can easily change possibly for free)
Being an order of magnitude more important than obsessing over millimeters or grams or antisquat percentages
Nothing is going to make it an XC bike, but as you identify, that isnt really what you want
Cheers all.
Yes @cha****ng I agree. I may have worded it wrong, I meant looking at the geo of the Status(other than short rear end/small wheel) it should climb similar to my old aluminium E29 which I thought climbed well for it's travel, I did some reasonably big rides on that.
If you're a M (S3) and near the south, we could sort out a session on ours if you want to try.
Much appreciated @weeksy I'm up north (ish) and looking at an S4, but cheers anyway!
Can't see anything else that touches it for the money (and trying to limit myself to sub 3k). Weight wise other comparable stuff seems in the same ball park too.
In terms of spec, modern geometry, components, quality etc, i absolutely agree... People complain about the NX mech, but we've not had an issue with it... The rest is all decent stuff.
One thing i would say is, it needs taping just behind the chainring on start of chainstay. All the used ones are scuffed to hell there, even with a chainguide fitted, i've fitted a couple of pieces of Gorilla tape on ours to protect that area.
Yes I always tend to tape chainstays up. It looks a simple frame with no frills to me, but you can't argue with the spec and geo.
Got a new SLX mech in the garage that I may drop on yet with the shifter off my hardtail and move the new nx stuff on to that...
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Note, that's an Ebay one, not mine 😀
yeah, mine had some signs of wear there too.
Ive a Status 160 and agree with weeksy's comments.
The Float X has open and climb positions and I use the climb position quite a lot.
I think the spec is fine for what its aimed at, apart from bars/grips I've only swapped NX for Microsoft advent X as I ripped the mech off on my 2nd ride...and if I can't cure the howling brakes will be looking to replace them.
I have one (selling)
I rode it for 20 months.
It climbs smooth, shallow gradient trails and fireroads as well as any other big bike I've owned.
Anything really steep and or techy I found it wandered too much for me aim it where I wanted to go. The low BB and the way it settles into its travel meant I had to be really careful to avoid peddle strikes on rough climbs.
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I have one (selling)
I rode it for 20 months.
It climbs smooth, shallow gradient trails and fireroads as well as any other big bike I’ve owned.
Anything really steep and or techy I found it wandered too much for me aim it where I wanted to go. The low BB and the way it settles into its travel meant I had to be really careful to avoid peddle strikes on rough climbs.
It's not a S5 sized per chance is it?
I would like to buy one ....
Or an S3…
"https://singletrackworld.com/classifieds/advert/specialized-status/"
Yes to S3.
I'm not sure if Weeksy's link is my bike, but yes mine is an S3.
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I was riding up Pitch hill in Surrey the other day. The bloke on the Status next to me didn't seen to be struggling.
Anyone had any issues with the Fox kit on there? Rear shocks failing or creaking 36's??
I’ve got a float x on my sentinel - not had any issues with it. Have heard a few people who’ve needed their float X’s to go back to Fox to try and cure a bit of knocking
In the spirit of research, just took my 140 out for a 3 hour XC ride. Disclaimer: being nearly 60, with a fitness regime that involves boozy lunches, I am not the target demographic.
It climbs fine. Front is a bit all over the place, and there is a bit of mass to it, but it chugs up well enough. No worse than my Whyte hardtail.
Singletrack is, surprisingly, not its forte. Neither are climbs on side slopes. The bottom bracket is too low, meaning pedal strike soon becomes a bore. The mass, plus soft rear suspension, removes a lot of zip. It accelerates a bit like my fat bike, in that it doesn't.
The mullet aspect is interesting. I don't find that the rear turns fast - it feels more like a normal bike with a flat tyre. The front is more fun.
Point it downhill, proper fast.
Got it home, ride was OK really. It's no XC bike for sure. However, when I got my Orange 5, I hated that for years as it never matched the reviews. My Whyte 901; I still don't like that bike after 3 years of ownership and lots of messing about with it. So the 140 is fine and dandy. It's like an old dog; generally it does what it wants to do, in it's own time, but if a rabbit jumps out in front of it, off it goes like a rocket. I could probably lighten it up a bit, fit shorter cranks... can I be bothered? No. It does what it was designed to do, and I kind of like it for that.