Just a day after we spotted
Kevin Miquel riding in Specialized gloves and kit on a road ride with Loic Bruni, we also noticed Charlie Murray riding on a Specialized Status at the
Emerson 3 Peaks Enduro in New Zealand.
Charlie was one of the breakout riders of 2020 as he dominated the Trans NZ Enduro and crowned the year with a sixth-place finish at the Finale Ligure EWS in his first full EWS season. He also ended the year as the sixth-highest rider in the
EWS men's global rankings.
We suspect that both Charlie and Kevin Miquel will be forming part of the new Specialized enduro team that was hinted at when
the EWS released its team list in March. Specialized didn't enter an EWS team in 2020 but in 2019 they supported Killian Callaghan, Maxime Chapuis and U21 rider Francescu-Maria Camoin on the circuit. Those riders are all still riding Specialized bikes according to their social media so we will wait and see how they fit in with Charlie and Kevin when an official announcement comes.
Charlie was racing a Specialized Status at the 3 Peaks Enduro with Ohlins suspension, Deity components and Poc protection. We've reached out to Charlie for more information and will update you when any becomes available.
I really hope there is something like that, or it’s going to kind of be an anticlimactic campaign.
They are available at some specialized dealers.
youtu.be/1A7qTDIbth8
This is the site for the project: unbelievable.specialized.com
I'm assuming the ambassadors will go out and spread the swag around at the spots highlighted on the website. Anyway, it's kind of interesting that they've gotten into all this strange guerilla marketing strategies.
F YOUR BIKE!!!
www.specialized.com/de/de/status-i/p/65205?color=187204-65205&searchText=93715-5301
statusmtb.bike
For those feeling out of the loop, Pinkbike had a review of the Status that never made it to the front page. It was full of strange things, like Mike Levy saying it was the 160mm, but complaining about the DH performance, but the bike in the pictures was clearly the 140mm version. It was then completely removed from pinkbike.
www.bikeradar.com/reviews/bikes/mountain-bikes/full-suspension-mountain-bikes/2021-specialized-status-160-review
and this piece of marketing crap disguised as a chat between editors:
enduro-mtb.com/en/specialized-status-160-base-2021-the-shortest-review-ever
www.instagram.com/p/CMhjm3tn974/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
That's from Windrock race. Looks like an Enduro to me.
A 150mm travel and a 170mm travel bike with the same tires and a simple lockout switch will climb with close enough efficiency (assuming a good STA on the longer travel bike). Racers are choosing the shorter travel bike because they must think they perform better on the timed stages.