I managed to snag Specialized's Allan Cooke's personal Status 2 170 DH for an afternoon, so I've got some actual ride impressions and thoughts. It's the new Status 170 frame, with a DH-specific build. 180 mm RockShox Boxxer, SRAM Maven brakes, DH casing tires, and a GX DH 7 speed cassette.
In true Status style, I'm not going to go deep on geometry and kinematics. There are angles on this bike, they work for doing bike things. The Status is (predictably) a hoot on jump trails. That's sort of the point of 170 mm bikes with dual crown forks.
[
Collection
]
[
|
...
]