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The whole wireless only thing is really representative of what bothers me about the bike industry. Changing things for the sole reason to sell us something more expensive. Why would they not put a small hole in the head tube and in the chain stay, can fit little plugs in it if they arent needed. Its different than say 1x drivetrains or dropper posts where there is a clear and undeniable benefit. What is better about a wireless drivetrain vs a properly tuned cable one? We get rid of a $3 cable and cable housing and add a battery?

Wireless only, whack!

Needs more skulls and cobwebs

Cant wait till they're $1200 bucks on buy/sell

Sam Hill gonna be back on a big bike hopefully

I know we are all supposed to be impressed with the new Stumpy, but man the new Status is a much better looker. Simple and clean. One of the best looking bikes I've seen in a while.

I'm just glad for the return of 24" tires! Long Live the Bighit! (joke)

Meanwhile in the Specialized pits:

I love you too

Didn't RM (not exactly budget) do it with the Instinct and Altitude too?

Can I just interject... It scarcely matters how good the Stumpjumper's new suspension is when they want AU$8900 for a Rhythm fork, a Performance shock and whatever we're calling that OEM Transmission (NX?) Righto please continue dunking on the marketing.

Yes, thereis. Trying to say you're not being forced to run transmission on a bike that forces you to run transmission ONLY at the moment is a pretty high amount of noggin joggin. Otherwise the bike really does look great. Once theres a version available with mechanical routing I'm all for it. I was more commenting the on the drivetrain, not the rear shock. I like the idea of it, and I like that it's a proprietary design with a standard sizing for other shock options. Funny how the design team built so many options on it, and yet took...

"I'm disappointed in all of us here" Have a listen to yourself. People are entitled to opinions that differ from yours.

The fact they spec their most aggressive model with the Ohlins coil and 38 tells you it will ride just fine with a properly tuned shock with enough damping.

how do you guys think the new stumpy 15 would preform with something like a float x2 or any shock with a better more robust damping circuit? I'm having local shops tell me that would be a downgrade but I cant see why for 2 reasons - The float x2 will have more consistent damping across the board vs the genie it comes with (which is an inline shock and tend to fail faster and lose consistency after getting hot.) I cant imagine the spring characteristics be any large difference than a float x2 with a slightly softer spring weight...

They’re making an alloy bike that will tick all your boxes. They can make balleur bougie bikes AND sick AF alloy rigs. Look at the chisel and the crux.

Alloy Stumpjumper 15 from the creator story video.