Ride for the Specialized Trail Crew
Specialized is going to hook up “a handful” of lucky riders this year with free access to 2010 Stumpjumper FSR bikes and sponsored MTB trips to hot trail locations. All you gotta do is prove you’re master of the Facebook or Twitter (or singletracks.com) and you just might get the gig.
Of course you don’t technically get to keep your Stumpjumper FSR – you just get to ride it for a year at which time you can decide to purchase it at a discount (what are they going to do with a used bike otherwise?). No specifics on how many people will be chosen for the crew or how many sponsored MTB trips will be offered but I suppose you can’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
The whole idea of giving bloggers / social network influencers mountain bikes to talk about online isn’t really a new one. In fact I ran my own (unsuccessful) campaign in 2007 to change my singletracks screen name in return for a new mountain bike. No one took me up on my offer which included hundreds of thousands of ad impressions, blog posts, and photos but I guess mountain bike companies hadn’t heard of the internet at that point 
If you want to be considered for the program we’d love to help you out. Draft up a post about why you think you’re a good fit for the crew (more details about what Specialized is looking for) and we’ll see about posting your story on the #1 mountain bike blog or our forums. Then send Specialized a link to your post on singletracks.com – how’s that for targeted advertising!
Via bikehugger and cyclelicio.us.
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Tags: facebook, specialized, stumpjumper fsr, twitter
August 18th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Wow that sounds great…Where’s my bike sign me up! Only one itty bitty problem….I am not a face book fan. But I love riding.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Trek7k, would this be your blog post submission?
August 18th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Um no, this isn’t my submission – I’m already pretty involved in the MTB scene. I’ll leave this opportunity to you maddslacker
August 18th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Yeah, they’ll be all over my “fat, bald, middle-aged IT professional who rides a mountain bike” shtick
I do commute to work on my old Rockhopper…hmmm
August 18th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Heh, I just realized that I pretty much described “The Fat Cyclist”
August 19th, 2009 at 8:06 am
This sounds like it’s straight out of a fairy tail: free riding trips, free riding gear, a loaner bike (that may become yours), and all you have to do is take pictures and promote it like crazy? Yep, definitely a daydream straight out of my head.
August 21st, 2009 at 12:53 pm
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August 21st, 2009 at 11:15 pm
so i totally submitted an entry. here it is:
http://randomer.blogspot.com/2009/08/im-next-member-of-trail-crew.html