Scott’s current Scale hardtail and Spark full suspension cross country machines are no slouches when it comes to weight or performance; quite the opposite in fact. That hasn’t stopped the Swiss firm from completely redesigning the range for 2017, with an all-new suspension design for the Spark and radically different composite construction on both bikes.
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The timing is no coincidence either, with their Swiss racer Nino Schurter gunning for Olympic glory in Rio later this year.
It’s unfair to the amount of work Scott has done to say that there are just two new bikes however, as both the 120mm travel Scale and Spark come with your pick of 27.5in, 29er or plus-sized options, with even lighter, 1x specific, 100mm travel race-ready RC models of the non-Plus bikes too.
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Add the more affordable alloy models to the carbon-framed ones and it’s quite a staggering line-up. But it does mean that whatever your focus, from fast trail riding to all-out XC racing, Scott reckons it'll have a bike to suit you.
While every brand likes to claim that the way it constructs and uses composites in its frames is better than rivals, both new bikes use some genuinely innovative techniques and design touches to help shave every possible bit of weight from the bikes.
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