Ahh, the passing of time; both inevitable and ineffable, something that brings us neatly on to this week's serving of shiny new bikes and bits of kit. You know it as 11spd and so do we, at least until having yet another gear ratio on your bike becomes mainstream and we have to start all over again.
This week we prove that big is beautiful, get excited by mudguards and marvel at the graven image so, depending on location and preference, make yourself a tea/coffee and line up your biscuits/cookies and take a peek at it all below...
New mountain bike gear
Scott Spark Plus 700 Tuned
ADVERTISEMENT
Oh, the life of a mountain bike tester is a tough one, especially on days like today when we have to slum it and force ourselves to go and ride bikes like this absolutely pimped out model of Scott’s brand new Spark platform. Only joking – it’s amazing. Feel free to read our Scott Spark 2017 launch story for the full low-down on the sheer amount of carbon fibre trickery that Scott has managed to shoe horn into the frame and how much weight it has scooped out, but safe to say, it’s a lot. This bike is of extra-special interest, coming shod with fat 2.8” Plus tyres, which may or may not be the future of everything mountain bike, depending on who you speak to and how much Kool Aid has been consumed by either party.
Anyway, designed to be a super fast trail bike rather than a flat out cross country racer, the Spark Plus gets a little more travel than the other bikes in the range, with 130mm up front and 120mm at the back. As you’d expect from the not inconsiderable asking price, you get a whole load of tip-top end kit. Fox provides the suspension, with an extra wide Boost version of its 34 fork and there’s a clever travel adjusting version of the Float DPS shock at the back. Both get a shiny and slippery Kashima coating and you can control them by simply lifting a finger and using a remote that’s integrated into the lock-on-grip, which also houses the control for the Fox Transfer dropper post. House brand Syncros provides most of the finishing kit and there’s lashings of carbon fibre there, too. We particularly like the cool-looking stem and spacers, which can be used with a neat GPS mount, too.
Lizard Skins Danny MacAskill signature grips
Scott MTB RC Lace shoes
Endura MT500 jacket
Paramo Velez Lightweight Smock
New road kit
Velo Orange hammered alloy mudguards
Litelok
Guy Andrews - Magnum Cycling
Howies Llaeth longsleeve jersey
Wheels MFG Ceramic Bearings Bottom Brackets
Tech21 Evo Tactical XT iPhone 6S case
You can read more at BikeRadar.com
via BikeRadar All the latest from BikeRadar.com http://ift.tt/2dPP2wW
No comments:
Post a Comment