Search the Community

Hi everyone, I am looking to buy a carbon hardtail for my son (16 years). Would like to spent not more than 40 K. He is looking at a Scott, but I heard mixed feelings about the after service especially around cracked frames etc. Any advise would help as I do not know much about bikes except for their prices. He is currently riding a Giant XTC. Regards,

Provisional start list for 2014 race The organisers of the 2014 Tour of California published the provisional start list for the race, with 2012 Tour de France winner and multi-time Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins in the starring role for Team Sky. The 2014 edition of the race features a 20km time trial, the mountain finishes on Mount Diablo and Mountain High and the final stage in Thousand Oaks as the decisive stages for the general classification. Among the favorites, along with Wiggins, is last year's podium finisher Janier Acevedo (Garmin-Sharp), who, together with Tom Danielson and Rohan Dennis will attempt to give Garmin-Sharp its first overall victory in the race. The 2013 overall winner, Tejay van Garderen will not be in attendance, but BMC is bringing a strong team with American contender Peter Stetina. The team will also include Thor Hushovd, Taylor Phinney and sprinter Greg Van Avermaet, a podium finisher in nearly every spring classic. In between the critical stages, there are opportunities for the sprinters, and 10-time stage winner Peter Sagan (Cannondale) will be the man to beat. Omega Pharma-Quickstep will be keen to take him on, with both Mark Cavendish and Tom Boonen in attendance. Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge), John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) and Juan Jose Haedo (Jamis-Hagens Berman) should also make Sagan's past domination a bit more difficult this year. The domestic teams will be on the attack as always, but this time with real opportunities to shake up the overall classification. Last year's Mt. Diablo stage winner Leopold König (Netapp-Endura) will be hard to shake, as will Jamis-Hagens Berman's climbers Daniel Jaramillo and Gregory Brenes. Looking for a dark horse? Try Matthew Lloyd, who has made his comeback from injury with Jelly Belly, or Novo Nordisk's Javier Megias, fresh off a strong ride at the Tour of Turkey. Optum's Carter Jones, hot off his victory in the Tour of the Gila, will be a prime contender to repeat as the mountains classification winner, but will be up against Tour of Turkey mountain winner Marc de Maar. Finally, any one of the Bissell Development team riders could take out the best young rider jersey, in particular Redlands Classic runner-up James Oram. BMC Racing Team 1 Peter Stetina (USA) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) 3 Martin Kohler (Swi) 4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) 5 Taylor Phinney (USA) 6 Michael Schär (Swi) 7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) 8 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) [*] Garmin Sharp 11 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) 13 Rohan Dennis (Aus) 14 Caleb Fairly (USA) 15 Phillip Gaimon (USA) 16 Alex Howes (USA) 17 Benjamin King (Aus) 18 Lachlan Morton (Aus) [*] Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 21 Tom Boonen (Bel) 22 Mark Cavendish (GBr) 23 Mark Renshaw (Aus) 24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) 25 Matteo Trentin (Ita) 26 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) 27 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) 28 Martin Velits (Svk) [*] Trek Factory Racing 31 Matthew Busche (USA) 32 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) 33 Jesse Sergent (NZl) 34 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) 35 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) 37 Calvin Watson (Aus) 38 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) [*] Team Sky 41 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 42 Ian Boswell (USA) 43 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) 44 Nathan Earle (Aus) 45 Joshua Edmondson (GBr) 46 Christian Knees (Ger) 47 Danny Pate (USA) 48 Luke Rowe (GBr) [*] Orica GreenEdge 51 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) 52 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) 53 Mathew Hayman (Aus) 54 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) 55 Damien Howson (Aus) 56 Jens Mouris (Ned) 57 Adam Yates (GBr) 58 Simon Yates (GBr) [*] Cannondale 61 Peter Sagan (Svk) 62 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) 63 Guillaume Boivin (Can) 64 Edward King (USA) 65 Kristijan Koren (Slo) 66 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) 67 George Bennett (NZl) 68 Cameron Wurf (Aus) [*] Belkin Pro Cycling Team 71 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) 72 Jack Bobridge (Aus) 73 Lars Boom (Ned) 74 Moreno Hofland (Ned) 75 Tom Leezer (Ned) 76 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) 77 Dennis van Winden (Ned) 78 Maarten Wynants (Bel) [*] Team Giant-Shimano 81 Lawson Craddock (USA) 82 Roy Curvers (Ned) 83 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) 84 John Degenkolb (Ger) 85 Chad Haga (USA) 86 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) 87 Koen de Kort (Ned) 88 Daan Olivier (Ned) [*] UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 91 Lucas Euser (USA) 92 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) 93 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) 94 Marc de Maar (Ned) 95 Christopher Jones (USA) 96 John Murphy (USA) 97 Kiel Reijnen (USA) 98 Daniel Summerhill (USA) [*] Team NetApp-Endura 101 Leopold König (Cze) 102 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) 103 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) 104 Tiago Machado (Por) 105 José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) 106 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) 107 Scott Thwaites (GBr) 108 Paul Voss (Ger) [*] Team Novo Nordisk 111 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) 112 Andrea Peron (Ita) 113 David Lozano Riba (Spa) 114 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) 115 Charles Planet (Fra) 116 Joonas Henttala (Fin) 117 Nicolas Lefrancois (Fra) 118 Christopher Williams (Aus) [*] Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 121 Ryan Anderson (Can) 122 Alex Candelario (USA) 123 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) 124 Carter Jones (USA) 125 Will Routley (Can) 126 Eric Young (USA) 127 Tom Zirbel (USA) 128 Scott Zwizanski (USA) [*] Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 131 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) 132 Kirk Carlsen (USA) 133 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila (Mex) 134 Devon Dunn (USA) 135 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) 136 Sean Mazich (USA) 137 Jacob Rathe (USA) 138 Fred Rodriguez (USA) [*] Jamis - Hagens Berman 141 Juan José Haedo (Arg) 142 Matt Cooke (USA) 143 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) 144 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) 145 Gregory Obando Brenes (Crc) 146 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) 147 Robbie Squire (USA) 148 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) [*] Bissell Development team 151 Tanner Putt (USA) 152 Nicolai Brochner (Den) 153 Clement Chevrier (Fra) 154 Gregory Daniel (USA) 155 Ryan Eastman (USA) 156 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) 157 James Oram (NZl) 158 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger)

Hi everyone I am planning to buy a Silverback Stride 20 2013/2012 model. How is the bicycle? Will I be able to have years of enjoyment. I will use it to ride around the block and sometimes on gravel road. I also looked at the Scott Aspect 60 2013 model. My price range is R3000-R4000 and second hand R2000 +- is it reasonable? Regards Kevin

Looks like the Scottburgh finish is being cANCer'd: http://southcoastherald.co.za/39114/chips-for-wimpy/ I see Phatboys and Beachcomber are already out. Not cool man not cool at all. Phatboys after a long race was epic* *sorry Kevin - I didn't mean your epic. Please don't sue me.

Hi Guys, My buddy's bikes were stolen at his residence today in Durbanville. Brand new 2014 Black Giant Trance X2 27.5 Size M 2013 red and black Scott Spark 960 29er with SPD pedals, also medium. Pic attached of the Giant, no pic of the Scott unfortunately. please contact me if you see these bikes. Thanks

I'm in the market for a new 29" full suspension bike & I've narrowed down my choice down to the 2014 Scott Spark 940 & the Giant Anthem X1? I'm 104kg, 184cm & am a roadie wanting to do some mtb, doing trails, logging tracks, non-technical stuff, distances averaging 50 - 100km's. I'm asking hubbers out there what there views are on the two bikes & what you reckon would suit me most. Your input would be appreciated.

Hi Hubbers Take a look at the pics. This is my Scott Shoes that's about 16 months old and as you can see in very good condition. I only use them for racing. At Clarens the other day I felt something wrong with my left shoe cleat. After inspection I found this crack at the bottom. Now the question is, is it normal for shoes to do this or must I try and contact someone from Scott S.A? Cause surely if these shoes can only go 1500km, then it is better to go and buy better quality shoes?

Hi Hubbers! I have gotten into cycling, specifically mountain biking, over the past year. At the moment I have two bikes, a 26er hard-tail and a 29er dual-suspension. I have also spent a lot of time on a hard-tail 29er which is a friend of mines. As per the title I weigh +-100kg's, 6ft2, with not much body fat. I live in Cape Town and do most of my riding on Table Mountain with the dual-sus 29er. When I am in other provinces I use the 26er and hard-tail 29er respectively. What I notice is that my worst rides from a struggling with getting up hills point of view and just getting around in general are on the dual-sus 29er. I don't know if it is just because it is much heavier than the hard-tails or if it is just not setup correctly (although I was fitted on the bike), but I really don't enjoy my riding when I ride with the dual-sus 29er. To give you an example, while in Durban I had the pleasure of riding at Holla Trails, the yellow route (48km's) on a hard-tail 29er and it was an absolute pleasure. Back home in the Cape I often cycle to the blockhouse on Table Mountain +-20km, and I also took part in the Xterra in Grabouw which was a difficult 28km's but it felt like murder on the dual-sus 29er, and the blockhouse ride sucks until I start the descent. At the moment the thoughts going through my head are sell the dual-suspension and move to a hard-tail. Carrying 100kg's around is already difficult as it is, am I being foolish trying to do it on a heavier dual-suspension bike? The type of riding I do is recreational, table mountain, the odd off-road triathlon and I am hoping to do some stage races next year like sani2c. Having said that could it be that I need more experience on the dual-suspension, my legs need to get stronger, the setup needs to be looked at? All of which I am going to do regardless before making a decision. I find that it feels like I am riding quite low even with the suspension locked out and my pedals often make contact with objects, which when on a hard-tail, would normally not happen unless the pedals are vertical when going over an obstacle. I climb hills like a demon on a hard-tail and like a rookie on the dual-sus. I would just like some insight from experienced riders like yourself, perhaps this is a normal learning curve. The 29er is a Scott Spark 940. Thanks! milo

Hi there I have a scott cr1 comp full carbon 2011 large frame to swop for mtb xl frame

Hi all You have probably seen the news articel in the Cape Argus today about the mugging on Sunday morning. My stolen bike is a Scott Addict R3, Zipp 303 non dimple wheels, FSA carbon crank, SRAM red, FIZIK saddle, Thompson seat post, Ritchie Handle bar, etc. Would reaaly appreciate some feedback. I am offering a reward to the recovery of the bike. Please help. Abbas 0827861902

A mate of mines bike was stolen please keep a look out!! See below mail from him! Can you please put the word out. I had a high end mtb that was stolen on Saturday (see details below) and I’m desperately trying to get it back. It’s a very unique bike and you won’t find many of them. Please can you help by forwarding to everyone you know. On Saturday 26th April someone stole my mtb off the back of a Thule bike rack that it was locked on to. It happened in the mall in Glena Marais shopping centre where Finish Line Cycles is and security miraculously never saw anything despite being less than 20 meters away. The bike is a Scott Scale SL 900. The entire bike is matt black with an XX1 groupset, Rockshox fork, carbon Syncross wheels and finishing kit. Non standard items are black ESI grips and Geax Sagaro tubeless tyres. It has a small white tipex marking on the seat pin where it goes into the frame and also on the saddle rails from when the bike was fitted for me. There are small scratches on the inside of the rear triangle caused by a piece of wire that got stuck in the wheel a while ago. Bike is a medium and 2013 model in excellent nick. Please look out for it cos it's very rare and worth about R80k and I’m not insured. Happy to pay a reward. Richard 0768133326

Fortune smiled on Johann Rabie and Gawie Combrinck as they rode safely into Scottburgh to claim their maiden win in the nine-day Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Saturday. Click here to view the article

Event Name: Scott Ayton Enduro When: 16 March 2014 Where: Hayterdale Trails, Addo, Eastern Cape, Category: Enduro The Scott Ayton Enduro will be the first open and multi stage Enduro event in the Eastern Cape. The event will take place at Hayterdale trails https://www.facebook...9311507?fref=ts We have already secured prize sponsors over the value of R 7 000. This event is organised by Fat Tracks Mountain Bike Club Online entries will open as soon as the event website goes live. Go to Event Page

If insurance agrees I will be looking at a new roadbike What do you guys suggest for around that price? I was thinking scott foil perhaps. Thought I would get a 2013 Foil 10 for a good price only to find out that they did not bring in any 2013 foil 10's. I did however get a good price so far on the foil team (slightly higher than price indication obviously). Another thought was trying a Fondriest but then I guess I would have to build 1 up which would cost a bit more than 40K Open to suggestions pls

Howzit,3 GUYS WALKED INTO LINDEN CYCLES TODAY WITH A XL SCOTT. We think bike has been stolen,when asked they said MY BOSS GAVE IT TO ME.If anyone knows of someone thats missing a bike can they please come and identify bike. Cheers

I recently needed to get the DT Swiss NUDE shock of my Scott Spark (2013) serviced. I rang a bike shop in Pretoria and the confirmed that they can send it to DT Swiss to get it serviced and that the cost will be between R650 and R750. I arranged for the shock to be dropped off at the shop and about a week later I was informed by the shop that the shock is back and the cost for the service is R1,450. I believe some seals were replaced. Is this the normal cost for a service of for a DT Swiss NUDE back shock? Is there any way to find out what DT Swiss actually charged for the service?

Hi Guys I'm going to buy an MTB - non technical riding i.e. forest gravel road, tracks, long distance & some mtb races .... not single track ...... to old for that! The Scott Spark 640 dual suspension is available at a good knock down price but it is a 26", however, specs are good. As I am quite heavy (105kg), not fat just a big guy & not so young anymore I need something that cushions the ride, I sold my hardtail 26" as I felt every bump & rut & gave up mtb as it was not enjoyable. My question is would the 26" Scott Spark 640 work for me or should I bite the bullet & get a 29" with lower component spec? I would appreciate some good advice.

Hi there - I am about to buy my first bike. Been doing some research and visiting bike shops and decided on a 2014 Scott Spark 940. I must say it's pretty confusing with so many options available out there. I initially thought I could get something around 20k but soon realized its worth spending about 30k on something with good components and suspension. I plan to first get bike fit and then start doing some races - nothing too serious. If I really enjoy it and decide to do some proper races I want to be sure that my bike is good for this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

We have added more trips between Scottburgh and King Shaka. Seats filling up fast! Book your seat now! Contact Charlene : 0796387981 or email: cmocke@me.com

Hi guys I just bought a 2nd hand 2005-ish aluminium Scott road bike with pretty decent components, for an intern(English for underpaid slave). This kid is fit and keen to learn and has arranged a payment plan with me. Things is, we got it for a good price because it has a hairline crack on the frame where the stem goes through to the fork. It looks benign but we need to weld it to make it safe. Problem is who can I trust not to ruin the bike and turn it into an expensive parts bike. Thanks

My Scott MTB was stolen in Ixopo after a ride , please could any bike shops in the area or south coast look out for a white Scott Team withXT components trying to be sold to them... Will pay large reward for her safe return. Here hoping Warren Washaw70@gmail.com 0728009590

So I bought a new Scott last week and rode it in the burger this weekend. I think I rode it a bit too hard and have subsequently SLIGHTLY bent my rim. My question is that apparently you can get the rim forged back into perfect condition, in my mind I'm thinking the rim is already weak from the bend now its going to be made even weaker from the forge? Is it worth the time and money Just to reiterate this is a very slight bend, I just know it was perfect and now that its not I'd like sort it out before it gets worse Thanks

Starting today, you have the chance to win free SCOTT gear every weekday throughout the month of January. Click here to view the article

Hi hubbers My son has a Scott Aspect 910 MTB with shimano hubs and Alexrims and he does MTBing as a sport at school. I want to know which upgrade will be better a complete wheelset and if that which make and why or just replacing the hubs with ones with sealed bearings.

Wife have a Scott Spark 60 26er which I am trying to save some weight on. It currently has ZTR Alpine wheels with Hope hubs and fitted with Shwalbe Racing Ralph's tubeless,, these made a huge improvement in her riding and dropped over 1kg. I am no looking to save a bit more weight and the list is as follows: Shimano Deore m590 crank to XT, is it worth the $$$, how much will I save? Shimano m520 pedals to m540, considering this? KCNC seat post and handle bars to replace stock. What else should I consider changing? Bike has done about 3000km. Wife weights 56kg so not much room to lighten her anymore, we doing Sani together and am trying to make the ride a bit easier.