To Scott Spark or not to Scott Spark?

[CTC]

https://bike-addict.co.za/collections/scott/products/scott-spark-940-2019

[CTC]

https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/gear/reviews/review-scott-spark-940-r5761?source=topic

[Schnavel]

Buy whichever bike makes you want to ride the most...

 

You can buy the lightest one, or the one with most travel, but if you think "meh" before going for a ride, you have the wrong bike.

[ChrisF]

Buy whichever bike makes you want to ride the most...

 

You can buy the lightest one, or the one with most travel, but if you think "meh" before going for a ride, you have the wrong bike.

 

THIS is some of the best advise ever ! 

[boesman88]

Depends on what you want to use it for - more XC (flatter trails) get the 940, more enduro/trail (hilly trails) then get the RC. This should be the general rule of thumb, but try both then decide.

[Red Bird]

Since when is XC flat? Gradients reach 20% and over at times...

[bullet77]

Isn't the RC only 100mm travel? A proper XC race bike. The 940 is more of a trail bike I think.

[piotter]

Depends on what you want to use it for - more XC (flatter trails) get the 940, more enduro/trail (hilly trails) then get the RC. This should be the general rule of thumb, but try both then decide.

 

You got that the wrong way around. The RC is the lightweight shorter travel XC version of the Spark.

 

Also XC isn't "flatter trails"...

[babse]

Depends on what you want to use it for - more XC (flatter trails) get the 940, more enduro/trail (hilly trails) then get the RC. This should be the general rule of thumb, but try both then decide.

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