Scott launch a bold new Spark RC and Spark 900

[OVERDRIVE]

On 6/21/2021 at 11:45 PM, MORNE said:

@Hairy, Scott did this exploded view for you so you can figure it out too btw????

Pro guys, is it easier to ride with all this tech though? Or needs twice the skill and twice the ability? 

 

[MORNE]

7 hours ago, OVERDRIVE said:

Pro guys, is it easier to ride with all this tech though? Or needs twice the skill and twice the ability? 

 

I 100% promise you that nobody here is a ‘pro’ lol. We’d all like to think we are though haha. To attempt to answer your question….i think a real pro would destroy even a seasoned weekend warrior using nothing more than a makrodale probably.

Edited August 2, 2021 by MORNE

[Jewbacca]

5 minutes ago, MORNE said:

I 100% promise you that nobody here is a ‘pro’ lol. We’d all like to think we are though haha. To attempt to answer your question….i think a real pro would destroy even a seasoned weekend warrior using nothing more than a makrodale probably.

Bro, Willie Smit hangs out on the site from time to time....... 

[MORNE]

5 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:

Bro, Willie Smit hangs out on the site from time to time....... 

Does he actively participate in the large amounts of BS we discuss around here? Lurking is not being part of the community. My point stands lol.

[MORNE]

…and he’ll probably write that skills would get you further than kit. We all know that.

[Jewbacca]

20 minutes ago, MORNE said:

Does he actively participate in the large amounts of BS we discuss around here? Lurking is not being part of the community. My point stands lol.

He does sometimes. He even had a few spats! 

 

[Hairy]

8 hours ago, OVERDRIVE said:

Pro guys, is it easier to ride with all this tech though? Or needs twice the skill and twice the ability? 

 

You do not need to be a "pro" to use the clicky click things that change your gears or the squeaky squeak things that slow you down. 

[Yyyy]

10 hours ago, OVERDRIVE said:

Pro guys, is it easier to ride with all this tech though? Or needs twice the skill and twice the ability? 

 

if you referring to the twinlock system.

As a Sparky rider i cant ride without a remote lockout. Honestly I scratch my head how anyone can ride without remote lockout.

I mean it makes sense to "set and forget" if you have a high end shock and fork with multiple levels of fine tuning adjustments but the idea of reaching down to my fork or shock midride just gives me cold sweats.

 

Edit: Answering as a CAT 5 pro 

Edited August 2, 2021 by YaseenEnos

[Hairy]

1 minute ago, YaseenEnos said:

if you referring to the twinlock system.

As a Sparky rider i cant ride without a remote lockout. Honestly I scratch my head how anyone can ride without remote lockout.

I mean it makes sense to "set and forget" if you have a high end shock and fork with multiple levels of fine tuning adjustments but the idea of reaching down to my fork or shock midride just gives me cold sweats.

Back in the day I had a Scott RC and MC with the twin lock and 3 x drive train ... never felt that I was "over whelmed" with the leversa and having lock out on the fly is an awesome asset

[ChrisF]

On a previous bike I caught out badly during a race .... climb, climb, climb .... all the while locked out for efficiency ..... The next moment we were RACING down a mine shaft !!!  cross rutted rain ditches !!!  Riders all round me ....  There simply was no way to slow down safely to reach down to open the shock .... and bouncing down a "RB hardline" trail at lightning speed on a rigid aint fun !!! 

 

Shortly thereafter I bought the Scott Spark 940, with the dual lockout on the fly .... 

[Hairy]

Back in 2006 the RC looked like this, with 2 x gear shifters and the shock lock out lever.

Did a couple of 24hr races and Trans B on her ... she was a rather good ride back in the day.

[MORNE]

1 hour ago, Hairy on a Davidson said:

Back in 2006 the RC looked like this, with 2 x gear shifters and the shock lock out lever.

Did a couple of 24hr races and Trans B on her ... she was a rather good ride back in the day.

my biggest take away from this image is that back in 2006 you still knew that the front brake needed to go on the left...

[Hairy]

4 minutes ago, MORNE said:

my biggest take away from this image is that back in 2006 you still knew that the front brake needed to go on the left...

you mean on the right .... as the right is right.

[MORNE]

1 minute ago, Hairy on a Davidson said:

you mean on the right .... as the right is right.

no left right. right?

[Hairy]

8 minutes ago, MORNE said:

no left right. right?

only if you drive on the right (as in wrong side) of the road

[MORNE]

1 minute ago, Hairy on a Davidson said:

only if you drive on the right (as in wrong side) of the road