Nice details . 🤙I put a small bit of wire on the door for the rear shock. Just the type of plastic coated wire used for twisting on plastic bags or plants. I will never loose it or put it somewhere.
Hey I must say its a very good review and a lot of suggestions. My add would be to grease all the pivots and bearings before going out since most of them come without any grease even on upper models AXS EVO(my case)
Thanks a lot, Nikica! And thanks for a new tip as well!! I would also say that thread lock on bolts is kind of old and doesn't work as expected - I had multiple bolts which came out loose, and once I removed the bolts - stiff thread lock fall apart into pieces. Thus this should be not ignored and new thread lock to be added. On the other hand, bicycle is soo fundamentally simple, but everyone faces their-kind-of problems. I wonder why this is in such way though!
@@tom10crafted there are a lot of complain in the scott bike group regarding those bolts came out loose and damages the frame, I had Spark WC 900 Nino limited edition 2020 red no problem for me.
@@WeldyakPadyak Actually it seems that the problem is not in the bikes itself, but people! :) Simply because damaging doesn't happen in the blink of an eye - its a result of constant ignorance of "sounds" coming from the bike. Thus that is how these damages happens - not taking care of things and expecting that making expensive purchase enables to skip maintenance, haha!
Thats interesting, thanks for sharing! The reason why I was not able to replace it 1:1, is because at the time no one in surrounding shops had anything with 30mm spindle and 41mm internal shell. On the other hand, Race Face cranks, while lightweight, are not well suited for full suspension bikes IF Garmin XC200 rally are used together. Even though I rode with it for months, it was constant hustle not to hit the pedals everywhere :D
@@oskarsflymen for now I made a swap and put RF cranks with XC200 into Scale hardtail - the bottom clearance when without suspension is a lot better and less exposed! As for power2max - how chainrings are then fitted on it? I assume spider added on original spindle crank and there is no space left for direct chainring mount? Curious!
Hey Ivelin, thanks! While these are 2.25, it’s very important to also take into account rim’s internal width. Scope Offroad model has 24.5mm - thus 2.25 of Rays/Ralphs tyres are good for rolling and dry conditions. Whenever it gets technical or wet I prefer something more robust for front on these rims - either more rubber or wider width🤞🏻
@@ivelinkralev1471 To be honest I didn't find tyres which would suit me well in such conditions! The thing is you always try on trial and error basis, and there are a lot of conditions into equation - tyres pressure, rain/mud ratio, etc. But a rule of thumb anything which has less dense knobs on the center. Rocket Ron's from Schwalbe is somewhat OK choice. Its also important what race type it is - you don't want to add heavy tyres if its marathon.. Thus its always thin line of choices! :D
Hey, it all depends, but for 1.70m you will find S too small IMO. You can take two things into consideration - how comfy you feel on the ground, in other words if top-tube does not reach in-between the legs, and in general is the base if not too long:)
Hello, I have a question. I have a Spark 2023 size large too. I came out of a specialized epic, and everything seems new to me. My Spark came with a 70mm -10 handlebar too. I have a slight feeling that it is short. I wanted to know If you had the same feeling, what do you think of the new handlebar? It got better. Another thing I have a question about is: what is your height and weight? I'm having a little trouble with the SAG. How many percent do you use on the front and rear shox?
Hey Samuel, what is your height? I added -20 degrees with 10cm, and it improved the feeling significantly - it kind of affected handling slightly, but its fine. I am 185cm in height. Actually, it would be interesting to test -30 and a but shorted than 10cm:) As for the suspension, i am 1.85/82kgs and for fork - I adjust suspension by feeling (as there is one extra token added, thus pressure is optional) For rear, I keep it around 25% sag, with 180-185PSI.
I would strongly suggest XL, in order not to be crunched on the bike. Otherwise you will have to make compromises which will affect overall comfort. Unless you have a chance to test L and XL 🤞🏻
Sveikas,po kiek km keitei guolius pakaboje? ir butent siam modeliui pasireiskia tam tikru garsu klibejimu? maciau pas kazka irgi butent apatiniai klibejo
Labas, po kokių 2k jau buvo bildėjimas - bet manau tik todėl kad labai purvinom ir lietingom sąlygom daug teko važiuoti. Iš esmės gali bildėti ne tik guoliai apatiniai bet ir apatinės ašies įvorė (ji yra viduje, ir atsipalaiduoja,)
I am abour 184.5cm. Depends on what reach you have as well, but with your height, if -30, I would better consider 8cm, just to have that extra handling 🤞🏻
@@tom10craftedo you choose handlebar according to bikefitting ? I like extended possition, Spark is very short for me. 9cm -30 is shorter than 9cm -20 in the end.
@@filipvonsak9350 yes, at first original fraser XC felt too close and I had issues with the back (as being too close just arches you). Then after bikefitting we figured out its too close for me indeed. While -30 could have worked as well I guess, I didn't wanted to risk putting too much tension on the wrists - as it makes really aggressive position. You are right that 9cm -30 is going to be shorter in horizontal distance than 9cm -20. But apart from that, being lower kind of still increases the reach distance, just in a different way
Kolkas turiu apie 400km su ja - viskas ok. Reikėjo limit-screw pareguliuoti kad jungtų ant 52T. Šiek tiek kitoks perdavimas tarp didžiausių paskutinių kelių žvaigždžių. Na ir visai smagu kad monolitas. O kaip laikys bus matyt, nes metalas kitoks 👌🏼
@@tom10crafted taip. Kartais aftermarket kasetes skleidzia papildomus garsus, ne taip sklandziai ir garsiau persijungia pavaros ir tt. Tai dziugu jeigu si tvarkingai veikia ;)
@@ceponispaulius aš nesu labai didelis aftermarketų mėgėjas, bet tiesiog bandymas, nes XTR’as susivalgė akyse per purvus 😅 pavyzdžiui kiek keičiau kaladėles ne shimano (buvo žiaurus deficitas originalių resin narrow body), niekas neatstoja :) nei pigios, nei brangios
