Scott scale 20 or spark 35 for xc cranking!

Jayske

Hi looking to upgrade from my Gt avalanche 1.0 as i need more power, i am looking for the bike that really really needs to be cranked hard.

I am open to another brand if it comes with better compnents for around the £2000mark.

i'm looking at

Scott Scale 20 for 2200
http://www.pedalscyclecentre.co.uk/prod ... p959&rs=gb

or

Scott Spark 35
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/sco ... gn=froogle

Thanks for your advice

Jay

Airienteer

Jayske wrote:

Hi looking to upgrade from my Gt avalanche 1.0 as i need more power

A new bike won't reallly give you more power, only stronger legs obtained through training will give you that! Although a lighter bike will make you faster on the hills I suppose! What kinda riding do you do, because that will determine whether you want a HT or FS. For "cranking hard" a HT would be more efficient.

blablablacksheep

2k is quite a lot to play with, so you can get into the "race" spec hardtails, or could get a pretty decent FS.

it really depends on what you into. powerwise you wont get better that just fitness.

mikep999

I'd say both the Scale & Spark will give you the leap forward you're looking for by egging you on to push harder all the time. These are both xc race capable bikes so may not fit your everyday trail riding though, plus agree with others about fitness, but if you're fit then you'll fly on these bikes!

Advantage on the spark is that you can lock out the rear shock allowing you to go ht when you need.

Also worth looking at the x1 http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/giant_anthem_x1.html

Have a look at the Spark 30 at pedalon as well, if you're needing to buy accessories over the next 6 months then the pedalon points could swing you - 55 points can give you around £450 accessories bringing the bike into your price range

LoUiS1985

isn't the spark 35 a womens specific design??
i'm pretty sure it is??

take a look at the spark 40 dude, that's around £1800 ish

supersonic

If riding hard. I'd say the GT was more capable than either of those.