First disclaimer, if this has been posted already and I just couldn’t find it, my bad mods. I am a few years into road riding, and I love it! But my coworkers are all mountain bikers and I’m thinking about getting an entry level mtb to just ride with them some weekends. My local shop has a Scott Sp…

These may not be perfect matches, but some good discussions to review: MTB Advice for a Road Cyclist Please help a roadie spec a climbing MTB! Hardtail vs full suspension for XC Full Suspension or Hardtail for XCM

And I missed those :slight_smile: thanks @mcneese.chad

If you’re not racing I wouldn’t stress about the efficiency of hardtail vs full suspension. Just on that Scott Spark, its the first generation with that new design and there’s definitely been some teething issues to watch out for. I had the last generation of Scott Spark(920) though and it was a fa…

[image] fleadram: First disclaimer, if this has been posted already and I just couldn’t find it, my bad mods. I am a few years into road riding, and I love it! But my coworkers are all mountain bikers and I’m thinking about getting an entry level mtb to just ride with them some weekends. My loc…

[image] fleadram: Scott Spark 940 in my size on sale for 1700 Scott Spark or Scale? It seems your question is hardtail vs full-suspension. You can do a lot on a hardtail, and a Scott Scale will be a quick first bike. If you decide you like MTB and want more bike, you can go full-suspension in…

If I did it again, I would have gone full suspension out of the gate. Full suspension is faster everywhere, won’t be that bouncy once you get the shocks setup right, and only adds about 800grams. If you’re saying you can get this for $1700, get it https://www.scott-sports.com/us/en/product/scott-s…

Get a FS XC bike, Epic, Scalpel, Spark, etc. They’re all dangerously light and a far cry from the boat anchors they used to be. You can get those frame with the budget friendly SRAM NX/GX or Shimano SLX and have an exceptional XC bike. Picked up a new FS XC bike (Cannondale Scapel Carbon 2 with XT)…

Scale, not spark! Shows my knowledge. But yeah msrp is 2299 iirc so a good deal, but not a drop it now to buy it deal.

Yeah that’s kind of what I was thinking, use it like a gravel plus bike for a while and see how I like it and how much I use it, since road racing is still what I will be training for

I’d take a quick look at the value full suspension bikes. Specialized Stumpjumper, canyon, Giant, trek, etc I see this. Maybe you can find a Trek Fuel (Top or EX) around. It’s worth a google. [image] Neuron 6 Are you ready for the world of full-suspension mountain biking? If the answe…

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mcneese.chad October 26, 2022, 7:07pm 2

These may not be perfect matches, but some good discussions to review:

MTB Advice for a Road Cyclist
Please help a roadie spec a climbing MTB!
Hardtail vs full suspension for XC
Full Suspension or Hardtail for XCM

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