Nino Schurter's World Championship Winning, 17.8-Pound Scott Scale - Sea Otter 2014
Nino Schurter's Scott Scale carbon hardtail was on exhibit in the Sea Otter Expo area. It was the that bike he won the 2012 Cross-Country World Championships with and while it is reported to weigh just 17.8 pounds, insiders said that it is nearly a pound lighter. We first noticed the bike after spying its handmade Andre Dugast tubular tires and carbon fiber DT Swiss XRC wheelset. It was Team Swisspower that introduced glued-on tubular tires to the World Cup podium almost five years earlier. The story goes that after testing bikes with mid-sized wheels against their 29ers during winter testing, the team made a controversial decision to abandon the big wheels for 27.5 inch hoops. When the 2012 season began, Nino used his Scott Scale to ride 27.5-inch wheels and tires into the history books and in doing so, put a big question mark next to the strongly held opinion that the 29er would dominate World Cup cross country racing until the end of time.
Nino's DT Swiss 1275-gram fork has an aluminum steerer and crown, carbon sliders
and magnesium dropouts. The remote lockout cable passes through the crown.
Nino's Unofficial Specs
Frame: Scott Scale 700, 27,5''
Fork: DT Swiss XRC Custom, 100mm
Derailleu:r SRAM XX1
Brakes: SRAM XX1
Shifter: SRAM XX1
Chain: SRAM XX1
Cassette: SRAM XX 10-42
Handlebar: Ritchey WCS Carbon
Headset: Ritchey SuperLogic Carbon
Grips: Ritchey WCS Truegrip
Crankset: SRAM XX1 36 or 38
Pedals: Ritchey WCS V4
Seatpost: Ritchey WCS
Saddle: Ritchey WCS Vector Evo
Wheelset: DT Swiss XRC Tubular Carbon
Tires: Dugast Tubular FastBird 50mm
Stem: Ritchey WCS 4axis
Weight: 8.1kg (17.8 pounds)
Frame: Scott Scale 700, 27,5''
Fork: DT Swiss XRC Custom, 100mm
Derailleu:r SRAM XX1
Brakes: SRAM XX1
Shifter: SRAM XX1
Chain: SRAM XX1
Cassette: SRAM XX 10-42
Handlebar: Ritchey WCS Carbon
Headset: Ritchey SuperLogic Carbon
Grips: Ritchey WCS Truegrip
Crankset: SRAM XX1 36 or 38
Pedals: Ritchey WCS V4
Seatpost: Ritchey WCS
Saddle: Ritchey WCS Vector Evo
Wheelset: DT Swiss XRC Tubular Carbon
Tires: Dugast Tubular FastBird 50mm
Stem: Ritchey WCS 4axis
Weight: 8.1kg (17.8 pounds)
A 'just-in-case' chain guide is riveted and bonded to the seat tube of Nino's Scale, should the 36-tooth SRAM X-Sync narrow-wide chainring fail to live up to its promise. The Scale's seat post clamp is integrated into the carbon frame - no grams wasted.
Titanium hardware can be found everywhere on Schurter's bike - even the brake caliper hardware is Ti. The DT Swiss XRC 950 Carbon wheels weigh only 1255 grams a pair and their Andre Dugast tubular tires are handmade using custom molded Ritchey tread rubber. Tubular tires are glued to the rim, so if they flat, they will remain in place and the rider can pedal back to the pits to get a mid-race wheel-change. The Ritchey stem is inverted and Schurter uses flat handlebars - both to put the Swiss rider in the optimum position for climbing.
A look at Schurter's French-made semi-slick tubular tires and DT Swiss XRC 950 Carbon wheels. The Scale's drivetrain is SRAM XX1 and its XX1 Black Box brakes have monogrammed carbon levers. Schurter uses inexpensive glued-on foam grips to save weight.
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I believe the weight limit on road bikes was set for safety reason because given the speed at which they usually go, such a low weight would make the bike dangerously unstable at high speed. Such a problem might not apply to MTB...I guess.
It is a safety issue in both cases.
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I have to cross 2 valleys at the start of my journey, and I won't lie, I was eyeing off the electric bike shown on pb front page and thinking it would be nice to get up the hills, but then I look at my gut and say the climbs are worth it, plus I get to bomb down the last hill for a few km of sweet trails before hitting the streets