Nino Schurter is fast, though that is a bit like saying water is wet and breathing air is good for you. These things are self evident. And, if watching Schurter grind opponents down, lap after lap, didn't somehow convey the man's ability to put down the hammer, there is that gold medal he picked up at the Olympics in Rio the other day, as well as the silver medal he got in the London and the bronze he picked up in Beijing. And then there's the World Championship he won this year, which he also won in 2015 and 2013 and 2012 and 2010. Plus there are those four Overall World Cup titles.... We could keep going on and on like this--the Swiss rider has been a beast for years now--but this is supposed to be a bike check, so let's just all nod and agree:
Yes, Nino is fast as hell. And so is Schurter's Scott Spark 900. According to his own website, Nino's 100-millimeter travel 29er weighs in at 9.4 kilograms (20.7 pounds), which makes it, scientifically speaking, ridiculously light. In fact, Schurter's 29er dualie weighs just 1.3 kilos (2.8 pounds) more than the 27.5 Scott Scale 700 that used to be his main ride. Impressive. Here's what's hanging on the full-carbon machine...
Schurter's Spark 900 is outfitted with DT Swiss' new R414 rear shock. The high-volume shock is designed to work on longer-travel bikes (insert the "E" word if you are so inclined), but clearly gets on just fine bikes of a less radical nature. The R414 features new damping circuitry and increased oil volume over past DT Swiss units. It also comes in Metric and, yes, that looks like the trunnion mount version.
Up front, Schurter is running the latest DT Swiss OPM O.D.L. Race suspension fork. Nino's fork reportedly weighs in at 1485 grams (3.27 pounds) and features both a carbon crown and steerer.
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But anyway it is up to everyone personal choice what wheel size to ride... I just don't understand why 29ers are promoted so aggressive and so annoying. 29ers here 29ers there it is like all the other wheel standards shouldn't be mentioned at all in the bike news or something. So as for me this aggressive promotion is really annoying...
But I reckon I'd like to try a 36er.
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I'd love a go on something like this, only with a dropper post as it would simply be too light otherwise! ;-)
Nino's bike still seems to have the seat only slightly higher than the bars even with that 45 degree neg rise stem.
Conversely, when I have my seat jacked it's substantially higher than my bars are with no spacers and a -5 degree (50mm) stem.
I understand some of it would be preference and riding style, but surely there must be some data kicking around.
Any links or speculation, friends?
XC racers tend to prefer the low bar, high seat combo for power output reasons, regardless of their own height I believe. Jaroslav Kulhavy is tall, but his riding position is an extreme example of the above. It's like he's trying to mimic a TT rider's stance. Seems to work for him.
hope its gonna be a near fall off the chair race later on! good luck to the participants.
PB's weight is off though, Nino's bike is 9.79 as stated
It says "someone will give me a new frame if I smash my brake levers into the top tube".