SCOTT SPARK RC 900 AXS TEAM ISSUE
£4,499 / 29in / scott-sports.com
The Scott Spark needs little introduction. Over the last four years since this iteration was launched, it has won everything there is to be won. Paired with the power and skill of Nino Schurter, it has been an unstoppable force in XC racing. It may even be the winningest – for want of a better word – race bike in modern XC history.
At the time of launch, Scott took a clever approach. While the engineers took a laser-guided aim at the top step of the Olympic podium, they realised that most traditional XC bikes were nervous and tiring to control on today’s highly technical courses. So they relaxed the angles, added some high-speed stability, and designed suspension that actually
