Scott bikes go chubby!

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Scott is plunging both feet first into rapidly changing world of wheel sizes; they’ve announced that they’re going for the new 27.5+ tyre sizes in a big way, and they’ve released a video to shout about it…

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The basic idea is that the larger (but not too large) tyres, and wider rims, let you run lower pressures more effectively, give you better roll-over and more grip with a larger contact patch. Certainly, wider rims are something we’re hugely in favour of in the office, although the 27.5+ story is generating a little more intrigue before we fully commit.

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Contact patch is apparently over 20% bigger. Scralping has never been so easy.

Scott have decided that Peak Width is around 2.8in, to avoid squirming and to give riders the best of both worlds. They’re added a ‘plus’ model to four of their models, the Scale 710 Plus:

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, and the E-Genius 710 Plus ‘leccybike

0d28a9f8-49c6-4db8-a903-aa49856c0477Because of the similarities in tyre diameter, they’ll all take 29er wheels and tyres up to a size of 2.3, apparently. And the Nobby Nics they’ve got on there are around 800g – not super light, but not massive heavyweights either. They’re adopting a lot of the other new dimensions too – the front hub spacing goes up to 110mm, and the rear is 148 boost, for nice strong wheels.

Brendand Fairclough seems keen:

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Barney Marsh takes the word ‘career’ literally, veering wildly across the road of his life, as thoroughly in control as a goldfish on the dashboard of a motorhome. He’s been, with varying degrees of success, a scientist, teacher, shop assistant, binman and, for one memorable day, a hospital laundry worker. These days, he’s a dad, husband, guitarist, and writer, also with varying degrees of success. He sometimes takes photographs. Some of them are acceptable. Occasionally he rides bikes to cast the rest of his life into sharp relief. Or just to ride through puddles. Sometimes he writes about them. Bikes, not puddles. He is a writer of rongs, a stealer of souls and a polisher of turds. He isn’t nearly as clever or as funny as he thinks he is.

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