Martin Pettit

I switched from a 2×10 to a 1×11 on my Scott Spark 26″.

I used:
XT M8000 11 Speed Trigger Shifter 
XT M8000 Shadow+ 11 Speed rear derailleur
Sunrace MX8 11 Speed 11-46t Cassette 
Deore XT M785 26-38 180mm
SRAM PC1170 11 Speed Chain

I had to add some spacers to the 2×10 crank tabs to get a decent chainline, 5mm from memory, but that works like a…[Read more]

Nice, mine’s gone all 1 speed, 2.4″ tyres, dropper and a bit blacker..

Interested in this. I have an old 2009 26″ carbon Scott spark which is still a fab bike to me – but then I don’t ride other bikes. I don’t have the funds to replace it with A new equivalent, but did wonder how it would compare to a newer 2014-2105-kind of age big wheeled version (29 or 27.5). They go for about 1200 – 1300 pounds which is much more…[Read more]

+1 for the Economist.

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