Scott Spark RC 2022
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I'll take a hidden shock over internal hydraulic brake cables.
@mbruno Really long events in hot weather? Maybe we just don't have the races here where it's useful. We have aid stations, dropoff areas, etc in any longer race in this area.
But I'm sure there's long events in AZ/UT/Etc that you may want the 2nd water bottle.
When biking in Sedona I definitely needed two bottles for a 3-4 hour bike ride. Kept one on the bike, one in the waist pack.
@mbruno Really long events in hot weather? Maybe we just don't have the races here where it's useful. We have aid stations, dropoff areas, etc in any longer race in this area.
But I'm sure there's long events in AZ/UT/Etc that you may want the 2nd water bottle.
When biking in Sedona I definitely needed two bottles for a 3-4 hour bike ride. Kept one on the bike, one in the waist pack.
Cassinonorth
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Well I doubt that information is readily available but I'm sure Scott and Cannondale have worked through the calculations themselves. Personally I'm not cleaning too much crap off my shock that I need to risk it.
I was pretty stunned when someone suggested that earlier in the thread so I looked it up...shocks do heat up quite a bit.
I cannot imagine it being in a frame is going to help that.
and when it does heat up, how does that impact shock performance. Shocks suck in freezing cold but I’ve never noticed an issue on real hot days.
Cassinonorth
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in theory as the temperature rises so does the pressure inside the air chamber, is it enough of an increase to make most of us notice? id guess not. I'm not @Patrick, but i bet we could get him to setup a course and take temperature readings to see . . . .
also while we are discussing this, lets keep in mind the fact that shocks arent mounted in the most efficient locations for cooling anyway, they are mounted in the turbulent air behind the downtube, not exactly maximizing cooling potential there.
No
Bike looks like a nightmare to service... But, pretty soon, eeerything except the brakes will be wireless electronic.
3-4 hrs in that dry heat, you probably needed more than 2 bottles TBH. But yeah, I get what you're saying. They're just touting the 2 bottle capacity a lot, but the people they're using to market the bike don't really need it.
Pearl
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so it wont be an excuse for going slow downhill?
TAKE MY MONEY
You can use your fixed seat post as an excuse for that
Pearl
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carvegybe
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Victor I
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I may have to sell my Hightower and get this.Here is an interesting alternative:
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Right? At first I read the PB article and I was like, cool… a modern, carbon, xc frame, made in the US. Seems like something I could possibly see as a next race bike.
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But are we really buying bikes from a company called such?