Professional bikes from Albstadt: Scott Spark

Photo: Thomas Weschta,Thomas Weschta

Light, exclusive and as fast as an arrow: professional bikes invite you to dream. We were at the Albstadt World Cup and show Nino Schurter's Scott Spark RC.

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Nino Schurter celebrated his 33rd World Cup victory in Brazil and is now level with Julien Absalon. Will the Swiss rider make history again at the World Cup weekend in Nove Mesto na Morave and pull away from the Frenchman? That would be a sensation. That's why we checked out his Scott Spark again beforehand.

The paintwork on the world champion bike is as simple as it is sophisticated. The glittering surfaces sparkle in rainbow colours.

Photo: Thomas Weschta,Thomas Weschta The paintwork on the world champion bike is as simple as it is sophisticated. The glittering surfaces sparkle in rainbow colours.

These are the facts about Nino Schurter's race bike:

Manufacturer / Model: Scott Spark RC HMX SL
Frame size: M
Weight: 10.52 kg
Suspension fork: Rockshox SID Ultimate
Shock: Rockshox Deluxe Nude 5 RLC 3
Suspension travel: 120 / 120mm
Translation: 38; 10-50
Tyres: Maxxis Aspen or Aspen ST 2.4, 170 TP
Tyre pressure: 1.25 / 1.3 bar
Special features: World champion paintwork; 20 Axxios chips all over the bike to reduce vibrations and make it more efficient; only two (instead of five) bottle cage eyelets to save weight

Photo: Thomas Weschta Low-flyer: Schurter counteracts the rise caused by the 120 millimetre fork with a particularly steeply sloping stem.

Photo: Thomas Weschta Axxios: 20 of these small adhesives are distributed on Schurter's wheel to minimise vibrations.

Maxxis supplies the team around the reigning MTB world champion Schurter with tyres in special designs to drive development forward.

Photo: Thomas Weschta Maxxis supplies the team around the reigning MTB world champion Schurter with tyres in special designs to drive development forward.

Photo: Thomas Weschta Yannick, Nino's mechanic, neatly and almost invisibly routes the cable of the button built into the handle for controlling the seatpost.