Freeride bikes in the endurance test: The Scor 4060 ST and the Specialized Levo SL Comp Alloy
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Our test editor Dimitri Lehner has tested the Scor 4060 ST tested for over a year and can't stop raving about it. His brother Laurin has Specialised Levo SL Comp Alloy to see how big the difference is to the lightweight Levo SL. Here you can see what distinguishes the two freeride bikes, why Dimi would like to buy the Scor tomorrow and to what extent the aluminium model of the Levo SL can keep up with the carbon version.
Swiss Army Knife: Scor 4060 ST
Dimitri has been rolling through life on the 4060 ST from Swiss manufacturer Scor for over a year now. And he would like to keep on rolling - "'til Kingdom come", as he says.
"I can't listen to this record anymore!", my brother grumbles when I once again pontificate about the advantages of the Scor, want to talk about the shortcomings of the enduro trend and conclude that my Scor with its extremely wide range of use is the best enduro in the classic sense, that I can really do everything with it, from epic riding to trail surfing to bike park shredding, deep dropping, monster gapping and Finn Iles scrubbing... and that there is hardly a bike that is more beautifully designed, and that ...
"Shut up!"
That's how my brother usually ends the conversation. We brothers are allowed to talk to each other like that. I usually carry on talking anyway, because I want to talk about how I mastered the flash drop over the nasty rockfall while the buddies took the chickenway. And I want to talk about the awesome colour. The colour! Who paints their bike in such an unusual colour, and in matt too? "Piggy pink," says my friend Christian. "Like the Manner biscuit from Austria," says my colleague Lydia. "Salmon rolls," I say to my Scor myself.
I mean it affectionately, because I find the colour extremely cool, just like the handling, the geo, the fact that the 29-inch bike glides over the trail as quietly as the stealth nuclear submarine Arktur through US waters. I love the wide cockpit with the stubby stem and of course the Rockshox Ultimate suspension, which is really plush for the travel. I'm not exaggerating: if I lost my job tomorrow and had to buy a bike myself (I've never had to), I'd want the Scor 4060 ST. I probably can't afford it, because like everything that comes from Switzerland, it's too expensive for me lowlife.
Conclusion on the Scor 4060 ST
Very cool bike.
Advantages and disadvantages
- Plus: Range of use, chassis, handling, quiet
- Minus: expensive
The most important details of the Swiss freeride bike
- Spring travel: 150 mm / 140 mm
- Frame size: Medium
- Reach / Stack: 457 mm / 616 mm
- Weight: 14.2 kilos (without pedals)
- Price: 6899 Euro >> available here
About tester Dimi Lehner
Thought about suspension travel for a long time: more is more! Then his riding buddies, Laurin and Chris Schleker, told him that trail bikes are THE SHIT (i.e. super!) and that you should make up for the lack of suspension travel with skills. Tester: 1.80 m, 75 kg
System sprinter: Specialised Levo SL Comp Alloy
Tester Laurin Lehner swapped the lightweight Specialized Levo SL for the aluminium Comp Alloy model to answer the question: Does the minimal-assist concept work even at over 20 kilos?
First of all, the most important difference: the aluminium Specialized Levo SL weighs 1.8 kilograms more. That may not sound like much, but weight plays a decisive role, especially with minimal-assist bikes. A few grams more and the organic bike feeling is gone. Can you feel the difference? Yes, on bunny hops, for example. You have to push harder and pull harder.
Nevertheless, the Alu Levo manages to maintain the organic bike feeling. The geo remains the same, and it is as playful as any freerider could wish for. Apart from that, the aluminium model doesn't have electric gears, which suits me. One less battery to worry about. However, I've already had to readjust the affordable NX rear derailleur several times. The Fox 36 Performance suspension fork had to make way for the cheaper Rhythm model, with 150 instead of 160 millimetres. But now for the good news: you save a whole 3300 euros with the aluminium counterpart. Not bad, eh?
Interim conclusion on the Specialized Levo SL Comp Alloy
The lighter carbon model Specialized Levo SL Comp Alloy is undoubtedly the more consistent, better minimal-assist bike. But the heavier, much cheaper aluminium counterpart retains its playfulness.
The most important details of the freeride bike
- Spring travel: 150 mm / 150 mm
- Motor/battery: Specialised 1.2 SL Custom Rx Trail Tuned / 320 Wh
- Frame size: S4
- Reach / Stack: 470 mm / 635 mm
- Weight: 20.2 kilos (without pedals)
- Price: 6600 Euro >> available here
Dimitri Lehner
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