Pinkbike - review

Big tires equal big fun - the 130mm travel Spark Plus is an XC machine with a fire power.

Combining the lightweight versatility of the Spark RC, Scott's engineers upped the travel, tweaked the geometry, added a shorter stem, wider bars and some plus-sized rubber for good measure. The resulting bike has fun written all over it and with only 120-130mm travel, you won't feel like you're taking a gun to a knife fight; as, really, how many of us really need 140-160mm travel on our local trails?

The 'plus' tires help tame even the wildest of terrain - don't take our word for it, go and try one - not to mention the crazy lightweight build and fun-loving geometry.

Think all-day adventures and hitting the kind of terrain you would usually steer clear of with anything less than 150mm travel and you're pretty much at the Spark Plus and what it represents.