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Hello Fellas.
I've got about 80 miles on my new Scott Spark 750 so far. The 27.5" wheel size is incredible compared to the 29" for my riding style. I "graduated" from my Scale 960 to FS about a month ago. My buddies assured me that FS was the way to go. I'm now having serious doubts about the FS. I have been a hardtail junkie since my beginnings in MTB.
1) I am having low back pain. I got the tape measure out and almost exactly duplicated the crank to seat distance, headtube/bar to seat distance, seat position, etc from my Scale on the Spark when I got it. Do you think I just need to tweak position of the saddle, or could the moving rear suspension be causing this?
2) I feel like I'm wasting energy "pogoing" when climbing. It has the "Twinlock" system on it, but I normally don't climb in full lockout (I use the "trail" middle setting) because western PA is rock/root hell and having the fork locked out a lot of times isn't practical. Do I not have my rear shock tuned to where it should be, or is this typical on FS bikes?
3) I don't feel as connected to the trail as I did on the HT. Hard to explain, but I don't feel like I'm getting the power to the ground as efficiently. Also seems like as above, it takes way more energy to climb.
I have scoured tons of posts on here about HT vs FS and I'm left feeling in between like most other things, there's not clear cut rules and most people have their opinions both ways. I'm struggling with maybe this is in my head? I rode a HT for so long and am so used to it maybe I don't want to change. Or do I just need to try and fine tune the FS and maybe I will grow to love it? Cuz right now I'm close to looking at the Scale 700's.
Thoughts/opinions/suggestions very much appreciated.
I've got about 80 miles on my new Scott Spark 750 so far. The 27.5" wheel size is incredible compared to the 29" for my riding style. I "graduated" from my Scale 960 to FS about a month ago. My buddies assured me that FS was the way to go. I'm now having serious doubts about the FS. I have been a hardtail junkie since my beginnings in MTB.
1) I am having low back pain. I got the tape measure out and almost exactly duplicated the crank to seat distance, headtube/bar to seat distance, seat position, etc from my Scale on the Spark when I got it. Do you think I just need to tweak position of the saddle, or could the moving rear suspension be causing this?
2) I feel like I'm wasting energy "pogoing" when climbing. It has the "Twinlock" system on it, but I normally don't climb in full lockout (I use the "trail" middle setting) because western PA is rock/root hell and having the fork locked out a lot of times isn't practical. Do I not have my rear shock tuned to where it should be, or is this typical on FS bikes?
3) I don't feel as connected to the trail as I did on the HT. Hard to explain, but I don't feel like I'm getting the power to the ground as efficiently. Also seems like as above, it takes way more energy to climb.
I have scoured tons of posts on here about HT vs FS and I'm left feeling in between like most other things, there's not clear cut rules and most people have their opinions both ways. I'm struggling with maybe this is in my head? I rode a HT for so long and am so used to it maybe I don't want to change. Or do I just need to try and fine tune the FS and maybe I will grow to love it? Cuz right now I'm close to looking at the Scale 700's.
Thoughts/opinions/suggestions very much appreciated.