Scott spark series#

Stick with the lower position for better stability unless you have a particularly rocky but rideable route. 5 degrees) by flipping a chip at the top of the rear suspension linkage. You sill have the geometry adjustment chip in the shock linkage to tweak the geometry: raise or lower bottom bracket height by 7mm (and adjust the head tube angle by. You’ll find similar stiffness, meaning that the lateral flex you can find in some full-suspension designs is not present here, and the standout features that help make the Spark a top performer have been brought to aluminum. You’ll find the same geometry, which makes this ride scooty on the ascents and stable for the descents. This swap of frame material is the main change between Scott’s carbon-fiber Sparks and this. But the tubes are custom-butted so that there’s a maximum of material where the frame needs it and a minimum of where it doesn’t. Aluminum is not molded the same way-it’s hydroformed-nor can extra layers of aluminum be added to high-stress spots. Thanks to advanced in aluminum fabrication, the shaping has gotten much, much closer to what you find in carbon.

Scott spark series#

For all these reasons, Scott offers the 900/700 Spark series in 6061 aluminum alloy.

You might want something that is more crash-worthy, something you have to think about less, or you just want to save some money so it can be put toward more riding.

In August Scott sets off on a series of shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to support Muscle Memory.Īnd in keeping with the habit he started at 14, Scott is still with the ABC but now in Sydney, where he is a casual producer for Local Radio, Radio National and a trainer with Training and Development.There are times when a carbon fiber frame doesn’t make sense. “If you are honest with yourself there is always an element of the two and it can change every day.” “You can experience it with every single relationship – your parents, your school, your siblings, your workplace and even the country you come from. “It’s about the tensions, on the one hand, the desire to belong and on the other the desire to escape. The songs on Muscle Memory explore competing desires. He describes the album as “songs for moments in your life, like little anthems.” I thought, you can’t get away with that for the second.” “My first album was recorded in my spare time in my home city. “With every project you have to judge whether you need security or whether you need to be exposed. Scott jumped at the chance to record outside his comfort zone. “You feel a big respect for what came before and don’t want to mess it up.” “But with this one they adopt you into the family… you are introduced to all of his extended family, you meet his childhood friends and you feel connected to this thing that is bigger than you are. “There are a lot of grants out there, where you sweat over the applications and get the award and cash and then you go off on your own and do your business. Scott said the funding gave him the chance to immerse himself in his work, but with it came great responsibility. Named after the Australian song writing great and Go-Betweens co-founder who died in 2006, the fellowship is offered to Queensland songwriters to help them further their career. His big break came in 2011 when he was awarded the prestigious Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship. Scott worked as Producer on 612 ABC Brisbane Spencer Howson’s Breakfast show on the side he released his first CD, Fail Like You Mean It. “I still miss the team there,” he said.” They pretty much raised me.” Scott got his foot in the door by accidentally spamming then content director Steve Austin (“after a couple of weeks he rang me and said ‘who are you, what do you want?!’”) and discovered what he describes as a second family. He started doing odd jobs – putting up shelves, answering phones – while learning the basics of radio.Ī few years later he decided to try his luck in ABC Brisbane. “Maybe the process is more formal now but in the regions it was a bit more relaxed – I walked in and thought, this is the place I would love to hang out after school.” While other kids were loitering in shopping centres, Scott began hanging around the ABC Sunshine Coast studios as a 14-year-old. Scott has pursued his passion for music while carving out a separate career at the ABC – a place has felt at home since his early teens. The album is already earning good reviews, including four out of five stars in both the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian. Scott has just released his second CD, Muscle Memory, written in New York as part of his $25,000 Grant McLennan Fellowship.