Bike

TRANSITION SCOUT CARBON X01 | $6,600

They grow up so fast. It feels like only yesterday when little Scout was zipping around the local trails with youthful exuberance, untouched by the weight of mountain bike society’s ever-changing progression and expectations. That little guy was so easy to entertain. Kid couldn’t keep up on the gnarlier stuff, but the smallest of trail features, overlooked by bigger, more mature bikes, were ride highlights for Scout.

When we bumped into him last spring, he’d matured. He’d grown longer and slacker, had more travel and even picked up a new acronym: SBG. He hadn’t forgotten how to get the most fun out of the simple things in life, but he’d also be the first to escalate the party by

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Bike

Bike3 min read
Re-formation
Sometimes the most difficult part of being a pro athlete is figuring out how to not be a pro athlete anymore. When racing or sponsorship obligations no longer fill your cup, financially or otherwise, what’s the next step and how do you take it? For K
Bike6 min readAutomotive
Test
I drafted a few deep, philosophical analogies to lead us into this review, but I scrapped them all. The Murmur isn’t about the clever wordplay or fancy sentence structure that typical Bike intros normally traffic in. The Murmur is about riding your d
Bike1 min read
Turns You Earn
If modern shred groms learn that trail work today makes for better berms tomorrow, well then, that’s a generation of riders who will warp through technique, PRs and fear until they’re teetering on the edge of carnage. “He certainly can huck his meat,

Related Books & Audiobooks