{"id":4326,"date":"2018-06-21T12:51:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T10:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2019-12-23T11:35:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T09:35:54","slug":"2018-scott-speedster-gravel-10-review-the-swiss-trailblazer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/2018-scott-speedster-gravel-10-review-the-swiss-trailblazer\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 SCOTT Speedster Gravel 10 Review \u2013 The Swiss Trailblazer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2018 SCOTT Speedster Gravel 10 Disc bike was built to pioneer uncharted dirt paths, and tame rough roads. The bike is uniquely versatile, being able to cruise off-road or on the tar.<\/p>\n

My immediate responsive to the 2018 Speedster Gravel 10, was noting that it looked purely amazing. That organic orange, on the downtube, was certainly not an eye sore. SCOTT didn\u2019t design this bike to only represent looking good on gravel roads, however. I found it to also be just as capable on long road rides, as it was on the trail.<\/p>\n

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The Frame:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Speedster Gravel 10 Disc frame was made with SCOTT\u2019S D.Butted 6061 Alloy. Despite being alloy by nature, I hardly felt the alloy take its toll. This was probably due to the fact that SCOTT\u2019s engineers stretched the metal in such a way, that the frame remains reinforced in certain areas. While featuring thinned out tubes, to save weight.<\/p>\n

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The SCOTT Speedster also had had hydraulic disc brake mounts integrated on the frame and fork. The position of each mount, aimed to not compromise lateral stiffness of the frame itself, when applying brake pressure.<\/p>\n

The fork on this bike, was constructed from carbon fibre. If you have any experience with SCOTT\u2019s carbon, then you\u2019ll know its exemplary. Sure, there was minimal compliance coming from the fork, but all that stiffness showed its strength on the drawn-out road ride.<\/p>\n

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The Drivetrain: <\/strong><\/h3>\n
The gravel bike definitely had a drivetrain worth boasting about. Especially considering that the bike was not a high-end model. On my test rig, Shimano\u2019s 105 gear-set kept the cranks turning and integrated the hydraulic disc brakes. It had a distinctive 2×11 speed set-up, with 50T and 34T chain rings up front. The chain ran along a well thought-out 11-32T cassette, which supply enough gears to get up steep hills.<\/p>\n
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The Gravel Wheels: <\/strong><\/h4>\n
The wheels that SCOTT equipped the Speedster Gravel 10 with, shouted all-terrain. For both the front and rear wheels, I had a Syncros Race 24 Disc rim with a reassuring rim width. The rims were each laced to Formula Team CL Disc 28 hubs. Overall providing balance and superb wheel stiffness. On my test bike, for tyres, I had Panaracer\u2019s Gravel King SK rocking a size of 700x38C, which proved to be relatively cushy over harsh terrain. The standard tyre that SCOTT equips this bike with, however, is Schwalbe\u2019s G-one Allround series.<\/p>\n
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Geometry: <\/strong><\/h4>\n
While piloting the Speedster Gravel 10, I rode a large frame. Now the geometry obviously differs from frame size to frame size. So for this particular bike, it had 73-degree head tube angle, and seat tube angle of 73.5. The similarity in angles of the seat and head tube, increased the frames stiffness, and secure a contented riding position. For when off-road obstacles arose, I had a 282mm BB height, which cleared pretty much anything.<\/p>\n
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