Lightest Mountain Bike|Scott Scale 899 Review

The weight of a light mountain bike is normally in the range of 7 – 16 kg. Generally mountain biking is a part of cross–country cycling and the bike used for this purpose is designed to be the Lightest Mountain Bike to exist. It is known from the available resources that the mountain bike “2011 Scott Scale 899” is the lightest among the mountain bikes.

The total weight of this Lightest Mountain Bike in the world is 16 pounds only. This Scott Scale 899 weight is lighter by 12.80 pounds when compared to the average for all mountain bikes. It is a 26” hard tail suspension bike, having 100 millimeters of front travel.

Scott Scale 899 is 11.70 millimeters less than the average front travel for all mountain bikes. It is fitted with Scram PC 1091 chain. It has Sram XX Trigger Shifters, multi adjustable, with carbon cap/matchmaker clamp. However, this bike is quite an expensive one. Scott Scale 899 is priced at $10,000.

Lightest mountain bike frame – Scott Scale 899 Review

The frame weight of “Scott Scale 899” is 899 grams, or, 1.98 pounds. This weight is lighter by 54.6%, compared to the average for all mountain bikes. The Scott Scale 899 frame is made of Scale Carbon with IMP3 technology. Its head tube is HMX NET tapered. It has PM 160 Disc Carbon dropout. The frame size is in the following range: XS 13” – 15”; SM 15” – 17”; MD 17” – 19”; LG 19” – 21”.

Lightest mountain bike wheels – Scott Scale 899 Review

This bike has DT Swiss XR-SL rims made of Carbon. It has DT Swiss XR-SL /RWS QR front hub and rear hub. It has DT Swiss Aerolite spokes. The size of the wheels is 26 inches.

Lightest mountain bike tires – Scott Scale 899 Review

The specification of the front tire and rear tire as well, are Schwalbe Furious Fred EVO 26 x 2.0 127 EPI Kevlar Bead/tubeless ready Pace star compound.

Lightest mountain bike pedals – Scott Scale 899 Review

This Scott Scale 899 bike has Eggbeater 4Ti 168g pedals.

Lightest mountain bike shoes

Specification of this bike shoes is Sram Avid XX World Cup Carbon 160/F and 160/R mm rotor.

Lightest mountain bike handlebars

This Scott Scale 899 bike has Scott Pilot SL handlebar combo of 600 mm with Scott light grips.

Light mountain bike seatpost

The seatpost of this bike is of 34.9 mm size. It is made of Ritchey Superlogic Carbon with Scott custom SDS carbon layup.

Scott Scale 899 bike was released in 2011. This bike is rather a costly one, priced at $10,000. This is a cross-country type of bike. Gearing of this bike is 2 X 10. It has DT Swiss XCR 100 Race fork with air spring carbon lowers.

Lightest mountain bike helmet

Cross-country (XC) riders certainly require helmet as they are prone to injuries, even though not severe generally. However, they do not wear full body armor like downhill riders, but they use full-face helmets. Carbon full-face helmets are available now-a-days.

They have great look and some interesting features also. Specialized S-Works is a company that manufactures lightest mountain bike helmets that can be used with the Scott Scale 899 bike.

The company claims that its mountain bike helmet is the lightest of all and it complies with CPSC standards. These helmets have deep channeled vents. The weight is just 6 pounds. It has 4th dimension cooling system too for your Lightest mountain bike set up.

Scott Scale 899 Review – Pricing and technical details for the Lightest Mountain Bike in the world. Why is it so special? This article summarize all the various factors that goes into the creation and design of the bike.