SCOTT SPARK VISIONE BY DANGERHOLM

Gustav Gullholm— a.k.a. “Dangerholm”— is back with his latest project, showing us his vision of a futuristic mountain bike. Read on to find out what you need to know about the Spark Visione.

Everyone’s favorite Swedish bike tuner recently disappeared into his man-cave with a knife and a block of wood, sparking speculation that he might be trading in his tools for a new passion— carving and woodworking. But rather than shifting gears entirely, he’s found a fresh way to bring his futuristic and innovative visions to life. After countless hours of refining this new skill and collaborating with the team at Scott and Syncros, the wooden prototype evolves into a fully rideable titanium masterpiece.

Follow Dangerholm’s journey that led to this concept sports car-inspired dream bike in “Rosso Corsa”, first unveiled at Eurobike 2024 and now available as a full-build story.

“This SCOTT Spark RC is a study in such refinement and evolution. Taking the latest and greatest technology to try once again level up, introducing cleaner integration than ever but at the same time also making said integration more user-friendly than ever.”
– Dangerholm

Concept and background
Bikes, and perhaps especially so, mountain bikes have made tremendous leaps in the last 15 or so years. Innovations that once were exotic and futuristic, or sometimes even deemed unnecessary at the time, are now a common sight, even on entry-level bikes.

Just like with new things in the past, some think they are unnecessary or even dislike them. But my belief is that with enough time, refinement and evolution we will once again see that several of these new design styles and technical concepts are here to stay and will be commonplace 5-10 years from now.

This SCOTT Spark RC is a study in such refinement and evolution. Taking the latest and greatest technology to try once again to level up, introducing cleaner integration than ever, but at the same time also making said integration more user friendly than ever.

The Italian name ”Visione” and the Ferrari ”Rosso Corsa” paint job is a small homage to the incredible concept cars, motorsport classics and designs for which we have Italy to thank—a deep source of inspiration, for when you want to try and push the limits.

Integration ideas and design

SCOTT has been at the forefront of integration for many years. While the latest generation Spark RC even boasts an integrated rear shock hidden inside the frame, this feature along with internal cable routing was actually present in one of the brand’s downhill bikes back in 1993.

Inspired by designs like this, I myself have also tried to push integration on my bike builds step by step. However, there have always been some limiting factors such as cables or having to give up a little bit of practicality by for example routing brake hoses inside handlebars.

But this time around technology had caught up to my ideas, allowing me to combine looks, performance and easy maintenance in ways previously never done.

At the heart of it all is a very futuristic-looking 3D-printed concept handlebar. A joint effort based on a couple of ideas from me which were refined, engineered and perfected by the R&D team at Syncros and then finally manufactured by TRUMPF.

It all started with my quest to integrate the cables in a more user-friendly way. So I came up with the idea to use a semi-internal design instead of actually running brake hoses through the handlebar, by using channels at the bottom.

I’m also big fan of the ultra minimalistic Zirbel Twister WE03 controllers, so I wanted us to find a way to also integrate these with the concept handlebar. Normally you connect the Zirbel controllers to a standard SRAM AXS BlipBox, but the latter is slightly too big in size to simply hide inside a handlebar as it is. In another stroke of genius, the team came up with a design perhaps most similar to the SIM card holder in your phone.

SPEC LIST

Frame: SCOTT Spark RC size L
Thru axles: METI Titanium
Rear shock: RockShox SID Flight Attendant
Fork: RockShox SID Ultimate Flight Attendant
Headset: Syncros adjustable HA equipped with CeramicSpeed SL bearings
Handlebar: Syncros x TRUMPF x Dangerholm 3D printed prototype
Grips: Syncros Foam Grips
Garmin mount: Syncros iC Front Computer Mount
Seat post: RockShox Reverb AXS 100mm
Saddle: Bike Ahead Composites Hyper Saddle
Controllers: Zirbel Twister WE01 connected to custom SRAM AXS BlipBox
Brakes: Trickstuff Piccola with 3D printed titanium levers by TRUMPF
Brake caliper bolts: METI Titanium
Brake rotors: Trickstuff Dächle UL 160mm+180mm
Rear derailleur: SRAM XX SL Eagle Transmission
Rear derailleur cage: CeramicSpeed X OSPW for Transmission
Crankarms: 5Dev XC titanium
Power meter: SRAM XX SL 38T
Pedals: Xpedo M-Force 8 Ti
Bottombracket: CeramicSpeed DUB
Chain: SRAM XX SL Eagle Transmission
Cassette: SRAM XX SL Eagle Transmission
Wheels: Zipp 1ZERO HiTop SW
Tires: Vittoria Mezcal and Peyote XC Race 2,4”
Sealant: Syncros Eco Sealant
Bottle cages: Geek Components 3D printed titanium, Syncros Tailor Cage 1.0 alternative
Bike computer: Hammerhead Karoo

Weight: 11.02kg / 24.29lbs including pedals