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[Levo-Lon]

What year are you looking at? Also, the Prowler Sonic is heavier that the Scarp Sonic version - longer travel forks, beefier frame etc.

9.2kg for 2018: https://bikeboard.cc/ktm-scarp-sonic-12-2018-ber7531

9.7kg for 2019: https://www.ktm-bike.pt/pt/loja/5351-bicicleta-ktm-scarp-sonic-29-2019-12s-detail.html

Mine was purchased here in Portugal - but my bike is a bit lighter being the Small. We weighed it at the shop without pedals. It is light for a FF. Not as light as my 6.1kg Wilier Zero6 road bike, but light.

Scarp sonic, no prob with the weight claim, i just read bumf and reviews.

Best i can get with a specialised epic carbon with ultra light thunder burt tubless tyres carbon seat and post plus carbon bars and carbon crank is 10.8 with light pedals fitted.

So your bike is very light indeed

 

[Algarvecycling]

Scarp sonic, no prob with the weight claim, i just read bumf and reviews.

Best i can get with a specialised epic carbon with ultra light thunder burt tubless tyres carbon seat and post plus carbon bars and carbon crank is 10.8 with light pedals fitted.

So your bike is very light indeed

It is, KTM make light bikes generally at the higher end. I didn't even know they made bicycles until I saw my local shop when I moved here and it happened to be a KTM-only Dealer.
I'm a relative MTB noob so lacking skills at this stage which makes it perhaps too fast to start racing with for me. I'm looking for a local skills coach for a lesson or two before my first race next year.

 

[Levo-Lon]

It is, KTM make light bikes generally at the higher end. I didn't even know they made bicycles until I saw my local shop when I moved here and it happened to be a KTM-only Dealer.
I'm a relative MTB noob so lacking skills at this stage which makes it perhaps too fast to start racing with for me. I'm looking for a local skills coach for a lesson or two before my first race next year.

Well you have no excuse bike wise, i love ktm stuff, got a main dealers up the road love their motorcycles

 

[Hacienda71]

Ktm had two teams in a 24hr xc race I did in the summer. One of the lads was a junior national champ. My 2004 Stumpy wasn't fast enough to keep up with him

 

[Gravity Aided]

Panasonic MC 2500, going to the grocery store. 1988 model, very light Cr-Mo frame. All original, AFAIK. Just got it the other day, still working through a problem or two, but a very very, fine MTB.

 

[woodbutcher]

Not really into mountain bikes but l do have this at our summer house in Sweden , you don't get very far on a road bike in this area

 

[Levo-Lon]

My new Specialized turbo levo carbon
Bit loved up, going to get her dirty asap
Changed the bars, pedals and set it up tubeless, sorted the mission control app.
Roll on the weekend

 

[AuroraSaab]

Bought this for £30 earlier in the week. Dawes xc 1.2 which needs a bit of tlc and possibly a new front deraileur or maybe just a bit of adjustment. It has Shimano Tourney deraileurs, I think - what would be a good replacement or upgrade?

 

[Threevok]

Lovely bike

As for you question, it depends on what you want to do with it and how much you are willing to spend

Personally, if what you have works then keep it the same and replace like for like.

Or you could go totally mad (as I have done in the past) and upgrade the full drivetrain to 3x10 Hollowtec II

 

[AuroraSaab]

Thanks. I didn't think the Shimano Tourney deraileur was still available and I'm not sure what the new equivalent would be, or which others would be compatible. I haven't actually ridden it yet. The guy said it needed fixing before it could be ridden - went to pick it up in the car but then OH said he'd walk it home. He turned up on the doorstep 5 mins later and said he'd rode it home; it was fine but only half the gears worked lol. This is the spec the ad listed:

He said it had hardly been used, which I can believe. It was a £200/250 bike when new so not top spec by any means, but at £30 I don't mind spending a bit on upgrades if anyone has any views. The saddle has a tear but I already have a spare one available.

 

[fossyant]

Thanks. I didn't think the Shimano Tourney deraileur was still available and I'm not sure what the new equivalent would be, or which others would be compatible. I haven't actually ridden it yet. The guy said it needed fixing before it could be ridden - went to pick it up in the car but then OH said he'd walk it home. He turned up on the doorstep 5 mins later and said he'd rode it home; it was fine but only half the gears worked lol. This is the spec the ad listed:
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He said it had hardly been used so I don't mind spending a bit on upgrades if anyone has any views. The saddle has a tear but I already have a spare one available.

The picture slows slack cable on the top tube, so I'd just replace all gear and brake cables for now.

 

[Threevok]

^^^^ This

and if you still want to upgrade from the tourney stuff, perhaps replace with Shimano Altus mechs or if you want to spend a little more - Deore.

Don't let it get out of hand though

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

My approach to resurrecting secondhand bikes is simply to find out what is wrong with it (often very little apart from cable adjustments and flat tyres) and just get the thing working so it will steer, stop, and you can use all the gears. I see absolutely no point whatsoever in spending money on "upgrades", just because the bike came with budget-spec components. If a bike was at the cheap end of the market, it might as well stay like that, so long as it is fully functional. There is very little to be gained from trying to improve a low end machine. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear! Just allow yourself a little smugness for getting a bargain, and go ride the thing just as it comes.

 

[MasterDabber]

My approach to resurrecting secondhand bikes is simply to find out what is wrong with it (often very little apart from cable adjustments and flat tyres) and just get the thing working so it will steer, stop, and you can use all the gears. I see absolutely no point whatsoever in spending money on "upgrades", just because the bike came with budget-spec components. If a bike was at the cheap end of the market, it might as well stay like that, so long as it is fully functional. There is very little to be gained from trying to improve a low end machine. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear! Just allow yourself a little smugness for getting a bargain, and go ride the thing just as it comes.

That's what I did when I dug my old Scott Sawtooth from the depths of my garage. Pumped the tyres up, adjusted gears and brakes. Cleaned up brake pads,lubricated chain...then went and rode it Went over to Swinley and rode some trails....made me want to expand my roadie riding...
then spent somemoney on FS Bossnut. Love it.

 

[ChrisEyles]

As above, nothing wrong with a well set up and maintained Shimano Tourney groupset. It might not win you many style points if you care about that sort of thing, but in terms of functionality I don't personally think there's much to choose between Tourney/Altus/Acera/Alivio (never had anything posher than that on any of my bikes so can't compare).

In fact the only thing I didn't like about a Tourney rear derailleur on one of my wife's bikes was that it didn't have a barrel adjuster to take up cable tension so you had to do it all with the one on the shifter. Otherwise it's all good, I doubt you'd notice much difference "upgrading" the components.

The only thing I'd add to the above is to check the brake pads are good and replace them if they're excessively worn.

Enjoy the bike!