Paketa Bikes Scud Road Bike

Average Rating: 5/5
MSRP: $ 2550.00
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New for 2009! The Scud is our most versatile bike yet. We designed this bike to be a fast racing machine for larger riders as well as a smooth and durable ride for expert recreational cyclists. The Scud takes all of the great characteristics of the Rocket to the next level. The beefier ovalized downtube and top tube create more lateral and torsional stiffness and increases the durability of the front end. The large oval seatstays and chainstays strengthen and stiffen the rear end, and the sweeping chainstay design helps to provide more damping in the rear of the bike. The added stiffness and damping help to keep you in control in fast tight turns, so you can always cut to the inside and take the straightaway. Magnesium's unique vibration damping ability is multiplied with the Scud due to the extra material. That means you get an even stiffer frame than the Rocket with a smoother ride.

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Submitted by haydenahill a Recreational Rider from

Date Reviewed: November 4, 2009

Strengths:    Stiffness and vibration damping combined. Handling over rough pavement is unbeleivably good.

Weaknesses:    None that I've found yet.

Bottom Line:

So took the Scud out for its inaugural ride Sunday AM. Have a little 30 mile blast to a local Starbucks and back which I can squeeze in before Church on Sunday mornings. This bike is ridiculous!! On all the bad sections of road, where the Litespeed gets “squirmy”, this bike just bombs through like it’s on rails. Fast, stiff and comfortable. Not sure it gets better than this! I didn't really need a new single bike, but I acquired a Paketa V2 tandem some months back, and was blown away by how good magnesium is as a frame material, so I asked David Walker of Sixties Cycles to build me a single Paketa as well. Worth every penny.

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Favorite Ride:   Paketa Scud

Price Paid:    $6050.00

Purchased At:   Sixties Cycles

Similar Products Used:   I've ridden carbon fiber and titenium prior to this magnesium frame. This is in another leasgue to anything I've previously ridden.

Bike Setup:   FSA Mega Exo carbon cranks and BB.
AC Hurricane 350 wheels with PowerTap hub.
SRAM Red front and rear DR's, and chain.
Zero gravity brake set.
AC head set.
FSA wing Al bars.
Thompson Al stem and seat post.
JTek Axe aero bar
Specialized senoma gel saddle (heavy but comfy).

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