”What the hell is that, and why are you riding it?” yelled the stranger from across the parking lot. It’s almost like he was wary of getting too close to the SCW 1. A bit rude, but those kinds of questions were a near-daily occurrence when riding Structure Cycleworks’ 153mm-travel enduro bike. Then again, I can understand the apprehension. After all, the damn thing has two headtubes, an integrated linkage fork, and uses a carbon linkage to control the steering (yes, a second one). Plus, it looks like it might bite you.
Structure makes some very bold claims about their 27.5” wheeled creation, including that it’s ”the most advanced mountain bike chassis in the world,” and that the bike’s 151mm linkage fork ”rides as though it has travel in excess of 180mm.”
With statements like that, I have a few questions of my own to answer, especially considering that modern mountain bikes and their telescoping forks don’t exactly suck these days. They don’t suck while also looking pretty good, which leaves me wondering why Structure is effectively trying to swim up a waterfall of good looking bikes that probably aren’t holding us back, especially as they’re far from the first company to give this a try.
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