Have a look at Rotor chainrings and cranks (Rotor are a high end road brand).

@blackohio - As mentioned, I believe twebeast's comment was with reference to another PB article. Glad to see you didn't rise to the bait....

Great video, S.C and P.B showing this rarely seen side of things (yeah, I know SC don't actually make the frames themselves but they do design it, test it and put their name/reputation behind it)! Check out the Trek site and have a look at the anvil v.s OCLV Mountain carbon test video amongst others, very impressive stuff (and they do manufacture their own frames, either in the US or Asia, depending on model!). As with many things in life, you get what you pay for - companies like Trek have pretty large R & D budgets, along with years of experience at getting the best from the materials they use or developing new ones for specific requirements. Cheap carbon? Well, I think the tests above would highlight a rather different outcome!

Um, no ISCG tabs because they appear to have instead opted for the BB90 (Version 6.72, MK.III "standard" etc....) frame design (larger downtube/seat tube junction = greater lateral frame stiffness when pedalling hard or out of the saddle)? Seems you can't yet have both with this BB set up. Quite a few companies have been doing something similar on road bikes for a while to maximise frame stiffness, Trek Madone 5 or 6 series for example. Still a fair number of people on triple setups out there I guess, quite a lot on 2x10 now, 1x10 makes more sense to me but, you know, whatever...!

Not really. If you think about it, Scott have bought and now can direct the name "Syncros" as they wish. If tomorrow, Scott changed the own brand labels they currently use on all entry level bike's bars, stems and seatposts (inc road, hybrid and kids....) which I think just says "Scott", and changed it to "Syncros", would the bikes all suddenly be improved? Same actual parts under the sticker though.... Same as if tomorrow Trek decided to ditch the name "Bontrager" on their MTB finishing kit, bought the companies "RaceFace and "SDG" and put their labels on the exact same current products would you suddenly find Trek a better value brand....? No doubt they'll continue to develop high end components (just like Bontrager), but doubtless you'll soon find the name on many mid-level relatively generic parts, fitted to £500-£1500 bikes. Nothing really wrong with that though.

Yeah, I've always been a fan of Avid and in fact still have them one a couple of bikes, Juicy 5s and Elixir CRs. However I recently fitted a set of new SLX with Ice-Tech rotors to my trail bike and they are a treat - incredible power, great modulation and fitting was a breeze. I guess its just whatever floats your boat, some people have better experiences than others with certain brakes and of course its depends what you've been used to previously.....

@Alex223 I understand the Transition guys did try the CCDB with the TR250, with the view to offering it as an option with the frame. However they found no real advantage to it over the DHX i.e it increased the cost rather than the performance. I guess a custom tuned DHX would work better, though really a custom tuned shock should work better for the intended rider on many bikes....since its customised for the person on it!! I've not altered mine beyond setting it up within the scope of adjustment offered by the RC4 (seems to work for me anyway!) Completely agree with your comment about being stoked to ride it, great bike from a great company!