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Scott Genius MC-50 All Mountain Full Suspension
Product Description
User Reviews
Submitted by
Doc00t
a Cross Country Rider Date Reviewed: January 14, 2013 Strengths: -Ez Lock out adjust works great -Very light for a 150mm Travel Bike -cimbs great and inspires cofidence down steep hills -Great all purpose bike/Fun to ride Weaknesses: -Lots of cables -Had problems with rear shock when first purchased Bottom Line:
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Tjay
a Cross Country Rider
from San Franciso, Ca Date Reviewed: October 2, 2010 Strengths: -smooth ride -lots of ground clearance -very, very efficient for climbing -rear shock remote feature is very useful! -xt rear derrailleur: smooth shifting! -tons of braking power with 185mm rotors! -already came with ultralight weight (126grams) inner tube Weaknesses: -Fork (RS Rev 409): too stiff!! I had to set mine up to +65psi/-60psi to get 4" of travel & still feels stiff. -cheap crankset for a bike that has $3000+ msrp! -cheap brakes that needs to be adjusted almost everytime that rubs & squeals! -heavy and uncomfy saddle -seatpost diameter is special for scott only, 34.9! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1600.00 Purchased At: jensonusa Bike Setup: specialized phenom saddle 220g, ritchey wcs foam grips 11g, truvativ noir crankset w/ blackbox bearings 790g, PG990 cassette 11-32 anodized red 270 grms  
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kirky-09
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, Australia Date Reviewed: June 8, 2009 Strengths: Great all round bike, for ups and down.s Weaknesses: Front Shock, seems to dive a bit even with correct pressures for my body weight. I would suggest a FOX replacement or the like. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Manly Dam, Ourimbah, Catterson Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $2921.00 Purchased At: MCC (maroubra) Similar Products Used: Giant Reign 0 (09, friends bike) Bike Setup: I have changed alot of the bits for RACEFACE Atlas AM, and changed to SRAM X.9 running gear. 
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FreakKit
a Weekend Warrior
from Québec, Canada Date Reviewed: February 20, 2009 Strengths: The bigesst strenght is the rear Shock with the 3 ajustements, Lock, Traction and Full Travel. The weight is ok with 30 lbs. I have found that was a good climber in technical terrain. Weaknesses: Stiffness in general, maybe a new set of wheel could help. NO REMOVABLE DROP OUT! I bent the drop out and I was able to fix it without changing the complete rear end but this is a major weakness in the design (The new 2009 has not this problem). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Technical XC Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $2000.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: First full suspension bike. Bike Setup: Stock setup but with the Scott Lock-On Grip!
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BJ
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Australia Date Reviewed: February 18, 2008 Strengths: Superb handling, smooth ride, ST Swiss made TC rear shock and it's handlebar adjustable rear suspension, cool-quirky look (as mentioned above) with the pull shock, really thrash-able. Weaknesses: Nothing major so far, though the non-replaceable der-hanger is a concern long-term. Oh, as someone above mentioned, the saddle was woeful and was immediately replaced. I also notice I'm hitting the crank on logs more often than hardtail, but so are all my friends on FS bikes so I think this is common, and also the reason why 2 ring cranks with bashguards are common (like Hone and it's replacement - SLX). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Red Carpet - Forrest, Otways VIC Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $3000.00 Similar Products Used: None - first FS bike owned. Have also ridden friend-owned Trance, Fuel EX & Enduro. Bike Setup: Mods: Replaced coil Recon fork with Dual-Air U-Turn Revelation. This was included in purchase price. Very worthy replacement as this is an excellent fork - super adjustable, plush and forgiving. Also replaced saddle with WTB Pure-V Race. 
Submitted by
Collen
a Weekend Warrior
from Mauritius Date Reviewed: December 4, 2007 Strengths: The 3 locking positions,responsive,good climber and down-hill,It's a good bike for long distance rides Weaknesses: After three week used rear shock stop working,send shock to scott still waiting for new. aftersales service is not good both scott company and Distributor Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: petrin,watook Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $3000.00 Purchased At: procycle Bike Setup: standard
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rmaus m
a Weekend Warrior
from NSW Australia Date Reviewed: July 19, 2007 Strengths: Responsive, climbs amazingly for what it is, turns like a dream, adjustable suspension and lockout fantastic. Good componentry for the price. Weaknesses: None just yet. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Any Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1500.00 Similar Products Used: Giant trance, Anthem; Specialized Epic and stumpjumper, DBR Oracle. Bike Setup: Stock.
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paul leong
a Cross Country Rider
from hout bay Date Reviewed: June 29, 2007 Strengths: very versatile bike, climbs amazing...have been able to do climbs i struggled with b4 with ease. have cut 1/3 off my time for most practice runs from my hardtail.Has a remote switch to change from lockout, to traction control to all suspension. Weaknesses: Rear stays break easily.. i bought it from a guy who had the same problem, so this is the second time in a year that the stays have broken Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: tokai forest Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1000.00 Bike Setup: standard mc50
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Yuval Zipri
a Cross Country Rider
from Israel Date Reviewed: June 21, 2007 Strengths: My 2007 MC-50 have perfect up-hills capability as well as good suspending on rough rocky trails. Fair weight and set up (My set up -read below). Fork and rear suspention function very good. I use my bike for two kind of riding: rough offroad trails Training on paved (or almost paved) uphill track. I found this bike combining perfectly my riding style mainly because of the 3 locking possitions. Weaknesses: Bottom bracket seem to me too low so pedals sometimes hit rocks (my previous bike had pobably higher BB) Standard bike come with poor saddle and crank (I recommend to upgrade them) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Ben shemen singles Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $2400.00 Purchased At: Latrun Similar Products Used: Iron-horse MK III as well as azure and MC-40 Bike Setup: Standard set up (recon fork ,most of the componnents are LX ,rear derailer XT) except for saddle and crank that were changed to WTB rocket and LX hollow (included in the price mention above)
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Bryan
a Racer
from Cannoc Date Reviewed: April 24, 2007 Strengths: It gets eagle eyed glances as the pull shock looks cool, is unusual Weaknesses: the equivalent of a Citroen ie unreliable, built poorly (half of the bolts felt loose), cheap wheelset, crappy brakes Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Back garden Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only Purchased At: Swinnerton Similar Products Used: canal barges Bike Setup: standard with dmr v8's
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Gerard
a Cross Country Rider
from Linden, NSW Australia Date Reviewed: November 6, 2006 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years
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Gerard
a Cross Country Rider
from Linden, NSW Australia Date Reviewed: July 2, 2006 Strengths: Bang for your buck long travel all day rider. Rear shock adjustment really effective- no gimmick- climb up with no bob, come down with 5" of plush! Weaknesses: Crappy seat- odd choice for an enduro bike- my ass hurt after 5 minutes, bent the (cheapo steel) rails first time out & replaced with decent fizik. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: spoilt for choice Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $2600.00 Similar Products Used: First FS bike Bike Setup: Stock '04 MC50 except for Deore discs w deore hubs & mavic rims, fizik nisene seat.
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werner breytenbach
a Cross Country Rider
from cape town Date Reviewed: June 25, 2006 Strengths: Versatile, lightweight, good for some more extreme xc fun. Great long travel xc bike. Like riding three bikes at the same time: hardtail, short travel 90mm and a long travel 125mm by just the flick of a switch. Great climbing traction, climbs like a mountain goat! Weaknesses: Nothing obvious. Can take a while to get the rear shock sotred out and set up to perfection but once you get that sorted there is no looking back( just now and again look to see if the other riders are still comming!). The seat is not made for a long day in the saddle. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: tokai forest Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $2500.00
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