Submitted by
Biking Broker
a Cross Country Rider
from Barrie, Ontario, Canada Date Reviewed: July 26, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Hardwood Hills
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$5000.00
Strengths:
Lightest 5 inch bike you can buy
Weaknesses:
XTR shifters --I prefer SRAM
Similar Products Used:
Specialized Epic, Moots YBB, Trek Liquid 55
Bike Setup:
Stock--which means full XTR, x-max wheels, etc.
Bottom Line:
I don't like XTR as it has never performed as well as SRAM x.) in my opinion. But other than that, the bike is superb. I like the x-country geometry- yet it gives you the option to be a bit more adventuresome with the adjustment to 5 inch travel. I dont race seriously any more (I used to) but for the local series of short weekly races, the bike feels great. I raced and rode my Moots YBBeat for 10 years prior to this bike (also had a few other bikes in the garage to play with) but the Scott is the best all-rounder I've had. Not a dedicated racer, but still more than capable to go very fast- yet capable of doing epic rides on more aggressive terraine. Just a flick of the switch and you're in long-travel mode- along with the adjustable fork.
For those of us who have grown to love MTBing via cross- county geometry bikes, yet still want to play a bit on the harsher trails- this is the bike. for those into jumps, and freeriding--stay away. The carbon is not capable of much serious abuse (I know a guy who owns the same bike, and he snapped the downtube). I will say that this bike has made me a more capable rider, and its fun to flick the travel-switch as the terraine changes.
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Submitted by
derek stewart
a Downhiller
from england Date Reviewed: August 30, 2007
Favorite Trail:
point reyes
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$10000.00
Purchased At:
sigma
Strengths:
none apart from cost
Weaknesses:
loads heavy slow ugly overpriced marin are far better make better build
Similar Products Used:
hawk hill
Bike Setup:
hardtail
Bottom Line:
dont buy raleigh activator better.buy marin better stronger faster lighter.scott what a crap name ugly bike it melts when it is to hot cant handle the pace.cant keep up with hawk hill which is a marin.slow slow slow bike not allrounder.heavy bike overpriced you can by better and cheaper bikes .
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