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New Scott Genius hides 150mm of all-mountain journey in seat tube
Nov
Two fashions of the brand new bike can be accessible, with a typical Genius and a extra aggressive Genius Tremendous Path that’s designed with descending in thoughts. Each get 160mm forks, however the Tremendous Path (ST) has burlier elements.
In line with the remainder of Scott‘s full-suspension vary, the brand new Genius can be provided in three completely different body supplies. These are a high-end full-carbon body, a mixed carbon entrance and alloy rear utilizing a cheaper-grade carbon, and a full-alloy bike.
All ranges of body building take pleasure in the identical options – geometry, kinematics and integration.
As such, the Genius is successfully an extension of the Spark household, which now additionally encompasses a Tremendous Path model, that means there’s a mixed 5 ranges of Spark and Genius bikes within the Scott vary, from cross-country race bikes to virtually enduro readiness.
Scott’s design philosophy for these two bikes is dubbed ‘Simplexity’ – bikes that look easy from the skin, with their enclosed shock and inside cables, however are advanced on the within when it comes to the know-how used.
There are extra particulars beneath, however Scott’s TwinLoc stays on the Genius and Genius ST, although in several guises.
This technique provides the suspension three modes – Climb, Ramp Management and Descend.
Scott’s aim has been to retain effectivity and flexibility, whereas enhancing functionality downhill.
Scott Genius body particulars
Scott affords three completely different body combos on this latest-generation Genius. The complete-carbon frames are constructed from a light-weight, high-modulus HMX carbon.
Barely cheaper are the Hybrid frames, which use a less expensive HMF carbon and Alloy 6061 rear triangle.
Lastly, full-alloy bikes use this identical metallic throughout entrance and rear parts of the body.
The carbon body is created from 677 carbon items, with 55 areas of the body being closely analysed for optimum layup and efficiency.
A size-medium, full-carbon HMX body is alleged to weigh 2,295g together with {hardware} however no shock. The cheaper HMF frames are 500g heavier.
Every alloy body is constructed from 30 completely different items of aluminium, each designed individually, fairly than taken off the shelf, or borrowed from elsewhere.
The body makes use of Scott’s Built-in Suspension Know-how. A hyperlink compresses the shock, which is housed internally within the body. This hyperlink makes use of giant bearings, and a splined three-piece building, with a grub screw pre-tensioning the splines to stop knocking and put on.
The design is alleged to assist isolate the shock from lateral forces, whereas encasing it within the carbon or alloy construction protects it from the weather, which ought to enhance reliability and longevity. It additionally lowers the bike’s centre of mass, which Scott claims aids dealing with and stability.
This dog-leg formed hyperlink is constructed from a robust 7075 alloy.
Inner structure
The massive construction surrounding the shock helps with body stiffness within the backside bracket space, lowers the centre of gravity and provides ample room for a water bottle in the principle triangle.
The shock’s housing is alleged to be large enough to permit for modifications in shock structure down the road. So, if shock our bodies get larger, there ought to nonetheless be room with out requiring a redevelopment of the body.
On the backside of the body is the door to entry the shock’s adjustment dials and air valve. Opening the door is completed by way of urgent a button, which releases a pin. The within floor of the door exhibits the cable routing and provides a spot to jot down shock settings.
Surrounding the principle pivot of this hyperlink is a sag meter. A pointer is pushed spherical when the suspension compresses, however doesn’t return when the bike is unweighted. A scale printed on the hyperlink exhibits your proportion sag, inside a advisable 25 to 35 per cent window.
The shock could be eliminated by way of bolts accessible on the skin of the body, with rubble plugs maintaining every part clear. All of the suspension pivots could be eliminated with a Torx 30 key. The rear axle’s detachable lever integrates a T30, T25 and 6mm hex bolt.
Internally, cables run as near the pivots as potential, which reduces the quantity they’re pulled throughout the suspension’s compression cycle. This, in flip, reduces put on and the possibility of ghost shifting, the place mechanical gears mis-shift.
On the entrance, including to the built-in nature of the bike, is Syncros’ inside cable-routing headset, which allows the brake and equipment hoses to be routed by the headset, giving an extremely clear look.
Scott Genius geometry particulars
The Genius has up-to-date, trendy path geometry, with a lengthy, low and slack perspective.
The headset cups could be rotated to present one diploma of adjustment, both 64 or 65 levels. Markings on the cups and body guarantee correct alignment.
Carbon frames are shipped with an extra headset that offers a 64.5-degree head angle. The Genius comes arrange with a 65-degree head angle, whereas the Genius ST can be 64 levels.
In comparison with the outgoing mannequin, this new Genius is 2 levels steeper on the seat angle, 20mm longer in attain and half a level slacker.
Scott Genius suspension particulars
TwinLoc is Scott’s system of altering the shock’s air spring and damping traits on the fly, by way of a three-position bar-mounted lever system. This lever system advertisements a 3rd lever to function a cable-actuated dropper submit.
The Genius and the Genius ST have barely completely different programs.
Each use Fox Nude shocks, with the Genius receiving a Nude model of a single-can air shock. The ST receives a Nude model of the brand new Float X shock.
Each additionally provide Climb, Ramp Management and Descend modes. In Ramp Management mode, the scale of the air chamber is restricted, which successfully reduces journey to 60 per cent of the unique, whereas additionally serving to preserve the suspension propped up, with much less sag and thus a better backside bracket.
Genius bikes additionally combine the TwinLoc with Fox’s FIT4 damper, providing three damping positions just like these on the fork. The Genius ST bikes’ Fox 36 forks aren’t linked to the TwinLoc, enabling some fashions to make use of the top-end GRIP2 damper.
Scott Genius TwinLoc system
The usual Genius’ TwinLoc has a totally open Descend mode, the place the shock is ready to entry a fully-open damper and an air spring that includes two chambers.
In Ramp Management mode, a pin closes off the secondary air chamber and provides additional hydraulic damping.
In Climb mode, the secondary air chamber stays closed, and the damping circuit can also be closed.
Scott Genius ST TwinLoc system
The Genius ST’s TwinLoc has a totally open Descend mode, the place the shock is ready to entry the complete vary of the damper’s adjustment (there’s an accessible dial on the shock) and an air spring that includes of two chambers.
In Ramp Management mode, a pin closes off the secondary air chamber, however the damping circuit is left as it’s within the Descent mode.
In Climb mode, the secondary air chamber stays closed, and the damping circuit can also be closed.
The Fox Float X Nude shock was designed particularly for this bike, with growth taking so long as Scott took to design the bike itself.
The primary issue was packaging all of the options Scott needed into the restricted area.
Scott Genius Kinematic particulars
The kinematics of the suspension stay just like the bike launched for mannequin 12 months 2018, although there are some refined tweaks.
Scott has labored with Fox to develop a customized tune for the shocks.
The suspension curve has been flattened a contact, however retains the identical 21 per cent development total. This implies there’s extra room for shock-tuning choices, and provides a barely extra constant really feel to the suspension all through its journey, in line with Scott.
The anti-squat determine (that which determines how pedalling forces work together with the suspension – a.okay.a. pedal bob) are over 100 per cent on the sag level in all gears, so as to stop pedalling forces from compressing the shock. Values are mentioned to have been raised by about 20 per cent over the earlier model.
Scott Genius and Genius ST fashions
Ten fashions make up the Genius and Genius ST vary. There are 5 Genius fashions, three Genius ST fashions and two girls’s particular Contessa fashions – a Contessa Genius and a Contessa Genius ST.
Claimed weights for the Genius bikes vary from 12.8kg to fifteen.8kg (M), and the ST fashions are available at 15.8kg to 13.3kg (M).
Scott Genius 900 Final specification and worth particulars
- Body: Carbon HMX
- Fork: Fox 36 Manufacturing facility FIT4 160mm
- Shock: Fox Nude 5T Manufacturing facility
- Drivetrain: SRAM XX1 AXS
- Brakes: Shimano XTR
- Wheels: Syncros Revelstoke 1.0S-30CL
- Tyres: Maxxis Dissector 29×2.6in
- Value: £11,999 / €11,999 / $11,999.99
Scott Genius 910 specification and worth particulars
- Body: Carbon HMF / alloy
- Fork: Fox 36 Efficiency Elite FIT4 160mm
- Shock: Fox Nude 5T
- Drivetrain: SRAM GX AXS
- Brakes: Shimano XT
- Wheels: Syncros Revelstoke 1.5 alloy
- Tyres: Maxxis Dissector 29×2.6in
- Value: £7,499 / €7,499 / $7,599.99
Scott Genius 920 specification and worth particulars
- Body: Carbon HMF / alloy
- Fork: Fox 36 Rhythm GRIP 160mm
- Shock: Fox Nude 5T
- Drivetrain: Shimano Deore/XT
- Brakes: Shimano Deore
- Wheels: Syncros X-30S rims, Formulation hubs
- Tyres: Maxxis Dissector 29×2.6in tyres
- Value: £4,999 / €4,999 / $4,999.99
Scott Genius 930 specification and worth particulars
- Body: alloy
- Fork: Fox 36 Rhythm GRIP 160mm
- Shock: Fox Nude 5T
- Drivetrain: Shimano Deore/XT
- Brakes: SRAM DB8
- Wheels: Syncros X-30S rims, Formulation hubs
- Tyres: Maxxis Dissector 29×2.6in tyres
- Value: £4,499 / €4,499 / $4,499.99
Scott Genius 940 specification and worth particulars
- Body: alloy
- Fork: Marzocchi Z2 150mm
- Shock: X-Fusion Nude 5 RLX
- Drivetrain: SRAM SX/NX
- Brakes: Shimano MT501
- Wheels: Syncros X-30S rims, Formulation hubs
- Tyres: Maxxis Dissector 29×2.6in
- Value: £3,799 / €3,799 / $3,799.99
Scott Genius ST 900 Tuned specification and worth particulars
- Body: Carbon HMX
- Fork: Fox 36 Manufacturing facility GRIP2 160mm fork
- Shock: Fox Float X Nude 5T Manufacturing facility
- Drivetrain: SRAM X01 AXS
- Brakes: Shimano XTR
- Wheels: Syncros Revelstoke 1.0-30CL
- Tyres: Maxxis Minion DHF / Dissector 29×2.6in
- Value: £10,999 / €10,999 / $10,999.99
Scott Genius ST 910 specification and worth particulars
- Body: Carbon HMF / alloy
- Fork: Ohlins RXF36 m.2 Air 160mm
- Shock: Fox Float X Nude
- Drivetrain: SRAM GX AXS
- Brakes: Shimano XT
- Wheels: Syncros Revelstoke 2.0 alloy
- Tyres: Maxxis Minion DHF / Dissector 29×2.6in
- Value: £7,499 / €7,499 / $7.599.99
Scott Genius ST 920 specification and worth particulars
- Body: alloy
- Fork: RockShox Lyrik Rush RC 160mm
- Shock: Fox Float X Nude
- Drivetrain: SRAM SX/NX
- Brakes: SRAM DB8
- Wheels: Syncros X-30S rims, Formulation hubs
- Tyres: Maxxis Minion DHF / Dissector 29×2.6in
- Value: £4,999 / €4,999 / $4,999.99
Scott Contessa Genius ST 910 specification and worth particulars
- Body: Carbon HMF / alloy
- Fork: Fox 36 Efficiency Elite 160mm
- Shock: Fox Float X Nude
- Drivetrain: SRAM GX AXS
- Brakes: Shimano XT
- Wheels: Syncros Revelstoke 2.0 alloy
- Tyres: Maxxis Minion DHF / Dissector 29×2.6in
- Value: £7,499 / €7,499 / $7.599.99
Scott Contessa Genius 920 specification and worth particulars
- Body: Carbon HMF / alloy
- Fork: Fox 36 Rhythm GRIP 160mm
- Shock: Fox Nude 5T
- Drivetrain: Shimano Deore/XT
- Brakes;: Shimano Deore
- Wheels: Syncros X-30S rims, Formulation hubs
- Tyres: Maxxis Dissector 29×2.6in
- Value: £4,999 / €4,999 / $4,999.99
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