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Scott enters the electrical gravel bike world with new Solace
Dec
The Solace is offered in electrical gravel bike and electrical highway bike choices, with each sharing the identical frameset. The Solace Gravel is Scott’s first electrical gravel bike.
The Addict eRide will stay within the model’s line-up.
TQ’s HPR50 electrical bike motor and battery is claimed to be one of many quietest and most compact techniques in the marketplace.
Pricing begins from £5,499 / $6,099.99 / €5,999 / AU$11,499.99 for the Solace Gravel eRide 30, rising to £10,999 / $11,999 / €11,999 / AU$21,999.99 for the Solace eRide 10.
There can be a single Contessa mannequin for girls – the Contessa Solace Gravel eRide 15, which can retail for £5,499 / $6,099.99 / €5,999.
The bikes can be found now.
Need to know the way the Solace Gravel and Solace eRide deal with? Take a look at our first trip assessment of the Scott Solace Gravel eRide 10 and our first trip assessment of the Scott Solace eRide 10.
How Scott designed the Solace
Scott says it has aimed the Solace line-up at each new and skilled highway and gravel cyclists.
Jonathan Fazan, product supervisor for the Solace sequence, explains there have been 4 targets firstly of the undertaking – the bike wanted to be light-weight, silent, compact and cozy.
The light-weight side isn’t just for efficiency advantages. Fazan says it’s for user-friendliness too, for instance when loading the bike right into a automobile.
Scott says the place to begin within the Solace’s growth was to resolve on which motor and battery to make use of. The model says it wished the lightest, most compact and silent choice in the marketplace and as soon as it selected the TQ system, it might then work out the right way to design the body round it.
The Solace has a larger-than-usual down tube to deal with the battery, so Scott determined to beef up the fork to match its profile.
Like nearly all of its different drop-bar bikes, the top tube, down tube, backside bracket space and chainstays are mentioned to be designed for stiffness and rigidity. In distinction, the opposite tubes are designed with consolation in thoughts.
Early within the bike’s growth, Scott says the top tube was too stiff.
A flexible body with loads of neat particulars
Scott manufactures the Solace using its top-spec HMX carbon fibre and claims a frame weighs 1.2kg for a size medium.
Victor Valls, head of ebike engineering at Scott, explains that, compared to the Addict Gravel, the “wall thicknesses are slightly reinforced to hold the battery, mostly in the down tube in the battery clamping area”.
Compared to the Addict Gravel, Scott claims “very similar stiffness values”.
Scott says the developments result in a “bike that corners like a regular gravel ride”, as well as feeling agile when pedalling.
The Solace uses 700c wheels and has clearance for 50mm tyres, or 45mm with mudguards. The bike uses SRAM’s universal derailleur hanger (UDH) standard.
Like the Lumen, Scott has specced all of the bikes with regular road and gravel bike components.
The hydraulic hoses and gear cables run through the upper headset bearing.
There’s some particularly neat detailing at the non-driveside thru-axle dropout. It uses a rubber grommet on the outside that is removable, with a metal spacer inside, for the thru-axle to insert through.
This saves the need for an alloy or foam insert on the inside of the dropout and Valls says a shorter axle can be used, both of which save weight. He also claims the design enables a “direct transfer of loads from the axle into the internal face of the dropout” for a better ride feel.
Unlike the Lumen, where the magnet is integrated into the driveside chainstay, the magnet on the Solace can be found on the inside of the non-driveside dropout.
The speed sensor sits on the non-driveside dropout. The wire to this routes through a pocket in the carbon and routes internally to the side of the brake caliper mounting bolts.
In a nod to versatility, Scott has added kickstand mounting points on the underside face of the non-driveside chainstay.
Scott Solace geometry details
The geometry is similar to the non-assisted Scott Addict Gravel.
The 71-degree head tube angle, 73.5-degree seat tube angle and 387mm reach on a size medium are all identical.
The stack is 1mm taller at 566mm and the chainstay length has grown by 10mm to 435mm.
Valls says the 1mm increase in stack is due to the battery in the down tube adding additional height.
Scott says the longer chainstays help to balance the weight distribution of the battery and motor by moving the centre of gravity towards the middle of the bike.
The brand says this translates to increased stability at higher speeds, as well as achieving the 50mm tyre clearance.
Heading to the road
Although the Solace was designed primarily as an electric gravel bike, Scott says it wanted the platform to also work as a road bike at the start of the project.
The Solace eRide is specced with Schwalbe Pro One 700 x 38c tyres, which it developed in collaboration with Schwalbe. The tyres are tubeless-ready and will be available after-market.
Both Solace eRide models receive Shimano groupsets with 2x cranksets. The Solace eRide is specced with a Syncros Creston IC SL bar-stem over the Creston IC SL X found on the Gravel models. This features less flare and some added texturing to the tops of the hoods for grip.
Aside from these differences and a change in saddle, both the road and gravel platforms share identical components.
TQ HPR50 system details
The bike is built around TQ’s HPR50 motor and battery system.
Scott says it wanted to use a bottom-bracket based motor to balance the rider’s centre of gravity.
The system provides 50Nm of torque and is said to be one of the lightest, quietest and most compact systems on the market. An increasing number of bike manufacturers are partnering with the motor brand, such as Trek, BMC and Simplon.
The HPR50 was recently featured on Scott’s Lumen electric mountain bike, as well as the Trek Fuel EXe, Trek Domane+ and the BMC Fourstroke AMP.
The lower torque offers assistance that is claimed to feel more natural than more powerful motors.
Scott says there is “no hitting-the-wall feeling when exceeding 25kmph” (the point at which the motor cuts out to comply with electric bike laws).
There are Eco, Mid and High modes, with the High mode delivering 300W of assistance.
Modes are selected via the button on the integrated top tube display, rather than a handlebar or shifter remote.
The display provides information including remaining battery life, range and power output.
The display uses BLE and ANT+, so you can connect the system to your bike computer or to the brand’s phone app. It also uses Smartbox third-party integration for items such as lights or SRAM AXS batteries.
Scott claims the 360Wh battery charges in two and a half hours, or up to 80 per cent in 90 minutes.
Range extender
If you want to head on longer escapades, TQ provides a 950g range extender. The brand claims it to be the “smallest on the market” both in size and energy density.
The 160Wh range extender adds 50 per cent to range capacity.
The range extender can be positioned on the seat tube bottle cage and connects to the charge port at the top of the bottom-bracket junction.
Like the Lumen, the system recognises when there are two batteries and will prioritise the main unit.
Both the Solace eRide 10 and Solace Gravel eRide 10 are supplied with a range extender in the box and it’s available after-market for all other models.
Scott Solace range overview
Scott Solace eRide 10
- Frame: Carbon HMX
- Motor: TQ HPR50
- Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9270
- Wheelset: Zipp 303 Firecrest
- Tyres: Schwalbe Pro One EVO Super Race, 38mm
- Price: £10,999 / $11,999.99 / €11,999 / AU$21,299.99
Scott Solace eRide 20
- Frame: Carbon HMX
- Motor: TQ HPR50
- Groupset: Shimano Ultegra Di2 R8170, 12-speed
- Wheelset: Syncros Capital 1.0 40e Disc
- Tyres: Schwalbe Pro One EVO Super Race, 38mm
- Price: £7,299 / $7,999.99 / €7,999 / AU$14,699.99
Scott Solace Gravel eRide 10
- Frame: Carbon HMX
- Motor: TQ HPR50
- Groupset: SRAM Force XPLR eTap AXS, 12-speed
- Wheelset: Zipp 303 Firecrest
- Tyres: Schwalbe G-One Overland, 50mm
- Price: £9,199 / $10,099.99 / €9,999
Scott Solace Gravel eRide 20
- Frame: Carbon HMX
- Motor: TQ HPR50
- Groupset: SRAM Rival XPLR eTap AXS, 12-speed
- Wheelset: Syncros Capital 1.0 40e Disc
- Tyres: Schwalbe G-One Overland, 50mm
- Price: £6,999 / $7,499.99 / €7,599
Scott Solace Gravel eRide 30
- Frame: Carbon HMX
- Motor: TQ HPR50
- Groupset: SRAM Rival 1, 11-speed
- Wheelset: Syncros Capital 2.0 25e Disc
- Tyres: Schwalbe G-One Overland, 50mm
- Price: £5,499 / $6,099.99 / €5,999 / AU$11,499.99
Scott Contessa Solace Gravel eRide 15
- Frame: Carbon HMX
- Motor: TQ HPR50
- Groupset: SRAM Rival 1, 11-speed
- Wheelset: Syncros Capital 2.0 25e Disc
- Tyres: Schwalbe G-One Overland, 50mm
- Price: £5,499 / $6,099.99 / €5,999
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