I worked as a mechanic for years and my heart used to sink when a Scott came through the door. They've always been a nightmare combination of proprietary suspension, switches and levers with an absolute birds nest of cables up front. Now they've taken all that mess and stuffed it inside frames, bars, headtubes, headsets etc. So glad I'll never have to touch one ever again.
:-) this is exactly the point....this trend of hiding stuff inside the bike is only the next marketing thing. We don't need hidden tech, we need bikes!
I have the same feels, absolutely no room for Scotts in my life now. It was annoying before when you needed the exact twinloc lever when someone smashed it off and not all of them worked on all platforms. Now they are just pushing themselves further and further away from the customers with all this, arguable, nonsense.
Someone needs to reel the designer in a bit, Scott bikes are getting way out of touch with society. Its like a British Prime Minister saying they're in touch with the general population, they just don't get it.
I feel your pain. It's all my wife will ride. It's like a group of German engineers stared at every square inch of the bike trying to figure out how to make it more complex yet do the same job.
@naca5: just like the weird canyon steering spring thing. Pretty clear the engineers are running out of ideas to make bikes better. I worry that a wave of weight weenieism is coming. Like the fairly durable bikes and components we finally have.
@TommyNunchuck While I agree about the nest of cables and proprietary, when my wife got into mountain biking in 2020, options were limited and we scooped her a Genius 940. I have to give Scott credit, for $4000, the value is there. Full sealed bearings everywhere, steel freehub body, double walled rims, smart Shimano drivetrain choices. At the time, no other brand came close on quality for the money. Its required minimal maintenance and held up great after 3 riding seasons and plenty of bike park laps, and getting bounced down the mountain as she learned to ride.
@dancingwithmyself: hey, i want finally 12kg durable enduro bike! why all my bikes of last 15 years still weights around 14-17kilos? Why usable tires still weight 1300-1400g? etc... future is not here yet tho...
I used to ride a spark, I liked the twin-loc. It worked consistently and I never had any problems. But all that riding was XC racing and training. Twin-loc is is pretty much pointless outside of that. There is a time and a place for it. That place is most definitely not the genius.
They said as much a few seconds later by referencing the public comment sections (here) and by removing it for the ST. LOLOL. I think it's good that they responded for this kind of bike since I agree, that the twinlock is really meant for XC style riding, which is not what this bike will be doing.
"For decades now, Scott Sports have been developing a line of do-it-all mountain bikes that establish new industry leading standards in quality technical leadership and operating excellence.. then we paid Bold loads of money, took their design and added all our proprietary gunk on it, good luck everyone"
The original is funny because it’s a set performance, it’s knowing gaze and pointing, and the verbiage is rubbish. Scott rejiggered it to actually describe their bike. Bad taste I say!
Great sense of humor by Scott. Hilarious. However, some companies and industries really do use those type of techniques of big terms (to a lesser degree) to confuse customers and make them feel intellectually inferior to what the sales people are saying and pushing. I can name several companies and industries doing it right now.
As a former 2019 Scott Ransom owner, I did love that bike but immediately removed the front lock out to replace it with a grip 2 damper. I definitely used the rear lock out while riding but only as often as a typical shock lock out I now just reach down to flip when I get to the top of the hill. I see the value for more race focused bikes but for the Ransom and Genius, not sure there is a big benefit and the proprietary shock and whole twinloc thing is a headache and super finicky to work on. Imagining the shock now inside the frame makes me shiver.......
my brother had the old Genius and dear God i am glad he got rid of it, such an average bike to work on, and the rear shock was so meh... this one looks like a complete nightmare.... and twin lock on a fork is such a waste of time.
I'd like to see the antithesis of this: A bike manufacturer that lauds the easy maintenance of their new bike.
Geometry absolutely dialed for an average height rider, sorted suspension, a build kit solely prioritizing suspension and brake performance with value everywhere else, rear brake hose accessible and bearings everywhere of all the same size,
An early popular American reference to the turbo encabulator appeared in an article by New York lawyer Bernard Salwen in the April 15, 1946, issue of Time magazine.
Go f*ck yourself fancy pants Scott! I bet they call their janitor a "facility sanitation restoration technician". In other words, guy who sweeps shit up.
did i miss something? what's the punch line? am i supposed to *want* one of these bikes now?
because all they did was stretch 30 seconds into 3 minutes of unfunny nonsense. are we supposed to pat ourselves on the back every time we "get" what some dumb pseudo-sciencey imaginary word actually means? why is that fun?
agggggh, and another thing! here they are showcasing how genius their internal shock is. admittedly, it looks clean. but then they self-destruct any good will earned by a close shot of that awful "multi-lateral regulator," which makes the left-side of the bars look like a saxophone.
this is a bad video. i didn't have an opinion about scott before, but i definitely do now.
IMHO these things happen...industry hits a plateau and then companies play around with ideas for a while which in the end turn out to be really complicated, over thought ideas, and then suddenly somebody comes along and does something that is ACTUALLY good and we have progress.
I love how they didn't dumb down the explanation. Would be nice if other brands follow suit and step up to his level. Now that he has dumped a video up here, I expect him to join the comment section. We could talk for days.
So Scott's bike will resist how many BTUs again? Anyway, no doubt about that in my mind, they’ve survived so many roast in the pinkbike comment section, they should just claim “infinite BTU” resistance imo
Looks like they are selling baked air in cans! I wonder how many takes were necessary for this edit to pronounce everything in the right way and in the right order.
@watchtower: I didn't say it's not an old joke, I mean yeah, it is. But a "problem", really? It's literally a video on the internet. Man, people love to get angry at trivial shit that has zero impact on their lives...
@bananowy: wow, talk about over analysing one word and getting getting angry at trivial shit that has zero impact on your life. Why not spend the time perfectly aligning your tyre and rim logos or consider cross examining someone else, my comments are hardly worth attention. Alternatively, go for a ride.
i lasted 1min 3 sec, now i feel like a premature emjabulator after that drivelness.
Cheers Scott, completed my training you have. touch your product again, never I will
We don't need hidden tech, we need bikes!
dont forget this aswell
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w
Geometry absolutely dialed for an average height rider, sorted suspension, a build kit solely prioritizing suspension and brake performance with value everywhere else, rear brake hose accessible and bearings everywhere of all the same size,
Room for 9 water bottles, minimum.
A great addition to the Encabulator tradition: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=encabulator
because all they did was stretch 30 seconds into 3 minutes of unfunny nonsense. are we supposed to pat ourselves on the back every time we "get" what some dumb pseudo-sciencey imaginary word actually means? why is that fun?
agggggh, and another thing! here they are showcasing how genius their internal shock is. admittedly, it looks clean. but then they self-destruct any good will earned by a close shot of that awful "multi-lateral regulator," which makes the left-side of the bars look like a saxophone.
this is a bad video. i didn't have an opinion about scott before, but i definitely do now.
Thanks for the entertainment