2008 Scott Addict R2 daniel dvc on Flickr Creative Commons, CC BY 2.0- – 1 Scott has this week launched its new Addict RC road bike with full builds weighing as little as a claimed 5.9kg, and we’ve not seen weights that low from the brand since the first Addict was launched for the 2008 model year, so let the screen go all swirly for a moment as we journey back through time to see how things were when road.cc was a little baby website and the world banking system was having a bit of a moment.
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> Scott unveils new 5.9kg Addict RC road bike… the same weight as the 2008 version
Scott actually announced that the first Addict was on the way in 2007, before road.cc even existed, and there was immediately a huge focus on its weight – or, more precisely, the lack of weight. Scott Addict Ltd The original Scott Addict, which featured an integrated seatpost, had a frame weight of just 790g. That would still be impressive today, although not as lightweight as some; Scott claims a frame weight of just 640g for the new 2025 Scott Addict RC in its lighter HMX-SL version (size medium), for example. Bear in mind that before the launch of the Addict, the lightest version of Scott’s existing CR1 road bike had an 880g frame – still very light for the time, but not […]
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