Hangars 7 and 8 at Salzburg’s airport house a quite remarkable collection of machinery. From a huge Douglas DC6 to many Grand Prix winning Formula 1 cars, via several Alpha Jets, a Cobra helicopter gunship, and highly polished, extraordinarily beautiful P25 Lightning WWII fighter. All have one thing in common - aside from being part of the collection of Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz – that being their pursuit of speed through the air, something Scott’s road bikes have become known for.
Scott’s original Foil aero road machine was one of the first of its genre, and has achieved great success, winning (at the time of writing) 115 World Tour races, 16 Grand Tour stages, and 3 Classics. The new Foil, launched today, comes with the slogan, ‘Win Every Ride’, which is quite a target.
Present at the launch was IAM Cycling’s Australian road champion Heinrich Hausler, who has raced for three years on the original Foil, and only today received his new one. He explained that he finds it ideal for one-day races and sprints, being really stiff and efficient. Some riders in the team switch from the Foil to the Addict, he said, but he sticks with the Foil, apart from at Paris-Roubaix when the Addict’s more supple ride makes it the better choice.
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Scott Sports are a company with US roots, European engineering, Asian production, Swiss organisation, and joint Korean and Swiss financing, and their new company philosophy is ‘No Shortcuts’.
Explaining how this approach shaped the new Foil, Chief Engineer Paul Remy said the project has taken two and a half years to reach fruition, and began with the combined aims of improving the Foil’s aerodynamics, weight, power transfer and comfort.
The resulting new HMX carbon fiber Foil frame in M/54cm and fully painted, including all hardware is claimed to weigh 945g, with the fork a further 335g, for a 1280g complete frameset. Weight aside, far more impressive is the claimed 89% increase in vertical compliance, and lateral stiffness increases of 13%, 13.5% and 6% at the bottom bracket, head tube and fork respectively, all when compared to the original Foil model. There is also an HMF carbon model of the new Foil, which is less stiff, and 80g heavier.
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