Scott Bicycles has unveiled its 2017 Contessa line of bikes, and in a move that echoes similar approaches by other brands in the industry, it has opted for unisex frames on its updated Spark and Scale mountain bike lines. These two bikes have also had a serious overhaul in terms of geometry and design, with a move towards a slacker, more trail-friendly geometry that reflects the increasingly technical nature of cross-country mountain biking.
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Contessa is the blanket term within Scott Bicycles for its women's range, and up until the 2017 product year this has meant women's specific geometry on all of the bikes. Not any more. For 2017, the Spark and Scale mountain bike lines have unisex geometry, although the Contessa versions will feature women's specific finishing kit such as saddle and colours.
Road bikes continue with women's specific geometry, while smaller sizes of commuter bikes offer a dropped top tube to allow a lower standover.
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Updates all-round with Contessa mountain bike line
Contessa Scale hardtail women's mountain bike
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a brand very much focussed on cross-country mountain biking, the Contessa Scale hardtail line is expansive, consisting of 11 models. As mentioned above, the majority of the range is now based around a unisex frame, which is to say both the Scale and the Contessa Scale share the same frame geometry, but the Contessa version has women's specific finishing kit and colours. Stretching from entry-level alloy versions right up to carbon framed race machines, Scott has clearly aimed for a bike for every budget and purpose.
Coming in top of the line is the Scale RC 700, and it's worth a more detailed look. Scott has spent a lot of time on both the Spark and the Scale analysing performance and crunching data, and has shaved grams off both bikes through interesting design elements such as reworked brake mounts. Featuring a carbon frame with RockShox SID forks with 100mm of travel, it's fitted with the brand spanking new SRAM X1 Eagle 12-speed drivetrain (the rest of the range has a double chain ring gear set up), Syncros carbon bars and seatpost, OneLoc remote fork lockout, boost spacing and Syncros XR RC CL wheelset.
- Contessa Scale RC 700: £4,599 / US$TBC / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Scale 700: £2,999 / US$3,899.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Scale 710: £1,099 / US$1,399.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Scale 900: £2,999 / US$3,899.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Scale 700 Plus: £1,529 / US$1,899.99 / AUS$TBC
Contessa Spark full-suspension trail and XC women's mountain bike
- Contessa Spark RC 700: £5,399 / US$6,499.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Spark 700: £3,899 / US$4,999.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Spark 700 Plus: £3,899 / US$4,999.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Spark 710 Plus: £2,499 / US$3,099.99 / AUS$TBC
Contessa Genius women's trail mountain bike
- Contessa Genius 700: £4,399 / US$5,199.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Genius 710: £3,299 / US$3,999.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Genius 710 Plus: £2,799 / US$3,399.99 / AUS$TBC
Scott Contessa e-mountain bikes
Scott Contessa women's road bike range
Scott Contessa Solace
- Contessa Solace 15 Disc: £2,799 / US$3,199.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Solace 25 Disc: £2,149 / US$2,699.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Solace 35: £1,749 / US$1,899.99 / AUS$TBC
Scott Contessa Speedster
- Contessa Speedster 15: £949 / $1,199.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Speedster 25: £869 / $1,099.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Speedster 35: £779 / $949.99 / AUS$TBC
- Contessa Speedster 45: £679 / $849.99 / AUS$TBC
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