Following on from the success of the updated Plasma, Foil and Addict, it was inevitable that a company so heavily involved in off-road cycling should revisit ’cross. The result was a pair of Addict CX bikes, the more affordable 20, and this range-topping Scott Addict CX10.
Much of the money has gone in to creating the frameset, which has a claimed weight of 890g, plus 390g for the fork. It mainly uses Scott’s HMF carbon fibre, with the 20 percent stiffer HMX carbon at critical points to increase rigidity and reduce weight. The resulting 7.64kg weight of our 56cm example is mighty impressive for a disc ’crosser.
The frame’s been beefed up, with a larger head-tube and bottom bracket area, allowing for a large down-tube and chainstays without sacrificing clearance. Scott claims 32 percent more head-tube torsional stiffness and 14 percent greater bottom bracket stiffness, which sounds great, but can you feel it?
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Fast off the line
Yes. As if trying to prove that not all carbon ’cross frames are created equal, we took the Addict racing, and even though personal confidence wasn’t high, we moved off the line so effectively that we’d gained eight places before the first corner. There are few better ways to learn about a bike’s qualities than to throw it in to a corner at speed with riders jostling on all sides.
Smooth, progressive, powerful and predictable braking from the SRAM Force 1 hydraulics inspires confidence, and the combination of taut steering and grippy Schwalbe X-One clinchers made for swift but undramatic cornering. Experimenting with entry speed, line and lean angle still failed to find the limits of the rubber, and even a mid-corner kick from a stone failed to deflect the front wheel far before progress resumed.
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