Ahead of last year’s Tour de France, the Scott Foil received a head to toe redesign. Classed as Scott’s aero ride, the original Foil featured truncated airfoils, which much like the previous Trek Madone didn’t look all that aero.
The original Foil was ultra stiff with tack-sharp handling, best in class power transfer and every bit of feedback was instantly translated to forward momentum or steering. In fact, the frame was so stiff when you clipped into your pedals you could feel a zap through the saddle.
With such a rigid and responsive frame, the Foil was also quite harsh and unforgiving on less than pristine roads. Make no mistake, it was a thoroughbred racer that put handling and speed above all else, and even the models lower in the range displayed these characteristics.
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The bike industry follows the Daft Punk’s theory of innovation, with every new iteration of a product being harder, better, faster, stronger (stiffer, lighter, but also more compliant). And, when Scott debuted the new Foil, it looked a bit more like an aero bike; and it claimed an 89 percent increase in vertical compliance, 13 percent increase in lateral stiffness at the bottom bracket, 13.5 percent increase at the head tube stiffness and 6 percent increase at the fork compared to the original Foil model.
Scott also says the fork, head tube, seat tube, seatstays and seatpost have been optimised aerodynamically both independently and as a system, which adds up to a bike that saves six watts on average over the tested yaw spectrum compared to its predecessor.
Since its launch, the flagship Team Issue edition has received no shortage of accolades, including a win at Paris-Roubaix! So how does the new mid-range Scott Foil 10 stack up?
Soft at the rear, harsh at the front
The Foil 10's winning spec
The right tool for every job
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