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Bike Magazine reviews the Scott Nitrous
The guys at the Bike Magazine website have published a brief review of the Scott Nitrous. The bike, clearly targeted at the rapidly expanding ‘trail bike’ category, sounds like a decent performer: it weighs about 35 pounds, features a solid array of componentry — note that the test bike was equipped with Avid Juicy 7s, an X.9 drivetrain, and a Rock Shox Pike, which isn’t on any of the stock bikes available at your local dealer — and carries with it the Scott name that’s served so well in cross country racing for the past few years. The bike retails for $4299 (cad) | $3118 (usd).
Although the bike looks solid and seems like a decent trail bike, I have to wonder why Scott (and other major manufacturers — ahem, Specialized, ahem — can’t come up with a frame design that features a full seat tube. Whatever other people say or write, fiddling with the telescopic post is a hassle and something I’d rather not deal with; same goes for making sure that when your post is in the ‘down’ position, it doesn’t smack your shock. Rant over.
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