Scott Addict R2 - Cut up and Review 

Sometimes acronyms are inappropriate (Scott High-modulus Integrated Tubeset) while other times they are (Colnago Reinforced Advanced Process).

If I remember, Scott pioneered "modular monocoque" construction with the first-gen CR1. Considering the state of the art in 2010 (with cables on the outside), this is impressive.

Scott, one of the best constructed Bike frame!!!

Awesome Video. Good to see Scott do a great job. Having lived with a LRG Scott Addict Ltd bike of 2008 (6.2kg built) with integrated seat post like this Addict R1 gives me great pleasure to see Scott do so well with its design. After 10yrs I have hung up the frame to make way for a 2018 Scott Foil. Hopefully they are made with the great quality as their past.

One of the best,most uniform wall thickness and well constructed frames around. Good to see.Thanks.

Good to see proper design, extra carbon being used to provide strength rather than all out effort to be as light and flimsy as possible.

Great to see the quality of this frame from the inside as I ride a 2008 Addict R4 which is going to be similar in construction

Kudos to Scott for that frame 👍 My R3 from 2009 has had the problem with the hanger for front mec, but that was fixed by using a brace on the Seat tube. After this video I should perhaps stop using the bike on my neo, thanks for that information

Red adhesive is like a spot weld for alignement

Design and manufactured within their capabilities and quality control. Well done.

This is excellent. I am thinking of buying an R2 frame on Ebay and this fills me with confidence. He makes it very clear how both the design and manufacturing process are simple and therefore repeatable. I was wondering what the integrated seat post was all about, and to learn that it lends stiffness and strength, and can still be cut down to size with no fraying edges is just what I needed to hear. Mystery solved. Thank you very much. No wonder all the R2 owners say it is/was their favourite bike in the way it rides and handles. So, I'm gonna get me one!

Impressive .... especially for a 10 yr old. Thanks, Raoul

1.5x works very well

Hmmm, 10yo Scott or the similar aged Colnago from the previous video? A victory for substance over style.

I had this exact bike, super racy and light, loved it, but compliance and stiffness weren’t the best. It was manufactured by Topeak.

Hats off to TenTec Copmposites, I owned the RC version of the same frame for over 8 years and loved it. Really light frame in comparison ( with intergrated seat mast) to anyother frame at the time and even now, it was a true racing frame. I let it go only because of the dropout wear and the really harsh ride. The frame was reasonably stiff and responsive but the ride was very "alive". Not so great on rough tarmac and long rides (getting old). My daily ride now is a Cipollini RB800, you could say I'm a sucker for punishment but the RB is much stiffer where it neeeds to be but surprisingly more compliant, it could be down to the RB being heavier (?) I owened the size M Scott weighing in at 980g(frame and fork with headset and BB). The Cipollini is a XS and the weight is.... more than 980g, quite a few grams more. But hey, Its made in Italy and you can sit on the toptube.

Another great vid. Keep 'em coming.

PIJBAS (Phew I've just bought a Scott.)

Well, great Scott... back to the future! 😎

Muchas gracias por compartir tu trabajo y enseñarnos sobre los procesos constructivos. Saludos desde Argentina!!!

The way they have done the BB is just how I thought it should be done. The tube must be easier to make and the internal surface can be tested for roundness and if it is not round then only that part needs to be discarded. If the bearings are pressfit doesn't there need to be some kind of ridge inside the BB for the bearings to sit against? Like you have for the headset bearings.

Great news, I always liked the Scott MTB's never owned one but liked their simple graphics. Not a fan.of the molded seat post like Giant do on a frame also. Other than that it's impressive.

Thank you!👍👍

@raoul can we get some fork cut ups? how does the stem fix to the fork?

Don't headset bearing races normally use angled faces to interface with the angular contact bearings. This frame seems to just have a 90 deg corner which seems like it would leave an air gap?

Interesting to see quality isn’t related to age , how do you think frames 10yrs from now will be made, universally better or will there still be some that would have been bad around when this Scott was made?

Would this be a full external cable set up bike? I was wondering how you could use that BB construction with cables and hoses

That was a 2008 model so, even more impressive.

Why wouldn't manufacturers just use one longer piece of fabric reinforcement for the bidon area so they don't miss the right spot? You wont be getting any weight penalty. Are their budgets that tight??

So bike design should be done based on what is easy vs. what is optimal performance? I think not....

Would it be a good or bad idea to build a carbon-aluminium hybrid frame? Use straight carbon tubes then use alunimium on the parts that have junctions.

By whom is this frame made? Giant?

Looks like a Denk design

Still feels like the focus is on the brand rather than the manufacturer. I feel like the praise here should go to the actual manufacturer who comes up with the processes, does the testing and ultimately the certification of the product. If I go to a baker requesting a 3 layer birthday cake with orange icing I still feel the actual expertise is the baker not me who creates the actual product and controls the quality. Most manufacturers just want the orders and a basic specification to work to. So with this frame who designed it to be manufactured that way, the manufacturer that actually controls all the processes or some external company who imports bikes? The bike industry is all about marginal gains and trends it is not a honest fair industry it's all about selling dreams and lifestyle as such marketing makes the brands seem far more important than they are. They claim the world but as soon as there is some small cost increase they switch factories on a heartbeat in order to protect their margin. It's extremely likely a later Scott is from a completely different factory made with completely different processes. I know Scott have used both Insera Sena and fuji-ta factories at different times and this earlier frame appears to be a different factory again, that's 3 different factories and there may be many more.

Who is a mofo who gives Negative?

I realise this is a “good” one, but it still looks dog ugly to me on the inside. There really is nothing like a cleanly welded metal bike - by definition, as long as the tubes are perfectly mitred and no weld residue creeps inside, they will be as nice inside as they are outside. Just makes me feel like I’m riding something of quality, without all those imperfections hidden inside where the manufacturer thinks no-one will ever look!

Who cares about 10 year old bikes?