- Right, today what's behind me is my
Scott Genius 700 Tuned, and it's a pro bike
and I'm gonna give you the whole
rundown of how I setup my Scott.
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Right, I always like to start off with
the heart of a bike and this is the frame.
This is a full carbon bike, front and rear,
even this little linkage right her is full carbon.
It looks cool in the sun, it feels shiny.
I love the orange paint, I love the details.
It's brilliant.
But a little bit of insight into this frame:
It's 150mm travel, on the rears it a Fox Nude DPS
and I've got it running a little bit slow on rebound
just for those jumps out there
that I don't wanna be pinging about and all that.
I'm running one volume spacer.
It's quite stiff and hard but it's a cool thing
about this bike which I'll come back to you about,
it's this twin lock at the top.
Right, the most unique thing about this bike for me,
which I still need to test, is that
you can switch out these 27.5
plus-size wheels and tyres for 29.
And the way you do that is you just
switch this little link right here
and it gives you enough space for those big wheels,
the 29er, which I'm definitely gonna have to test.
Right, moving on to the drivetrain
where I get all that power down to that rear wheel, is this.
This is Sram X0, it's fulcrum cranks 175mm in length,
and on the end I keep my feet on are these cool stamp pedals
they're the Crank Brothers in black,
they're the small platform cause I got small feet,
I don't really want a big platform
for my feet to float about on.
To the rear, what changes all those
gears is the SRAM X0 derailleur
then I've got so much gearing right here.
It's a one by 12, it ranges from 10-tooth all the way to 50,
which when you get into this top gear right here,
you can climb up anything.
I love this setup, it's brilliant.
Alright, moving on to the wheel build of this bike.
It's exactly the same up front as a DT Swiss wheel build,
it's got DT Swiss hub, but theses are the M1825 rims,
and I love, what I love about it is that
they've matched the details on the rim with the frame.
Super cool, I like it.
It's unique, it's just smart.
Right, what gives me all that grip out there on the trail
are these brand new, redesigned
Der Baron tyres from Continental.
And what they've done, this is a 2.6 inch
wide tyre, so it's plus size,
but what they've done is they've redesigned the ply within
the sidewall of these tyres to give it extra strength,
redesigned the nob pattern on it as well
to give you a bit more grip out there,
and what this does is you can
run these tyres at a low pressure,
especially with that new redesigned tyre wall,
you can run these at low pressure
and get a lot of grip out there on the trail.
For me, at the moment, I'm running tubes,
I've got 30 PSI, the nature of
the place I'm riding is super rocky.
But I will be going tubeless for sure in the future
but I've not yet got round to it.
Right up front, what gives me all that nice suspension work
is this Fox 36, it's 150mm of travel.
PSI on that, I've got 90 PSI and I've got the rebound slowed
six or seven clicks from closed,
so it's a little bit slowed, much like the rear,
I don't wanna real pogey front end.
We'll build it the like the rest,
the DT Swiss M1825,
Der Baron, but the braking power on this bike
is pretty good, it's the SRAM guide RSC.
It's full pump, super aggressive,
but then I've got 180mm rotors, front and rear,
but up front I would like to run a 203 rotor,
quite a big rotor, especially for
those big descents and those high speeds,
it gives me a little bit more braking power.
Right, a little unique thing I'm gonna point out is
this new Syncros, new designed mud guard that specifically
bolts to these forks right on the crown there,
and it covers up all those horrible little holes,
especially when you get mud in the back of your forks
they all get stuck in your crown
and super annoying to get it all clean,
but this covers all of that up and it's a mud guard as well
and it's pretty cool and unique, I like it.
Right, moving up to the cockpit where I keep this
beautiful beast in control out there on the trail.
It's pretty unique, I'm not gonna lie,
I quite like it, it's pretty cool.
You probably wondering,
"Where the hell is your stem?"
But it is there.
This is the brand new Syncros Hixion iC SL handlebar,
full carbon, pretty cool, it doesn't
look like there's 50mm there,
but because of the nature of the bar,
how it swings out and comes back like a big moustache,
it does work out, and it is a pretty cool bike,
especially when you're riding it
and you look down and you're like,
"Well that's super futuristic, I like it".
Where my hands grip the bars are these Ergon GD1s.
I went for the orange, obviously
to match my bike, it looks cool
and it's a no-brainer, right?
And then you've got my SRAM guide RSC
brake levers, pretty cool, integrated.
Then you've got my nice SRAM Eagle technology shifter there,
it's got a cool little Eagle on my little thumb there.
And then, this thing here, alright.
You're probably wondering what this is all about.
So what this system does, when you click to 110,
it kind of does something to the DAMP,
it kind of makes it a little bit stiffer.
It shortens the travel of the shock, obviously,
so you don't go through the whole shock when
you're doing all those climbs.
And it's cool.
I like this system, I do it on the move
when I get to a certain section of trail
when it goes from a little bit smooth to super rocky,
I can just flick it from 110 to 150,
and it goes super plush and it works really well.
But, what I've done is that I've kept
the twin-lock system from last year's model
so I have the grey Genius, so what I've done,
I tool that off and I put it on this bike.
It works exactly the same way,
but I just like having the lever for the Crank Brothers,
drop it there instead of up here on their system,
that's why, and it works perfect
and it goes perfect with my grip as well.
Right, there's a few things I haven't mentioned,
that's my saddle, this is the Ergon SMR3.
It's a carbon composite saddle,
it's super lightweight, it's comfortable.
And then I've got a Topeak bottle cage
and I'm running the GMBN Camelbak Podium bottle.
This is the big bottle, full of water,
especially for the hot days out here in Spain,
I wanna have a lot of liquid, so I've gotten,
I got the big bad boy there.
So there you go, there's my
Scott Genius 700 Tuned Pro bike check.
There's a few things I'm gonna be changing:
I'm gonna go tubeless, and I'm gonna change out
that 180mm rotor to a 203 rotor cause
I just like a little more braking
power down there on the front
but if you wanna know anything else
about my bike that I haven't mentioned,
please let me know in the comment
section down below, just say,
"Bloke, can you tell me about this or this or this?"
But if you wanna see another video
and do a comparison of the old Genius,
I did a pro bike on that, just click over there
and if you wanna know what this lockout system is all about
where I talk about it and Neil talks about his
and Donnie does a talk on his one, click just down there.
And don't forget, if you love my bike,
definitely give it a thumbs-up like
and I'll see you at the next one.