{"id":36197,"date":"2022-05-09T13:44:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T11:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=674096"},"modified":"2022-05-09T14:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T12:04:14","slug":"new-scott-time-trial-bike-spotted-at-the-giro-ditalia","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/new-scott-time-trial-bike-spotted-at-the-giro-ditalia\/","title":{"rendered":"New Scott time trial bike spotted at the Giro d\u2019Italia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Simon von Bromley\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 09 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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A new Scott time trial bike<\/a> made its WorldTour<\/a> debut during stage 2 of the 2022 Giro d\u2019Italia.<\/p>\n

Ridden by Team DSM\u2019s general classification hopes, Romain Bardet and Thymen Arensman, the new bike combines deep, truncated aerofoil tube shapes with dropped seatstays and an aero seatpost.<\/p>\n

The front of the bike tapers to a narrow point on the leading edge, and all of the cables and brake hoses are internally routed through the handlebar and into the frame.<\/p>\n

It has more than a passing resemblance to many other recently released time-trial bikes, such as the Merida Time Warp TT, Canyon Speedmax CFR Disc TT<\/a> and Specialized S-Works Shiv TT Disc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All of these bikes are designed to optimise aerodynamics within the strict technical regulations set by cycling\u2019s world governing body, the UCI, while still being light and nimble enough for the increasingly hilly and technical time trial courses found in WorldTour races.<\/p>\n

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The unreleased Scott time-trial bike combines large, truncated aerofoil tube shapes with an integrated cockpit and disc brakes.<\/span><\/figcaption> Tim de Waele\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Disc brakes and a new cockpit<\/h2>\n

As expected, the new bike also uses disc brakes<\/a>, with the Team DSM riders using the latest Dura-Ace C60 front wheel and RT-MT900 rotors from Shimano\u2019s new Dura-Ace R9200 groupset<\/a>, combined with brake callipers from the previous Dura-Ace R9100 groupset<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bike also appears to have a highly adjustable integrated cockpit, with carbon aero extensions that can be adjusted for height, angle and length.<\/p>\n

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The carbon aero extensions appear to use split spacers that enable length adjustment without disconnecting any cables.<\/span><\/figcaption> Tim de Waele\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Typically, time-trial specialists have turned to third-party manufacturers, such as Wattshop<\/a> and AeroCoach<\/a>, for integrated aero extensions. These can offer ergonomic and aerodynamic performance that surpasses that of standard, round 22.2mm aero extensions.<\/p>\n

It looks like Scott has found a way to incorporate at least some of those improvements into its stock design, however, while retaining a wide range of adjustability to suit different riders.<\/p>\n

Given previous Scott Plasmas have often used cockpits made by Profile Design, it\u2019s possible this new cockpit is of the same origin.<\/p>\n

The unbranded armrests, for example, bear a close resemblance to Profile Design\u2019s Race armrests<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The front end is clean and tidy, as we\u2019ve come to expect of WorldTour time trial bikes.<\/span><\/figcaption> Tim de Waele\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Is this the Scott Plasma 6 TT?<\/h2>\n

As things stand, we don\u2019t have a name for this new bike.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t appear on the UCI\u2019s list of approved framesets<\/a>, possibly indicating the bike we\u2019ve spotted is still in development.<\/p>\n

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The extensive amount of armrest stack each rider used might suggest Scott doesn\u2019t yet have the new bike available in every size.<\/span><\/figcaption> Tim de Waele\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

That only Bardet and Arensman were riding it, and both were riding frames that were \u2013 based on the amount of armrest stack added \u2013 on the small side for riders of their height, suggests Scott only has a limited number of these framesets available, and not in every size.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, given the challenging course profiles of both time trials at the 2022 Giro d\u2019Italia, it\u2019s possible both riders simply opted to ride smaller-than-normal frames in search of marginal weight savings (Bardet was even riding an unpainted frameset \u2013 a weight saving trick we often see on dedicated hill climb bikes<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Bardet rode an unpainted version of the new bike, presumably in order to get the bike weight as low as possible.<\/span><\/figcaption> Stuart Franklin\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Given the current UCI-legal time trial bike in Scott\u2019s catalogue is the Plasma 5<\/a>, and that the Plasma 4<\/a>, Plasma 3<\/a>, Plasma 2<\/a> and original Plasma<\/a> came before it, we might reasonably expect this to be the Plasma 6.<\/p>\n

The only problem with that logic is that the Scott Plasma 6<\/a> already exists, in the form of a non-UCI-legal triathlon bike.<\/p>\n

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Scott\u2019s Plasma 6 is definitely not UCI-legal.<\/span><\/figcaption> Jochen Haar \/ Scott<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Could Scott follow a similar naming convention to some other manufacturers and simply add a \u2018TT\u2019 suffix to the name of its UCI-legal TT bike (as Canyon and Specialized did with the Speedmax CFR and S-Works Shiv Disc, respectively), making this the Scott Plasma 6 TT?<\/p>\n

We contacted Scott to ask for details about this new bike, and will update this article if we receive any new information.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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