SCOTT PATRON eRIDE 900 TUNED
Mountain Bike Rider|February 2022
Its stealth profile is a futuristic tour de force, but will Scott’s new e-bike offer a rocketship ride?
Mick Kirkman
SCOTT PATRON eRIDE 900 TUNED

£8,149 / 29in / scott-sports.com

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Concealed Fox Nude shock contributes to futuristic looks but adds inconvenience

World’s first e-bike with integrated shock has 160mm travel, Bosch Performance Line CX motor and huge 750Wh battery

Six-bike Patron range extends from £5,699 in aluminium right up to £10,849 for the Ultimate carbon model

Smooth lines represent a completely new design DNA for Scott

TwinLoc 2 remote offers Traction Mode with reduced travel as well as a full lockout

Scott’s new Patron e-bike is so streamlined and slick, it’s almost as if the design concept rolled off the sketch pad and became reality. Angular with smooth edges, the chunky frame draws the eye from stays through shock-concealing top tube to a fat sculpted head tube with oversize 1.8in steerer tube inside. The overall effect is more Blade Runner than traditional mountain bike.

Scott’s latest creation isn’t so imageobsessed that it’s impractical, though. The integrated shock concept (shared with the brand’s new Spark trail bike and sister brand Bold Cycles) makes engineering sense, in that it keeps the shock hidden from dirt and water and allows Scott to place the latest Bosch motor and battery as low as possible for better handling.

The new Patron replaces the Genius eRide in the Scott line-up, so it gets 160mm of travel front and rear with a four-bar linkage and Horst Link. A custom Fox Nude shock is paired with a FIT4-damped 38 fork and linked to the handlebar-controlled TwinLoc system. It’s here that all the hard work of making the sleek frame is undone – the clump of levers and tangle of cables is a mess.

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