The Scott Addict has a long and distinguished history in the pro peloton. The original version was claimed to be the lightest production frame at 780g when it launched in 2008; more recently it was powered to victory at the Vuelta with Simon Yates in 2018; world champion Annemiek Van Vleuten rode a rainbow-themed Addict in 2020 (though she won the actual 2019 title race on the aero Scott Foil) and it is now the bike of Team DSM and ridden by Romain Bardet et al.
As with the other bikes in this test, the pro team version costs about twice as much as the consumer one and it’s not just down to the spec: Scott uses a carbon called HMX SL for the £11,889 Addict RC Ultimate, while for the RC 15 it’s the second-tier HMX. As the suffix suggests, the Ultimate is made from lighter, stiffer material and this, along with a lighter groupset (SRAM Red eTap AXS v Shimano Ultegra Di2) and wheels, makes it almost a kilo lighter than the RC 15. The geometry is identical, however: the Addict RC 15 is an undiluted race bike.
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