The Scott Ransom is entering its 19th season and continues to set new standards in MTB development. With 165 millimetres of travel, the first edition from 2006 already offered as much travel as a current MTB. Enduro ready. It had a lightweight frame and efficient propulsion thanks to Traction Mode.
2006: Scott Ransom 10
- Suspension travel: 110-150/165 mm
- Steering angle/seat angle: 68/73.5°
- Material: HMF carbon/aluminium
- Frame weight: 2650 grams
- Wheel size: 26 inch
- Price: 4900 Euro
"Either lots of travel or light" was the motto in the MTB segment just under twenty years ago. With the introduction of the first Ransom in 2006, innovation driver Scott broke with this rule. Thanks to the carbon frame weighing just 2650 grams and yet with 165 millimetres of rear travel, the Swiss combined the previously incompatible.
In order to provide the "freeride-light bike", as it is called in the product catalogue, with sufficient propulsion, a special shock with a three-position platform was developed. Just one year later, the Ransom already had the first standard telescopic seatpost, the Maverick Speedball.
René Wildhaber's victories in the legendary Megavalanche in Alpe d'Huez prove that the Ransom was already fast back then. Only the durability of the frame still needed to be optimised on the first version of the Ransom. Not all of them could withstand the huge range of uses in the long term. Later Ransom models were therefore somewhat heavier, but continued to impress with their first-class cream chassis.
2024: Scott Ransom 900 RC
- Suspension travel: 170/170 mm
- Steering angle/seat angle: 63.5/77.3°
- Material: Carbon
- Frame weight: 2800 grams
- Wheel size: 29 inch
- Price: 9999 Euro
A full 18 years later, the recently presented Ransom has lost none of its appeal. The new Enduro is still regarded as a technology leader and reflects the status quo in the Enduro segment. In addition to the dirt-protected shock, which is located deep down inside the frame, the Enduro is still highly customisable: the new Ransom can be ridden with either a 27.5-inch or 29-inch rear wheel using a flip chip.
The steering angle can also be adjusted by up to 1.4 degrees via headset shells. In the flattest setting of 63.5 degrees, the fork is almost five degrees flatter than on the original Ransom from 2006, while the significantly longer wheelbase and larger wheels offer a much smoother ride and optimised rollover behaviour.
Wider tyres and a much more expansive and shorter cockpit also increase control. The only thing that is almost the same is the suspension travel: with 165 millimetres at the rear, the 2006 Ransom was already up to date back then.
