Wednesday 3 December 2008
Personalise
Help

Read or Write User Product Reviews | Find Your Nearest Shop | Find a Brand | Buy a BM Jersey

Joining prize

Join BIKEmagic now

Join today & you could win one of five Joe's no flats tubeless conversion kits from Hotlines

why join?

Members Logon

Email:
Password:
forgot your password?

Premium Shopping Partners

Are you a retailer?

	Cycle Surgery
	Wiggle
	Merlin Cycles
	D2 Leisure Group
	Chain Reaction Cycles
	Rutland Cycling

Travel Partners

	Ticket2RideBC
	BikeVillage
	Snowdonia Charity Challenge
	Skyline Events
	The Mountain Bike Chalet
	Explore Cycles
	Responsible Travel

Shopping Partners

	Dales Cycles
	Sprockets.uk.com
	Kudu Bikes
» More Shopping

Latest Reviews

17827 Total Reviews

	Freeride Spain Sierra Nevada Mountain Range by Paul Iddon 2
	Specialized Low Pro Magnesium Pedal by Barry McCauley
	Ergon GX2 Magnesium Grips by Barry Robinson
» Loads More Reviews

Get your RSS now

Get bikemagic.com straight to your desktop with our RSS feed.

- All articles feed

Other feeds are available.
Need RSS help?

Get the bikemagic newsletter

Home > Product Reviews > Full Suspension > Scott Genius MC Limited Reviews

Scott Genius MC Limited

Summary|Articles|Reviews|Start a discussion

Buy this Product

Places to buy

Rutland Cycling

Bookmark this

Scott Genius MC Limited
More about Scott

Average Rating: 5 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 5
RRP: £4,099
Year: 2006

Description: *Genius MC Carbon CR1 frame, 125mm rear travel. *Fox Forx Talas RLC Lockout 90-130mm fork. *Scott TC 3 modus remote rear shock. *Ritchey WCS Carbon headset. *Shimano XTR 27 Speed rear derailleur. *Shimano XTR / E-Type front deraileur. *Shimano XTR 966 Dual Control shifters. *Shimano XTR Disc brakes and brake levers. *Shimano XTR 960 22x32x44 T crankset. *Shimano Cartridge bottom bracket. *Ritchey Carbon WCS 15mm Rise handlebar. *Thomson Elite X4 stem. *Shimano PD-M540 Clipless pedals. *Ritchey WCS Carbon seatpost. *Selle Italy SLR XP Kevlar seat. *Mavic Cross Max Disc hubs. *Shimano CN-HG93 chain. *Shimano XTR M-960 11-32 T cassette. *Mavic Cross Max Disc spokes. *Mavic Cross Max Disc rims. *Scott Cougar UST tubless 2.25 Kevlar tyres.

REVIEWS

1 to 5 of 5 reviews, to post a review you need to be a member - Join now.

Mick Brear

Posted: 20/01/06
Updated: 16/05/07

'VERY LIGHT ,EXTREMELY VERSATILE, RIDES LIKE A DREAM! '

Strengths:
Weight is unbelievable for 130mm/125mm front and rear travel. Has taken everything the Pennine and Peaks have thrown at it this winter and never missed so much as a gear change! Very comfortable bike which you can ride for hours. The three position shock lever really is useful and enables true tuning of the bike's ride on different surfaces. Get the rear shock serviced annually and it has a lifetime warranty. Fastest all day, cross country bike I've had the pleasure to ride!

Weaknesses:
Hard to find any after four months of hard riding.....but here are the picky niggles! Came with jagwire sealed gear cables. Rear is fine as it's one long run. Under the bottom bracket on the front cable section runs through sleaving and was fitted with no seals at either end. After about a dozen muddy Pennine rides the cable needed stripping from the now mud clogged sleave. Bear cable round here is probably a better option! Couldn't get on with the minimalist carbon saddle. Might be light as a feather but I needed something a bit less race orientated. The rear shock does require you to play with the pressures and you need a decent pump to set it up. Once done though, the ride is superb! Not sure about the Fox Talas RLC forks as they are the only forks I have ever owned with the rebound damping in a postion where it can be accidentally altered when locking out the fork.........more a winter issue when wearing gloves! Finally, the Shimano XTR brakes came with resin pads....they cannot hack the wet. Once I changed these for metal pads they have performed fantastically. At the price, the bike should really come with metal pads as standard.

Overall:
Exceptional if expensive bike which was up for grabs at end of season totally bargain price!
This bike does just exactly what it is designed for I am very glad that I took the opportunity to snap it up. It climbs like a mountain goat and decends as a 5" travel bike should. The kit on it is about as good as it gets and the little niggles above can be easily rectified. Anyone buying one will get a fabulous piece of kit. Might be a bit short in the top tube length for some riders but as I prefer a more upright riding position this is a strength to me. Stand over height is quite high on all sizes (about 32" on my medium). Dual control levers and rapid rise rear mech work superbly.......I thought that this would be the thing which would put me off if anything was going to! The only thing I have marked down is "value" as the full RRP is £4000+ which is steep by anyone's standards. If you can find one on sale, like I did, it would get full marks across the board. The 2006 MC10 with SRAM X0 gears must push this bike close as the 2006 Ltd model is almost identical to this 2005 spec.
Bottom line is would I purchase again? The answer is a resounding YES!

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		80%

Overall Rating

93%

Papa Dave

Posted: 13/06/06
Updated: 16/05/07

'UBER X/C RACE BIKE CAPABLE OF COPING IN THE ROUGH '

Strengths:
Very light for this level of travel. Fully lock outable so can climb in an almost HT stylee. Massively discounted due to US patent law problems

Weaknesses:
Tyres not the best, but soon wear out anyway.

Too gorgeous to get dirty

Overall:
A bike to flatter the limited abilities of middle aged playboys like me

Performance		100%
Reliability		80%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

93%

Mat Boulton

Posted: 28/06/06
Updated: 16/05/07

'AWESOME!!!! SELL YOUR GRANNY NOW!'

Strengths:
Climbs like a mountain goat when in traction mode.
Descends like a demon. Superlight (mine's a custom build job - tals xtt's, chtis king, sram X0, avid juicy carbon brakes, FSA carbon cranks, ritchey carbon headset, seatpost, stem and handlebars, flite saddle, egg beater triple ti, Sram X0 shifters, etc).
Zero flex
Just get one!

Weaknesses:
Slightly short top tube but sloping seattube and offset seatpost compensates

Std tyres are crap. get some panaracer xc pros (kevlar bead of course!!)

VERY expensive

Overall:
more fun than my mates mum!!! :-)

Performance		100%
Reliability		100%
Value		80%

Overall Rating

93%

Papa Dave

Posted: 31/12/06

'PURE GENIUS'

Strengths:
Light & lockoutable; can thence climb like a hardtail but laps it up when she's going down. Bling.

Weaknesses:
Price, unless you got one quick when Scott were trying to offload their 'illegal' US stock - haha suckers. Can sometimes feel a bit squishy - but that might just be me riding on a hangover

Overall:
I loves it I do

Performance		80%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

93%

treky9.9

Posted: 05/11/06

'AMAZING ALL DAY PLAY SKOOT!!!'

Strengths:
Light weight & forgiving. It keeps getting better and better. It has taken me all summer to get the best setup and learn how best to ride it.The pro-reviews said this was a techies bike and they were right.

Weaknesses:
BB height when rear shock is set for max travel. My cranks and peddles have seen some rock impacts this summer.
Oh,not really the bikes fault but the Race Face BB made of Cheeeeeeease!!!

Overall:
I love it. I have had a problem free summer riding all around the UK and a 2 week hol to the French Alps. It is probably not for some one who wants to set the rear shock and forget about it, but if you don't mind experimenting you can set it exactlly as soft/hard as you want it. The frame has withstood large rocks getting flung off the front wheel and the odd tumble (oops!). Definately worth putting on your short list of light weight full sussers. You can see mine when it looked unscratched at:
http://www.wheelspincycles.com/news.php?articleid=3