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Scott Addict RC 15

£5,549 | Weight 7.78kg

The Scott Addict has a long and distinguished history in the pro peloton. The original was claimed to be the lightest production frame at 780g when it launched in 2008; more recently it powered to victory at the Vuelta with Simon Yates in 2018; world champion Annemiek van Vleuten rode a rainbow-themed Addict in 2020 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

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