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SCOTT ADDICT R3

With more 2009 victories in the Pro Tour than any other manufacturer, Scott has rightly and legitimately acquired (dare we say supplanted?) all the lust factor of the world's top performing racing bikes. But in addition to the results and accolades, real data proves what an unbelievable engineering feat the Addict truly is. Already in 2008, Tour, the German magazine which in 1995 founded the now industry standard STW (strength to weight) test, claimed the Addict SL to take top place among 24 world-class carbon framesets (and more than 1,400 other frames in Tour's database!). Two years later recent advances in carbon technology, Scott's unrelenting improvements in existing technology, and design input from the riders on the world's winningest Pro Tour team, Columbia-HTC, have made the Addict even better. In this version, the Addict R3, it's stiffer, it's lighter, and it's smoother. Nearly everything on this Columbia-HTC team-issue carbon copy is made of carbon: cable stops, front derailleur hangar, front and rear dropouts, bottom bracket shell and headset races are all carbon. In fact, the only piece of this frameset that is not carbon is the replaceable aluminum rear derailleur hanger.

The use of Scott's HMF carbon fiber allows the Addict R3 to tip the scales at 890g, without a bit of sacrifice of ride or handling qualities. Scott's Integrated Molding Process (IMP) replaces the tube-to-tube mitre joint construction found on the first generation CR1 and in so doing enabled Scott's engineers to focus on the front triangle of the bike in a novel way: without resorting to oversized headset bearings, the one-piece front triangle (toptube, headtube, and downtube) works in conjunction with the fork to eliminate front end flex and fork extension so you can go into a corner hard and exit even harder with all the bravado and confidence of Cavendish.

The Addict R3 differs in just two ways from the Addict R1: First is its use of HMF carbon, instead of the HMX carbon used in the R1. HMX is so exotic it allows Scott's engineers to use less material (and thereby build a lighter frame) without giving up durability. This weight savings (the Addict R1 weighs 790g -- 100g lighter than the Addict R3) comes at a significant increase in cost. The use of HMF carbon on the Addict R3 adds a few grams, but saves a sizeable sum of cash. Secondly, the Addict R3 foregoes the BB86 bottom bracket platform. Instead it's built with a standard English threaded bottom bracket shell. In all other respects, the Addict R3 is identical to the Addict R1, right down the STW rating of 114 Nm/degree/Kg.

The Scott Addict R3 comes in 7 sizes (47, 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, 61). It comes standard with a Scott Addict HMF NET full carbon fiber fork and a Ritchey Pro integrated headset. It requires the use of a 31.6mm seatpost, a braze-on front derailleur and English-threaded bottom bracket.

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2010 Scott Addict R3 Pricing

2010 Scott Addict R3 Geometry

Size	Seat Tube c-c	Seat Tube c-t	Effective Top Tube	Head Tube	Seat Angle	Head Tube Angle
XXS	41.0	47.0	51.0	10.0	74.5	70.5
XS	43.0	49.0	52.0	10.5	74.5	71.0
S	46.0	52.0	53.5	12.0	74.0	72.0
M	48.0	54.0	55.0	14.0	73.3	73.0
L	50.0	56.0	56.5	16.0	73.3	73.0
XL	52.0	58.0	58.0	18.0	73.0	73.3
XXL	55.0	61.0	59.5	20.0	72.5	73.3