2014 SuperSix Evo Hi-Modern ride quality

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merkyworks
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My electric current bicycle is a 2009 Scott Addict HMX frame (1st gen Addict frame) in a 52cm. I beloved the fashion information technology rides only I don't do crit races anymore and as I have gotten older the ride tin can be a little rough at times. I have an opportunity to pick up a 2014 SuperSix Evo Howdy-Modern for a really good deal but I'm agape the ride is going to exist just as rough as my current Aficionado so I wont really exist gaining anything from the bike swap.

Has anyone here ridden an Addict and a SuperSix or can anyone give whatsoever insights the ride quality of the SuperSix?


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by oreoboreo

I take both and the Hi mod is my 75% of the time get to cycle. I withal like the Scott when the group gets together and I desire to get all out and feel like I am still 25. I go along the Scott set up differently for such days? Y'all should love your new EVO, I take had 2 of them now.

This past year I have ridden 4000 miles on the EVO with a couple of double centuries and centuries in there, if that tells you how I like the ride. I would never ride my Scott on those rides now.

Allow'due south terminate the ride with a 20% class.

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merkyworks
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by merkyworks

I call up I'm in a similar boat equally you so, when I was 26 I never thought the Addict overly harsh riding or uncomfortable with the stem slammed all the way. Now at 32 I base my ride routes on how polish the road will be crusade rough roads vanquish me upwards.


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by RussellS

merkyworks wrote: My current bike is a 2009 Scott Aficionado HMX frame (1st gen Addict frame) in a 52cm. I love the style it rides but I don't practice crit races anymore and as I have gotten older the ride can be a little rough at times. I have an opportunity to pick upwardly a 2014 SuperSix Evo How-do-you-do-Modernistic for a actually good deal

I'g going to state the obvious.
1. Put wider tires on the bike. Starting time with 28mm. If for some weird reason y'all cannot get them to clear everything, then try 25mm. Simply beginning with 28mm tires.
two. Don't over inflate your tires. Inflate to 100 psi maximum. Try 90 or 95 psi also. Never more than 100 psi.

As for buying the Cannondale. Sure, buy information technology. Better to take two overnice race bikes than one.


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by Starter

The Supersix Evo is a dissimilar beast than the Scott. It's a lot smoother... One of the creamiest rides I've had, even with deeper carbon wheelsets. Bear in mind, I've only put around 500 miles on mine but I proceed thinking back to something I read in a review before I purchased it... The reviewer talked about how riding the Evo on inconsistent roads was a weird experience at first, because the little bumps and ruts he'd usually instinctively tense up for didn't actually resolve into impacts that required tensing up for... And and so he became very enlightened of but how oftentimes he was tensing for impacts on other bikes. For me, that reviewer's story has been completely accurate. It's amazing how much more than comfortable and relaxed I am on the Evo, even with information technology'southward relatively aggressive geometry. I get on other bikes, even my Look 675 (which has far more than relaxed geometry), and when I'1000 riding bad roads I'm very aware of feeling like a ball of rigid muscle, tensing for every impact. The Evo is like a Yoga bicycle, ha ha... You're putting ability downwardly, merely y'all're not cramping up.

Also, for what information technology's worth... Equally far as tires go, I've institute 28s to be overkill on anything just the harshest roads out hither in Southern California, regardless of what bicycle they are on. 25s seem to be best mix of ride quality and speed for me, and I call back for most people in this expanse. There are definitely people who like 28s, simply if y'all alive in a like climate, I'd check out some 25s commencement and see if they work for y'all. I will say that 28s are a skilful option for winter conditions, if you're in an area where mud/snow/pelting/sleet etc. are a thing...

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I love the ride of my evo personally - i run very strong, deep carbon rims at obscenely loftier (120psi+) tire pressures and all the same don't fit information technology to be uncomfortable on rougher pavement.
Drop the pressure to a more reasonable 105psi and information technology'south downright comfy on everything except freshly torn-up, needs-to-be-paved roads.

Ride is quite crawly, and plenty stiff for me as well...

Only criticism would exist that it is an aggressive-fitting bike, while this has nothing to do with ride quality, make sure it will work for you!


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by superdx

It'south hard to observe a frame that is both aggressive and geometry and has dampening features, but the Evo is ane such frame. I have done 5 Strava 130km rides on my Evo and while it was tiring, I never felt wrecked. My friends with me on a Specialized Tarmac and Venge were both complaining of various pains the twenty-four hours later, for me it was just sore muscles. For certain, the Evo is not a harsh ride at all.


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by Antoine

+ane

I detect my Evo as comfy every bit my Lynskey Ti .

the ride quality of the Evo (HM or not) is probably superior compared with others loftier end frames


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by Cuki

No complaints from this SuperSix Evo Black Inc. owner too. I very ofttimes ride 400 to 700km a week and I'm always good to get the next day.


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Best frame I've ridden, which is why I've owned many of them. HM and not-HM never seemed to make a difference to me.

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merkyworks
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by merkyworks

This is all great to hear and it looks like I volition be a SuperSix owner very soon :)


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by sharkman

Having owned both I don't call up you lot'll go much more out of an evo (likewise that the addict is overall a bit amend build). Both are ment for racing and comfort wise the Evo might be a bit improve but puttin lower rims with 25 tyres (if clearance allows information technology) volition put the aficionado on par with an evo with higher rims (which is overall not foreign since both framesets have the same designer).
If more comfort is your corcern a softer ride in combination with a longer headtube could be a more feasible reason for buying something new.


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by ukracer

I have a 2011 Scott Addict and struggle with rubbing when tried 25mm tires


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by ChiZ01

but make sure y'all are ok with the short headtube on evo. I similar the look of slammed stalk but evo's headtube kills my dorsum TT


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by Vicelord

I am astounded by the ride on my evo. I've previously had a bmc and a madone half-dozen, and loved them both, simply the evo is more, uh, buttery smooth(?) than the other two were. Some roads nearly my home where I have fabricated a point to ride certain lines due to potholes, cracks, and manhole covers, I realized that I don't need to ride those lines anymore to avoid bumps. The evo makes them seem pretty mellow in comparison.

The evo does have a brusque caput tube insufficiently, but it doesn't ride harshly similar, say, a tarmac, which also has a brusk head tube. I was hitting by a truck back in July and suffered a broken back and neck among other things, and I was a scrap concerned with the head tube of the evo, but later on a few rides I was so comfortable I was able to put the stem on the head tube like I am used to. The cycle is just that comfortable. For what it's worth, I have been on a tarmac since my blow likewise, and x minutes on that thing and my back is begging me to become off the cycle.