March 02, 2007

Ransom redefines All Mountain

The Ransom, a bike that redefines all-mountain. Pushing the travel expectations for this category upward, it maintains a reasonable overall weight and an intelligent, efficient suspension design. The Ransom is the definitive backcountry experience, weighing less than 7 lbs (3080 grams including shock) and offering up to 165mm (6.5 inches) of travel. Scott’s CR1 carbon welding process optimizes the frame’s inherent strength and weight advantages.



Lever Control System

The Ransom delivers three different travel options at your fingertips. By utilizing Scott’s Equalizer shock technology, you can pick whichever mode is most suitable for your current trail conditions. Need hard tail feeling for climbing? By selecting Lockout on the handlebar–mounted lever, the rear shock is locked, allowing you to rally uphill. If you desire “race bike” suspension for the single track, select the TC mode, activating up to 100 mm of travel and you have slacker geometry as the shock sags and the compression damping opens, delivering fantastic single track performance. When it’s time to send it down the steeps, place the Ransom in full travel mode to deliver 165mm of active travel and slack the geometry further, lowering your center of gravity and slowing your steering input for confidence on high speed descents.

Scott’s “Power Stabilizer” knob creates a platform effect, which raises the shock’s low speed compression damping no matter which travel option you have chosen. By pulling upwards on the large rebound tuning knob, you engage the power stabilizer, enabling the platform, and providing bob-free pedaling. This gives you great pedaling efficiency while still allowing the larger bumps to be absorbed by the rear suspension. Unique to the Equalizer shock design, the power stabilizer can be disengaged by pushing this knob to its original position. Without the platform, you now have a fully active and sensitive rear suspension that can manage all sized bumps.
The lightest bike in its category, Traction Control technology and Scott’s proven CR1 carbon welding process; there is no all-mountain alternative.



Equalizer TC Shock

The Equalizer is a completely new rear shock concept designed by Scott. This shock combines the advantages of larger oil volumes found in coil spring designs with the weight advantages of an air shock. A unique feature to our system, all of the seals and bushings are moving in an oil bath, resulting in improved performance and longer life. Equal pressure in both the positive and negative air chambers means set up is simple. The shock is extremely responsive and features a new technology called IRV (intelligent rebound valve). IRV controls the rebound of the shock and is speed-sensitive, meaning it reacts to larger bumps with increased rebound damping. When riding over small bumps, the rebound is completely open and the shock remains responsive. On larger impacts the rebound valve reacts and slows the rebound so that the rider feels more in control. This eliminates any “kick back”, meaning the rider can remain seated and maintain control of the bike in every situation.