A yr later, Scott is again with one other stealthy TQ-powered light-weight eMTB, this time the 155mm journey Scott Voltage eRide from simply 17.9kg. Pair 155mm of rear wheel journey to 160mm up entrance with enduro-inspired geometry. Then, energy it with a lightweight, clean & customizable 50Nm TQ HPR50 motor with a 360Wh battery inside and an non-obligatory 60Wh vary extender. What you get is an extremely light-weight eMTB which you could journey like a daily bike, however can enhance up the climbs to crank out lap-after-lap in your favourite technical trails…
2024 Scott Voltage eRide light-weight TQ-powered eMTB
The brand new Scott Voltage eRide is the reply to anybody who regarded on the extremely gentle Lumen, questioning if Scott may take it up only a notch. I used to be a type of folks – considering that the wonderful pure journey really feel of the 130mm ebike can be superior with a bit extra journey and geometry geared in direction of shredding downhills too. In order that kinda reworked a Genius ST into an ebike.
Scott explains it saying, “Light-weight is in our DNA”. So there was by no means any query that they’d adapt the success of their gentle path eMTB to a extra succesful gentle all-mountain eMTB too. BTW, Scott continues to be on board with full-power, long-range, larger battery eMTBs, and has extra of these within the growth pipeline. However light-weight ebike followers have been begging for a extra succesful gentle eMTB.
What’s new?
What you get is an ebike that appears nearly precisely like the newest Scott MTBs, with massive downtubes, and outsized seat tube-to-bottom bracket junctions to suit the hidden Daring-style rear shock inside. Right here meaning a TQ HPR50 motor, a 360Wh battery contained in the downtube, and a Fox Float X Nude shock with a piggy-back chamber. All nestled snugly inside.
Plus, you continue to get room for two water bottles outdoors. Or 1 bottle and a TQ Vary Extender bottle battery pack get pedal-assist assist for longer.
Tech inside
Scott calls the e-all-mountain Voltage eRIDE a “class killer, one versatile ebike that may journey something”, impressed by the same “any path” functionality of the Genius Tremendous Path. The truth is, the geometry is nearly a direct copy from the Genius ST with simply an 8mm increased backside bracket to scale back pedal strikes, and a 15mm longer wheelbase for further stability & grip whenever you and the motor are placing the ability down collectively.
Inside, a brand new shock extender design will increase smoothness by including a bearing between the shock and the brief body hyperlink. It additionally delivers the double good thing about reducing the shock for higher accessibility with out impacting optimized suspension kinematics. It even permits extra room for a spread extender exterior battery. Win, win, win.
First Rides
Past the core tech inside that’s primarily shared between the Lumen eRIDE & Genius ST, the brand new Voltage eRIDE is just a blast to journey. It’s far more succesful because of the 64° headtube and the steep 77° seat tube to present you a very good perch for spinning again to the highest of the hill.
Over a couple of days this winter in Spain, I rode loads of trails that leaned from the Tremendous Path designation of this ebike’s bike inspiration, to enduro and even freeride trails. And whereas the 155/160mm journey was pushed to its limits on the steeper finish of the spectrum, the light-weight Voltage was nimble sufficient to take the steepest bit rigorously in stride.
How gentle is it?
My dimension giant take a look at bike weighed 19.65kg with clipless gravity pedals on it.
Or 1.13kg extra with the vary extender hooked up. That’s simply over 3kg heavier than the loopy costly Lumen eRide that I examined again in 2022. However this bike has a way more cheap construct spec – one constructed to deal with extra rough-and-tumble abuse.
Parting ideas on the Scott Voltage eRide
I appreciated the sunshine journey of the Lumen, particularly the flexibility to tune the TQ motor with a smoother transition onto and off pedal-assist assist. But it surely wasn’t practically burly sufficient for the sort of driving I’d wish to do with an eMTB. However, heavyweight eMTBs kinda bug me, since I’d need yet another for shorter rides if you find yourself attempting to squeeze in some fast path laps. And I simply don’t admire having to manhandle all the additional weight.
What I did on the brand new Voltage… was merely squeeze in additional rides. After I solely had a half hour extra free time to journey, I may smash it up a fireroad climb and get yet another run in earlier than I needed to cease. With the vary extender, it was simple to determine to go out for one more lap, even after I wasn’t positive if I had fairly sufficient juice remaining.
