We now have pictures of Tom Pidcock onboard his new Scott Addict RC and wearing the team kit of Q36.5 Pro Cycling.
Pidcock moved from Ineos Grenadiers to the Swiss team in December following a period of uncertainty and speculation about the British rider’s future, after he was deselected from Ineos’ Il Lombardia squad.
Despite sticking to Pinarello bikes for mountain biking, the 25-year-old Olympian will now ride the Scott Addict RC or Scott Foil RC on the road.
Launched in November last year, the new Scott Addict RC weighs less than 6kg in its top-flight build.
Speaking to BikeRadar, the team behind the new bike said they had to decide what lightweight meant for them. They settled on 5.9kg because this is what the first Scott Addict weighed back in 2008.
However, with the modern weight penalties of wide tyres, large cassettes and disc brakes, this low weight was harder to achieve than with the original Addict.
Scott used its inflatable polypropylene (PP) mandrel technology to bring the climbing bike’s weight down. This involves wrapping carbon fibre around the inflatable mandrels before deflating and removing them, leaving behind a smooth interior free of unnecessary resin or material.
Scott already uses this production technology on its eMTBs and the Scott Foil RC, which launched in 2022. But Scott refined manufacturing technique for the latest Addict so it could also be used on the bikes fork, which it claims is the lightest on the market at 270g with an uncut steerer tube.
Of course, Tom Pidcock's bike will have to comply with the UCI weight limit – but there will be no problem there.
Q36.5 Pro Cycling refers to its riders as ‘Research Scientists’ for the Q36.5 brand.
Scott’s official press release for the new bikes says: “The new graphic design featured on the Addict RC and Foil RC represents the sharp, science-based focus of the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team… [T]he bike designs feature emblems of the team’s commitment to “pushing forwards”, inspired by data collection and expeditions.”
This is the third season the team has worked with Q36.5 which describes its most recent kit as an “an intelligent combination of aerodynamics, comfort and leading-edge thermoregulation.”
“The new design looks slick and very fresh,” Tom Pidock said in a press release from his team. “I am excited about the relationship I can build with the Q36.5 team and am looking forward to seeing our feedback being used towards product improvement across the range.”
