Scott is based in Switzerland and, although the company has existed since 1958, it has only been the past 20 years that it has been a force in cycling.

The breakthrough for Scott was the aerodynamic handlebar design that helped Greg LeMond win the 1986 Tour de France.

In that same year the company developed its first mountain bike and in 1991 it went further to build the first front fork suspension, called ‘Unishock’.

In the background the company was slowly building its road racing profile, until 2002 when Patrice Halgand won stage 10 of the Tour de France using Scott equipment.

Scott now sponsors the professional racing team Team Columbia-High Road with equipment.

The Scott CR1 road bike has proven to be a serious hit with casual road riders, because of its economical price and good quality componentry.

The flagship model for Scott, however, is the Addict, a carbon fibre bike that weighs an extremely light 790 grams.

Scott has had great success with road bike manufacturing in recent times and you can expect to see the company consolidate its growing stature in the market.