How it works SDS minimizes high frequency input from the road. To achieve a shock damping effect without losing performance, SCOTT optimizes the balance between vertical compliance and lateral stiffness in the rear triangle on both mountain bike and road bikes. - -
Vertical compliance correlates directly to how smoothly the bike rides. By offering maximized vertical compliance, SDS will minimize vibrations transmitted by road shock, maximizing stability and increasing comfort. Lateral stiffness correlates to responsiveness during sprinting, acceleration, and climbing.
The perfect balance between lateral stiffness and compliance is based on three factors: 1- Frame stiffness as influenced by size, shape and tube wall thickness. 2- Carbon structure stiffness optimized by the fiber selection and lay-up orientation. 3- Overall frame design and geometry.
1 Tube design ensures comfort All tube profiles are optimized to absorb vertical shocks without compromising lateral stiffness. S-bend We have created unique tube structures to both allow and carefully control deformation of the S-Bend rear triangle and SDS fork.
S-bend tube deformation Structural displacement underload
Engineered compliance. A carbon tube has to work in both horizontal (power transfer) and vertical (comfort and compliance) planes. The goal of the carbon experts at SCOTT is to find the ultimate lay-up of fiber selection, direction, and number of layers. By engineering these factors, we can control the directional flex and torsional properties of the tube to permit vertical displacement. The SDS carbon lay-up is optimized to facilitate damping without increasing torsion.
The Ride The combination of unique tube design and specific carbon lay-up creates the ultimate shock damping system, SDS, reducing vibrations with no compromise to lateral stiffness. Making a stiff frame is easy, but building one stiff, light, and comfortable is where the SCOTT SDS system shines. SDS is the ultimate technology to provide comfort without compromising performance. SDS is featured on CR1s and all carbon fiber Scale models.
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