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Handling is light but not twitchy, and your efforts are always rewarded. It’s solid, stable and unflappable

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5 out of 5 stars

"Fast, engaging, exciting, inspiring – the Scenero has got the lot"

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Sat 23 Apr 2011, 9:00 am BSTBy

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Storck's Scenero is a worthy winner of the Cycling Plus Bike Of The Year award. It was the favourite of a large number of our testers, and looks likely to make a £2,000-sized hole in the bank balance of at least one.

Ride & handling: Fast, efficient, light-handling and unflappable

The Storck is something of a slow burner. Initially it feels ‘right’ – solid and purposeful. But give it time, rack up the miles and you begin to fully appreciate the Scenero’s qualities. The handling is light but not twitchy, and your efforts are always rewarded, whether climbing, sprinting or seated.

On descents It’s solid, stable and completely unflappable, the deep drops allowing you to get into a deep tuck and make the most of gravity. And (national stereotype alert!) as you’d expect from a German bike, it all feels teutonically ‘efficient’, enabling you to maintain pace with seemingly less effort.

Unusually and somewhat surprisingly, different testers who loved the Storck had contrasting opinions of why they loved it. One of our more competitive riders described it as “a bike with a one track mind that only wants to be battered and still keeps coming back for more”. In contrast, a fitness rider thought the Scenero a “subtle bike, one that needed to be gently coaxed to get the best out of it”.

Opposite views, but these two were among the testers who had the Storck as their favourite. Some riders would thrash the Storck up hills, others would sit down and dig in, but again the Scenero seemed to have the magical quality of allowing both types of riders to get the best from it. Slower climbers grinningly reeled in climbers who’d normally get the better of them, while faster climbers climbed quicker than they might normally have.

Ignore the Storck’s near-mystical ability to entrance those who rode it, and what you have is a classic Euro road bike, albeit a very, very exciting one with a real spark. A bike for fast rides of all lengths and types. A bike that’s more than the sum of its parts. A bike that rewards your efforts and dedication. Not a bike for pootling.

Frame & equipment: Quality chassis and great attention to detail

First impressions of the Storck are that it looks a million dollars. It might be Storck’s ‘entry-level’ carbon fibre bike, but it’s no cheap branding exercise. It has plenty of the German company’s signature touches such as rear facing all-carbon dropouts, and oversized chainstays which help your pedal power get to where it needs to.

The tubing is size specific – so a 63cm frame will ride in exactly the same manner as a 47cm – and it has a low riding position, with a short head tube and long top tube. The brilliant Stiletto carbon fork weighs less than 400g and would set you back £300 on its own. In fact, the sum of the Scenero’s parts is close to £2,500, so even at two grand it's a bit of a bargain.

Like on many bikes at this price, Shimano 105 forms the heart of the kit. But by routing the gear cables behind the handlebar, Storck have produced a lighter shift, revealing their attention to detail. The DT Swiss wheels are good too, if not outstanding for the price.

Direct and purposeful, every input translates into urgent acceleration:

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  • why was this bike allowed in the bike of the year test as it retails above the £2000 limit

    rrp £2119

    how much did they pay you to include it

  • "In fact, the sum of the Scenero’s parts is close to £2,500, so even at two grand it's a bit of a bargain"

    Two things:

    1) It's not two grand, it's more

    2) Are full bikes not normally cheaper than buying all the individual parts, otherwise everyone would just kit out frames to their own preferences.

  • so what staffer got to keep this bike as an extended demo for allowing an ineligable bike into the bike of the year review?

    bikes were meant to be limited to £2000

    and then you endorse the mistake by posting the review on here with the correct rrp on £2119, something wrong somewhere in my opinion

    so any reply from cycling plus or bike radar?????

  • The price of the bike went up shortly after the test was carried out.

    Storck said thy will keep the price at the one in the review (sub 2k) for the duration that the issue with the review was still on print.

  • I'm gonna join the bandwagon. GRRRRR

    Cannondale woz robbed

  • Rabble rabble rabble rabble!

  • Totally agree about price. But they did hold the it during the issue. Fortunately I ordered mine before the bike of the year award and so got it before the mad rush. All I can say is try one, I don't think you will be dissapointed even at just over £2000 . The ride is exceptional and at last Storck have got their heads around the graphics . It looks stunning .

  • 1. Storck held back the VAT rise's and other cost to give the customer (YOU!!) a better priced bike.

    2. Storck takes the Cannondale's pants down...so that not really an issue either.

    3. Storck aren't pre-build mass produced shifters like so many other companies they offer "build kits" and get delievered to bike shops in pieces. Thats the beauty of building one up how you want with what spec you want. The Scenero is the first mass advertised full built bike...but you can still change the spec.

    4.Unless your wanted to buy one...why you worrying about the price?

  • Seems that there is a lot of cheating is going on with bikes posted for review at prices that only last until shortly after the review, so netting a good value rating, or as in this case getting included in Bike of the Year when the price criteria is no longer valid shortly after the review.

    It appears that once you get awarded bike of the year, sales go up, and hence the price can go up to take advantage of this. I feel that in order to stop these kind of shenanigans with pricing, any award should be downgraded/removed when the bike no longer meets the original criteria during the award year (2011 in this case).

  • From the time when the Scenero was supplied to Cycling Plus for testing to April, when the £1,999 price offer expired, must have been 2-3 months at a guess. To me that seems a reasonable time for it to be seen as a genuine opportunity. I'm a little surprised at the resentment expressed by some forum members. Is this because they wanted their new bike (Cannondale Supersix 105) to bear the coveted award, I wonder? I almost - oh so nearly - went for one despite warrnaty issues and last year's loose bottom brackets (as Evans Cycles). I had wanted a Storck for a while, but the lack of a suitably-priced model had put me off until I saw the review of the Scenero. Then I decided that a bike this good deserved a better gearset, so I placed an order for a Scenero Ultegra, which - influentially - was already on order and expected within 1-2 weeks. Bank Holidays have added to the delivery time, but I'm hopeful that in about 10 days or so I should be riding mine!

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Specification

Name:
Scenero (11)
Built by:
Storck
Price:
n/a

Available Sizes:
51, 63cm, 47, 47, 47, 47, 47, 47, 47, 47, 47, 51, 51, 63cm, 55, 57, 59 , 47, 47
Weight (kg):
8.14

Frame & Fork:

 
Frame Material:
3K carbon
Fork Model:
Carbon Stiletto aero

Brakes:

 
Brakes Model:
Shimano 105

Transmission:

 
Cranks Model:
Shimano 105
Rear Derailleur Brand:
Shimano 105
Front Derailleur Brand:
Shimano 105
Shifters Brand:
Shimano 105

Wheels:

 
Rims Model:
DT R1800
Front Hub Brand:
DT Swiss R 1800

Contact Points:

 
Saddle Model:
Pro Logo nago

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