The Solace is Scott’s endurance bike and it’s undergone one big change for 2016: it’s disc-only.

Just like Scott’s other two road bikes, the Solace is built around a PF86 bottom bracket, designed for maximum stiffness to compliment the oversized down and seattubes. But the main focus of the Solace is comfort, and one concession to that is the asymmetrical shape of the seatstay, a product of what Scott call the bi-construction of the frame. This basically splits the Solace’s frame into two sections: the ‘power zone’ (downtube, headtube and chainstays) and the ‘comfort zone’ (toptube, seattube and seatstays).

The idea is to maximse the stiffness of the power zone while leaving room for flexibility in the comfort zone. It’s a similar philosophy to that currently used by a number of manufacturers, and one that aims to find a balance between performance and comfort. It also makes use of the SDS (shock dampening system) which minimises vibration transfer through the frame to smooth out the ride.

The top level of the Solace is the £5,799 Solace Premium. Built around a HMX carbon frame, the Premium combines Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 shifting with R785 hydraulic disc brakes – complete with 160mm IceTec rotors. Wheels are Syncros RP1.0 carbon disc-ready and come as standard shod in Schwalbe Pro One 28mm tyres, with the extra width another nod towards comfort. Finshing kit is all Syncros, from the bars, stem and post all the way to the saddle. Claimed weight for the premium is a still-light 7.34kg, which is a competitive weight for a full disc brake offering, though, naturally, you’re paying for it.

Next level down comes the Solace 10 (£2,599). This one has a pared down version of the Premium’s frame and fork, being HMF carbon rather than its superlight sibling, although it still contains all the SDS comfort-focused elements.

The groupset drops the electronic element and moves down a level to Ultegra, and that mechanical shifting is paired to R685 hydraulic shifters and RS805 calipers. There are a couple of changes from the full Ultegra group, mainly a 105 cassette and chain, and non-series crankset, although all are provided by Shimano. Finishing kit and wheels are all Syncros. Unlike the Solace Premium, the 10 has a more generous gearing ratio, keeping the compact 50/34t crankset but switching out the 11-28t cassette for an 11-32t wide range cassette at the back.

The final Solace is the 20 (£2,099). The frameset is identical (other than the colour scheme, obviously) to the 10, and the fundamental difference in the build comes in the form of the groupset which moves down a level again to Shimano 105 paired with RS-505 hydraulic disc brakes.

While we’re on the Solace, it uses Scott’s endurance geometry, which gives it a more relaxed position than the race-focused Foil and Addict.