Scott Patron 920

The Scott Patron 920 is aimed at a rider who wants a proper trail bike with genuine electric assistance, not a gentler commuter-style e-bike wearing knobbly tyres. Scott specifies it for all-mountain and trail use, with 150mm of travel at each end and a chassis built around a carbon main frame and alloy rear triangle. What sets it apart within Scott's own range is the size of its battery and the way its suspension can be adjusted without taking a hand off the bar, both of which matter more the longer and rougher your rides get.

A full-power motor built for long assisted climbs

The 920 uses a Bosch Performance Line CX motor, paired with a removable 800Wh PowerTube battery. Scott states up to 100Nm from the motor, which is a maximum figure rather than something you'll feel constantly on the trail, and assistance cuts out at 25km/h in line with UK e-bike rules. What the large battery buys you is confidence on longer routes or repeated climbs in a day; Scott hasn't published a distance or riding-time figure for this specific build, so it's worth treating any range as something you build a feel for through use rather than a fixed number to plan tightly around. The battery comes out easily for charging indoors, useful if you don't have power near where the bike lives, and the fitted 4A charger will top it up faster than the 2A charger supplied with the cheaper Patron 930. If you regularly do big days and want more than 800Wh, the frame is PowerMore-ready, meaning a range-extender battery is a compatible accessory rather than something included in the price.

Suspension control from the bar

Scott's TracLoc 2 remote lets you switch the X-Fusion NUDE 5 RLX rear shock between a full 150mm Descend setting, a firmer 100mm Traction Control mode and a lockout, without letting go of the grip. Paired with a RockShox Psylo Silver RC Air fork offering the same 150mm up front, it's a setup built for riders who want the suspension fully open on descents and firmed up again for the climb back to where the motor does its best work. The head angle is also adjustable by ±0.6°, though Scott's manual is specific that this needs the correct tool rather than a standard headset wrench, so it's a job for someone comfortable following that procedure rather than an everyday trailside tweak.

Where the 920 sits between the 930 and the 910

Scott sells three current Patron builds, and the 920 is the middle one. Against the Patron 930, official UK list prices of £4,699 for the 930 and £5,599 for the 920 don't tell you which is the better live purchase, but they do show what the extra money buys on paper: the 920 swaps the 930's alloy frame for a carbon main frame, moves from a simpler X-Fusion O2 PRO RL shock to the TracLoc-controlled NUDE 5 RLX, upgrades brakes from Shimano MT420 to MT520, and adds the Intuvia 100 display and the faster 4A charger. Step up to the Patron 910 at £6,899 and you get the same carbon-main-frame layout and 800Wh battery, but with a FOX 36 Rhythm fork, FOX Float shock and SRAM's wireless S1000 AXS Transmission in place of the 920's cabled Shimano Deore drivetrain. None of these are live selling prices, but they're a useful guide to what separates the builds if you're comparing offers rather than just badges.

Sizing and the Patron ST distinction

The 920 comes in four sizes, S to XL, with Scott's own geometry showing reach and standover both growing steadily through the range. Dropper post travel is matched to frame size, so taller riders get proportionally more drop rather than everyone sharing the same post. Height guidance you'll see against this bike on some UK retailer listings comes from a broader Scott trail and e-MTB sizing guide rather than a model-specific fit chart from Scott itself, so it's worth treating it as a starting point and checking the reach and standover figures against your own bike if you're near a boundary between two sizes. It's also worth knowing that Scott makes a separate Patron ST model with different geometry and equipment; that's a distinct, more descent-focused bike rather than an alternative frame option within the 920 range, so don't assume ST geometry applies here.

Weight and what keeps the guarantee valid

Scott's manufacturer guarantee requires the first buyer to register the bike within ten days of purchase, and keeping the five-year term on the frame and rear end means having it serviced at least annually by an authorised dealer; without that servicing the term drops to three years, and components sit outside the guarantee altogether, though your statutory rights aren't affected. At a stated 24.8kg, the Patron 920 carries the weight you'd expect from a full-power e-MTB with an 800Wh battery, which is worth bearing in mind if you'll often lift it onto a rack or need to pedal it any distance without assistance. That weight is really the trade-off for what the motor, battery and 150mm-travel chassis let you do together: climb further and descend harder than a lighter, less assisted bike would comfortably manage.