IN BRIEF
Scott, a Swiss brand more usually associated with performance bikes, is launching an urban range called Sweep for the 2027 model year — and it is the price that surprises. According to BIKE Magazin, the Sweep 20 is listed at €2,499 and the Sweep 10 at €2,599, with a third step-through version, the Sweep 20 Wave, also at €2,499. All three share the Bosch Hub Line, a motor housed in the rear hub credited with 45 Nm of torque and 400 W of peak power, paired with a removable 360 Wh PowerTube battery. The shared aluminium frame is designed for a total loaded weight of 130 kg.
| Price | €2,499 (Sweep 20 and 20 Wave) · €2,599 (Sweep 10) — prices recorded by BIKE Magazin and elektrofahrrad24 |
| Motor | Bosch Hub Line, rear hub, 45 Nm, 400 W peak |
| Battery | Removable Bosch PowerTube 360 Wh, optional PowerMore 250 Wh range extender |
| Weight | 22 kg (Sweep 10) · 24.6 kg (Sweep 20) · 24.7 kg (Sweep 20 Wave) |
| Frame | aluminium, total loaded weight 130 kg |
| Fork | rigid (Sweep 10) · 75 mm suspension (Sweep 20 and 20 Wave) |
| Luggage rack | side supports rated 8 kg (Sweep 10) · Racktime 25 kg (Sweep 20 and 20 Wave) |
| Sizes | S to XXL — five sizes on the Sweep 10, four or five on the Sweep 20 depending on the model (Bikerumor) |
Scott is established in road carbon and World Cup mountain bikes, and its catalogue sits towards the upper end of the market. BIKE Magazin sums up the gap: “Scott is known for its expensive performance bikes. With the new Sweep, the Swiss brand is now daring an unusual step towards the mass market.” The German magazine gives the benchmark that makes the surprise: e-bikes from the classic specialist-trade brands “usually start at around €3,000”. Within Scott’s own range, elektrofahrrad24 notes that the Sweep 20’s €2,499 sits “exactly €1,000 below” the Passage 20.
The Scott Sweep banks on the Bosch Hub Line hub motor
The choice of motor is doubtless part of the answer: “what makes this low price possible is certainly also the technical heart of the bike”, writes BIKE Magazin. The Hub Line is, according to the same magazine, “the first hub motor from the Swabian manufacturer” — Bosch unveiled it last June. The German magazine goes on: “With 45 Nm of torque and 400 watts of peak power, it delivers solid but not spectacular figures.”
It is a deliberate trade-off. A mid-drive motor costs more and pushes harder; a hub motor, for its part, spares the wear parts — the motor’s load passes through neither the chain nor the belt, BIKE Magazin notes — and lightens the bill. For a bike intended for commuting, where assistance cuts out at 25 km/h anyway, the reasoning holds.
The battery is a 360 Wh Bosch PowerTube integrated into the down tube. Bikerumor points out that it is “easily removable for charging off the bike, at work or at home” — hardly a minor detail for anyone living in a building with no bike store and no socket. BIKE Magazin makes the same remark. Velomotion mentions compatibility with the 250 Wh Bosch PowerMore range extender.
Three versions, from 22 to 24.7 kilos
The Sweep 10, at €2,599, is described by BIKE Magazin as the sportiest variant in the family: rigid fork, Syncros bar-and-stem unit, 9-speed Shimano Cues 4000 drivetrain, 50 mm-wide Schwalbe Super Moto tyres, Busch und Müller lighting. It weighs 22 kg and gets side supports limited to an 8 kg load.
The Sweep 20, at €2,499, swaps the rigid fork for a 75 mm suspension fork and adds an adjustable stem as well as an integrated SP-Connect smartphone mount. It carries a 25 kg Racktime rack and shows 24.6 kg on the scales. The Sweep 20 Wave takes the same spec sheet with a step-through frame, for 24.7 kg at the same price. All three come fully equipped: mudguards, lighting, kickstand and a carrying solution are standard. BIKE Magazin makes an argument of it: “That may seem obvious, but at this price point it is not always the case.”
All three are built on a shared aluminium frame, which BIKE Magazin describes as “designed for a system weight of 130 kg”. Bikerumor quotes Scott on the design intent: the frame “was designed to combine stable ride characteristics, predictable handling and stiffness, while retaining the slim proportions that define” the Sweep family. The Sweep 10 is announced in five sizes, from S to XXL; Bikerumor states that the two Sweep 20s are offered “in four or five sizes, depending on the model”.
