What did i see?

bennett_346

Well today whilst on one of the lifts at Champery we saw a guy get on next to us with a 2013 Scott Gambler with 650b wheels and Schwalbe Hans Dampf tyres with "First Ride - Schwalbe Development Team" written on the sidewalls.



It looked like this except didn't have 26 inch DT rims as shown, they were Stans 650b. Are the 2013 gamblers actually available for sale yet? And do they come with this paint scheme or the luminous green that most photos show them as? A quick google search would suggest the black one with stickers and fox dropper post was used for the uci DH, not as a sale bike.

Also i've heard nothing about a 650b variant, anyone have an explanation?

.blitz

Scott are being fairly secretive about their 2013 bikes I understand a bike shop in Aus leaked the dealer-only catalogue c/w sales patter before the bikes had been officially released. I don't think we'll see anything before Eurobike although there some pics on Pinkbike if you look hard enough

The bike in your picture is Fairclough's Gambler prototype

bennett_346

So you reckon i saw them testing a 650b gambler proto that they havent announced yet? I'm a little confused to say the least. Would normal Fox 40s accomodate a 650b front wheel? It was identical in colour scheme to Faircloughs prototype.

bails87

The Genuis has lost 26" wheels. It's all 650b and 29" http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/artic ... ook-34489/

So Scott are certainly moving away from 26"

bennett_346

Interesting. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for it again round the area and see if i can glean another look at it closer. I was stood next to it for a good 5 minutes but never thought to ask the rider about it.

craigw99

bennett_346 wrote:

Interesting. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for it again round the area and see if i can glean another look at it closer. I was stood next to it for a good 5 minutes but never thought to ask the rider about it.

or take a picture? c'mon try harder next time - you could get a scoop posted on here wth a bit more effort

bennett_346

I will take a picture if i see it but sadly never thought to do so at the time

.blitz

yes some fricken pictures would help

.blitz

bails87 wrote:

So Scott are certainly moving away from 26"

The 2013 Voltage still has 26" wheels. Maybe a new design is on the cards for 2014

bennett_346

Tyres were thus ^^

Caption from where i nicked the pic states "The blue graphics denote a tyre in Schwalbe's development programme, this was a 650B Hans Dampf"

lawman

could just be a enduro version of the hans like brendan and many others were running in south africa. Although I doubt it would be 650b, you never know! pics needed!

YeehaaMcgee

They may just be experimenting with the idea. They've released details of their 2013 DH bike - so maybe this is something they're looking at as a possibility for 2014

bennett_346

lawman wrote:

could just be a enduro version of the hans like brendan and many others were running in south africa. Although I doubt it would be 650b, you never know! pics needed!

Had 650b written on the side of the rims and tyres. Im gutted i didn't think to take any photos at the time!

Red.Devil.Ghost

Well that's a pretty cool looking bike...but that rear sus looks really complicated!

YeehaaMcgee

It's a single pivot setup, with a linkage to drive the shock. Try to picture what's connected to what - its not particularly complicated.