Spy shots! SCOTT Gambler DH Proto up close!

We've got our hands on some better quality photos of Fairclough's rig that was leaked yesterday…

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Honestly, it actually is a pretty simple design when you think about it: it's just a single pivot and the scissor linkage allows them to put a huge shock nicely tucked away in the frame inner-triangle, out of harms way from dirt and rocks. They even manage a full-length seat-tube as a bonus! I bet this bike has great small-bump compliance. I like it!

Suspension reminds me of a Transition Syren. I dont know how that rode. Interesting!

it's powered by cats.

Sure it looks unconventional, but I am sure it works like a champ. Brendawg will ride the crap out of it for a year and come this time in 2013, we'll be gawking at a plastic version. No big deal.
I'll add that it looks like the C'dale Hatchet drive, and should be similarly reliable - the forces of the shock go into the BB basement and not the TT or DT. With pro wrenches doing the maintenance, I bet it proves to be a great bike.

I like that staged photographs taken by a professional photographer and released officially by the company in question have become "spy shots" and "leaks".

HB cut the site down yo..

sad day.

HB cut the site down yo..

sad day.

yeah, I went to get a few chuckles and it was gone! tres sad.

Honestly, it actually is a pretty simple design when you think about it: it's just a single pivot and the scissor linkage allows them to put a huge shock nicely tucked away in the frame inner-triangle, out of harms way from dirt and rocks. They even manage a full-length seat-tube as a bonus! I bet this bike has great small-bump compliance. I like it!

Well said. The seat-tube is definitely kinked midway though:

The bike looks nice and low though. I am intrigued.

yeah, I went to get a few chuckles and it was gone! tres sad.

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