Unfortunately for the guys on STW it hasnt got 8inch of travel at the front and back , 260mm discs brakes , so it wont be very good to get the paper on sunday morning .
And it is not painted black .
It is result of a project to develop a FS bike without suspension. MTB-Classic.de doesn't mention whether the design actually worked. I don't know. Anyway you have to be strong admirer of the 'form follows function' idea to appreciate the aesthetics. My 2cts.
the cantilevered dropout design is the same as 91(?) era c'dales... & they used to cracknfail (no, we wont go down the c'dale conversation again!) so I suspect that with that frame would be kinda similiar...