Help with identifying frame

[GT BIKE RIDER]

Hi all.I purchased this frame recently and been trying to identify.I am thinking of building or letting go ,so any info would be greatful.

The only info that i can see is a sn under bb.H5k0 b9 0058.
I think the shock is a cane creek.Thanks

 

[GT BIKE RIDER]

Well ,its not cane creek,it is a fox alps shock.

 

[mikee]

never seen owt like it before

really interesting ,me i'd build it just to see what it rides like

 

[hydorah]

Blimey!

No real help on identification I'm afraid

But I agree, you ought to build it

Looks like if the swing arm deflects up, the top tube/seat tube will be caused to be levered downward...

That is a suspened or pivoting top tube, I grubbed about searching with terms around that and found one or two oddities, eg a Cannondale where the whole rear triangle pivoted about the BB with the shock in the top tube!

But still not as odd as yours

I don't really understand what the aim of this arrangement is!

Quality construction and obviously incredibly rare, probably a one off? But it has an S/N which would suggest it's production :?:

 

[Tizumo]

Something like this?

It's actually a 1996 Scott Vertigo (Rock Shox Deluxe damper came next year), 7005 alu.

 

[hydorah]

Something like this?

It's actually a 1996 Scott Vertigo (Rock Shox Deluxe damper came next year), 7005 alu.

Boom! He shoots... He scores!!

 

[Tizumo]

The facts must be right of course; the Deluxe damper came in 1996 too, but this particular frame was maybe not on a top-of-the-line bike (OR the bike was assembled with more xc oriented components). The pivot system is very interesting indeed, think about the modern Salsa el kaboing..

There was a finnish guy who was in the podium in the Scandinavian dh championships in 1996 or 1997 in junior M-16 series riding a similar frame. Don't know how it rides but could be interesting to build an early dh/freeride bike with it.

 

[hydorah]

96 Specs

'96 specs are here

XT/LX mix so deffo aimed at the hardcore XC cyclist, retail $1900 or something, so north of £2000 in rip off Britain

http://www.bikepedia.com/quickbike/Bike ... &Type=bike

Still doesn't make any sense, making the rider part of the suspension effectively communicating the undulations of the surface to the rider!!!

This El Kaboing has a fixed top tube:

http://www.bikemag.com/news/freshproduc ... -big-mama/

- Suspension arrangement looks normalish and tidy (pivots about the BB) But I see the twist, there is no 'pivot' the pivotting is done by flexion of the chainstays!

This was my closest other

http://www.bnqt.com/blogs/detail/Aaron- ... -Bike/3278

It's a Cannondale...

What do you think on the Scott, for rarity value?

 

[GT BIKE RIDER]

Hi,sorry i did not get back soon,i did not get email notification for some reason.
Wow,you guys are good.It is a scott.The rear triangle has black paint in some spots and small traces of yellow but i thought it was primer for aluminum so it could be yellow.
I am curious about the way it would ride.So i might build it.Thanks

 

[GT BIKE RIDER]

You know after looking at bikepedia it is a 1996 Scott Vertigo lsd pro.
It has the fox alps 4r rear shock.Color is yellow.
I guess this is a downhill,the forks listed are Rock Shox Judy DH.
This is why i use Retrobike.You guys are good.Thanks