none at none in Champéry, Switzerland - photo by buckow

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levii (May 8, 2010 at 9:45)

Lol, the fork alone is probably more worth that the car xD

MiltonG (May 8, 2010 at 9:45)

hahaha xD fail!

gooieshred (May 31, 2010 at 21:24)

priorities my friend. priorities.

ryankvaltin (May 31, 2010 at 21:31)

and hes defiantly got his priorities right, quality of bike over truck.

cools20 (Jun 4, 2010 at 14:59)

lower that son of a bitch and get some 20s on it, haha

then it would be a sick bike and truck

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spaced (May 8, 2010 at 10:27)

That car rules. Love it. The bike looks cool too. I see you stayed with the flat bar. What is it? Gravity?

buckow (May 8, 2010 at 23:29)

yeah, the 777 feels good on that bike. The bb is low so I want to get the bars low too. On my Gambler I ride a 790mm Syncros 1" rise bar.

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westbayrippa (May 8, 2010 at 9:51)

never seen a truck like that. good for riding i bet

stefan-ram (May 8, 2010 at 10:53)

its a renault 4 pick-up

westbayrippa (May 8, 2010 at 14:25)

so awesome! dont see any of these in the states.

sniperbob02 (Jun 29, 2010 at 18:34)

yeah renault didnt last long on american soil (Canadian and U.S) so only in europe

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winko (May 21, 2011 at 2:07)

I think you are the right one to ask, when will this frame become publicly available?

buckow (May 22, 2011 at 4:19)

There are no plans to produce this frame. Sorry.

winko (May 22, 2011 at 11:36)

Bummer. Well, not for me as I know I don't need anything more than super adjustable freeride bike= voltage fr, but there are many of my friends who would like to have voltage dh version, as the gambler looks overkill because of it's massive design. Not that gambler is bad ride, I've tried it and it rides really well, just the trend now is to have super lightweight dh bike and this one looks really like it, in addition to great customer support here in Slovenia.
Not that I'm expert in this, but it might be worth considering producing this bike afterall.

buckow (May 22, 2011 at 22:58)

I agree with you. I would love to produce it but we don't have the OK from the big bosses. For flat out DH the Gambler is way faster than the Voltage DH. We built the Voltage DH for Floriane Pugin of the Scott 11 DH team, by the way.

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gastonbx (May 8, 2010 at 10:41)

Excellent car and bike! I love the Renault 4, even more the Furgon edition. Thanks for the photo.

buckow (May 8, 2010 at 23:28)

My buddy drives that thing everywhere. He loves it. It is like a time machine when you get into it. You really feel the old technology.

gastonbx (May 9, 2010 at 8:21)

It is always good to have that flashback, being in contact with nature, etc lol. Also it is envinronment-friendly and very cheap in fuel for sure.

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hoffer10 (Jun 3, 2010 at 10:25)

Does this proto have the option to use less rear travel with a smaller shock like the current voltage?

buckow (Jun 11, 2010 at 22:38)

No, it is an 8 inch race bike.

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bweger1234 (Jun 11, 2010 at 9:58)

Holy slack! that looks like a horrible head angle.

buckow (Jun 11, 2010 at 22:39)

A lot of the stuff I ride and build is steep like the Champery WC DH track. In those conditions the head angle is great. On slower or flatter terrain I would run it steeper.

bweger1234 (Jun 13, 2010 at 11:03)

it has an adjustable headtube? oh makes sense!

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n0n3Z (May 10, 2010 at 13:56)

this bike have 7 or 8 inch of rear travel

buckow (May 11, 2010 at 0:27)

8 inches

maciekx92 (May 17, 2010 at 11:46)

Great bike! but...
How it is possible that your bike has 8 inch of rear travel?
I checked it and voltages have max. 180mm (about 7 inch).
Did you change something?

buckow (May 18, 2010 at 7:39)

It is a prototype. I ride for Scott and do a lot of development and testing for the gravity bikes. Look at the front shock mount and orientation of the shock and then compare it to the stock Voltages.

maciekx92 (May 18, 2010 at 11:30)

Thanks for an explanation.
Do you know if there is any possibility on making 8 inch of travel in stock scott voltage fr?

buckow (May 19, 2010 at 0:41)

For now we are just testing it. Floriane Pugin of the WC DH team, Scott 11, just got a podium at Maribor on this frame. Here is a link to some photos from Maribor http://www.flickr.com/photos/39662565@N08/sets/72157624055009584/show/

maciekx92 (May 20, 2010 at 8:33)

once more thanks :]

orangepatriotcoil (Jun 8, 2010 at 4:32)

Is it me, or is that the most slack head angle ever? Litrally looks like land some thing and snap ? MAybe just the angle of the photo ? But then it does look like a sweet bike ! And also why an air shock ?!

sniperbob02 (Jun 29, 2010 at 18:38)

the air shox is WAY lighter than coil. generaly feels great but the reboun is slower than the coil (personnal preference I guss Razz