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Scapin Rolls Out Three New 650b Mountain Bike Builds for 2013

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Scapin Morgan 27.5 650B Mountain Bike

2013 is the year of the 650B mountain bike. A myriad of companies are rolling them out and Scapin‘s right with them. Three models are molded for the 27.5″ wheels,  the full suspension Morgan (shown above), and two front suspension builds — the Hektor and Novak.

The carbon Morgan weighs in at 1985g for the frame and gets internal brake and gear cable routing with external fluid routing. An alu rear axle is offset 100mm with 12 x 142mm spacing. Rear dropouts and some other componentry are machined anodized aluminum, in red, the same color as equipped on that high end road build Scapin released earlier this year. They’ve concealed much of the rear shock absorber in the frame and it’s fitted with a choice of Rock Shox or Fox Float shocks, a Shimano XTR groupset, and Stans Notubes ZTR Crest 650B wheels.

Click through for more 650B-uilds…

Scapin Hektor 650B Front Suspension Carbon

Scapin’s completely behind the 650B trend. They haven’t updated any of their 26″ frames for 2013 and are pumping most of their mtb effort into 650B. That’s reflected in their latest press release -“the right lightness, the right flow of the wheel, geometries suited for everybody and most of all, an excellent manageability of the head set even on hard or narrow slopes: these are the advantages of a 27.5” wheel.”  So the Hektor should reflect that. A carbon body with a slightly curved seat tube hits the scale at 1120g and rolls on Stans NoTubes ZTR Crest. Released in 3 colors, they’ll offer a choice of Rock Shox or Fox Float for suspension, Ritchey WCS components, and groupsets from Shimano, SRAM and FSA.

Scapin Novak 650B Mountain Bike Aluminum

The Novak is 6061 aluminum and frame weight is 1850g. They’re offering cheaper build options on the Novak, and a choice of fancy stuff too, like what’s on the Hektor.

To check out geometries and build options, click to Scapin’s website. They’re currently distributed by Stage Race. And nope, prices aren’t are listed yet.

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Nave
Nave
11 years ago

Great!
Another one!
Yay!

Kyle
Kyle
11 years ago

So fox is making a short travel 27.5 fork?

Vodalous
Vodalous
11 years ago

” They’ve concealed much of the rear shock absorber in the frame ”

Rear shock absorber? I can’t be the only one who lol’d.

siim
siim
11 years ago

Kyle: according to spec sheet, they are using 29″ forks.

gringo
gringo
11 years ago

An open message to the Guys at Scapin:

By using 29er forks for your Frankenstein build you are simply discrediting your brand, discrediting the legitimacy of the 650b wheel size, and also making life more difficult for those companies who have actually done the hard work to create ‘real’ 650b frames, using 650b specific parts.
you are doing the whole industry a disservice.
you are doing all of your potential customers a disservice.

Who needs a correct length fork anyway?
Lame.

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