We are thrilled to announce that a bike we only intended on being a concept dream bike for the Interbike show last year has become a reality. To inspire and to show our dealers other ways we’d been making great use of our Mission platform, we put together an aggressive all-mountain / park bike we referred to at that time only as “the Goat”.
During the show and in the days that followed, it became very clear that we would need to release this new animal of ours to the wild. Troy Lupcho, of Altitude Cycle in Vernal Utah wrote, “Just got back from Interbike with my staff. Everyone had to agree that the coolest thing at the show was the new “Goat” from Diamondback. Just when we thought the Mission of 2007 was the best, things got better! Sign us up, please!”
We signed Troy up and he is now expecting a small herd of the new Diamondback Scapegoats which he should see today or tomorrow. Another small herd is migrating toward another Utah location and is expected to arrive at Brother’s Bikes in Heber City within the next couple of days as well.
You’ll need to move fast to capture your own Scapegoat because there are only 20 of them in the whole country. Scapegoat migrations to other Diamondback dealers across the country are also taking place. We will let you know soon where they are headed as they are tracked, but feel free to contact your local Diamondback Dealer to find out if they are expecting a delivery of some.
The Scapegoat is an aggressive all-mountain / park bike that uses the same Mission-proven frame design with 6 inches of travel in the rear and 160mm in the front compliments of the Fox 36 Talas fork. The Scapegoat’s frame is essentially a Mission frame, but with a more robust straight gauge down tube for added strength, a 1.5″ head tube, an ISCG chain guide mount, and a mount on the seat tube for a Brake Therapy floating disk brake mount. The list of parts that make up the Scapegoat looks like something you’d jot down soon after you found out you’d just won the lottery, but fortunately your friends here at Diamondback put them into a package and made it surprisingly affordable.
For more information on the limited edition Scapegoat, click here, visit your local Diamondback Dealer, or give us a call.
Manuel Lopez | April 24, 2008 2:46 pm
well DB the new goat looks like a good bike for your hardcore downhill goat riding or just hitting your local trails. But the goat has it all for trail, jumps and everything you can trow at it.
Jory Mitchell | April 26, 2008 8:41 pm
I am a shop mechanic at Altitude Cycle in Vernal, Utah. I just got the Scape Goat Tuesday, although my front tire came in a seperate box and my chain guide came in two days later. That’s ok, better late than never! I am very impressed with the looks and parts package on the bike, although I did slapped on an Easton carbon DH bar, a pair of all-mountain Ergon grips and a Thonpson seatpost. Now the ‘Goat’s ready to rip. I plan on taking it down my slope-style course tomorrow. Be ready for my review. Thank you Diamond Back for your awsome bikes and service.
Jory
PS I need the skinny on the floating rear brake kit.
Thom | May 19, 2008 2:48 pm
The Goat is a hawt and I mean HAWT looking bike. The spec is pretty dialed. I have been riding a Mission for about the last year or so. I pretty much built the bike as a freeride bike with no intentions of ever putting on a cross country or all mountian trail. Being the manager of Santim Bicycle I get the opertuinity to ride many different bikes. I have probably owned more then 12 different freeride bikes in the 8 years that I have been working here. That being said, I think that the Mission is by far hads down the best supension I have riden. The bike is lightish (I mean come on how light can a freeride bike be) and climbs like a stalion. I took my mission with me to Whistler last summer and it handled the trails like a champ. I am not talking about crank it up. I am talking aobut top of the mountian. Frieght train and Goats gully! Six to ten foot rock walls no problem. Thirty foot tables…… no problem. Then North Van!! Well if you have ever ridden N.Van well then you know how hecktic that place is. We rode original trails by Grouse (not sure how to spell it) like Reaper and such. Well again came through with flying colors. Being a fellow averaging around 230lb all the time (not fat just dense) the bike took it and kept on taking it. Because of this I am building a Sorte into a four cross bike and taking it to Blackrock (my back yard play ground) for the summer and then some. Well on that note. Keep the rubber side down and the tables flat.
Rex Carrillo | May 20, 2008 6:16 am
Just received my Mission 3 frame in the mail. I plan to build it with parts similar to the goat. I rode this bike last year and couldn’t get off the thing, it rides so well. Unfortunately thieves ripped it off and i have to start over. My build on the last bike was a Rockshox lyrik, Truvative holzfeller Stem ,dh riser bar,oct cranks,pedals, seat post, box guide. WTB Devo saddle, DT swiss 6.1 d wheels, Sram x9 shifter and derailleur, Jucy 7 brakes, and Maxxis high roller tires. This parts combo made this bike jump, climb, and attack anything i threw at it. Anyways, happy trails and good hucks to all you mission riders, i will keep you posted on my new build as it progresses.
Rex.
Rich B | May 23, 2008 11:21 am
Oh-my my Mission 3! I’m one of the guys the helps build and maintain the Black Rock Trails out of Falls City in Oregon. I have a big bike that I was riding out there but asked Thom (see post above) what bike out there (in the industry) could handle most of Black Rock yet be light and nimble enough to ride longer XC stuff (like McKenzie River in Oregon; 27 miles of flowing single track). He pointed me to the Mission 3! We did make a wheel set swap (to a Mavic Crossmax) and I ended up with a Fox DHX 5 Air (the RP23 was awesome but got a sweet deal on the DHX). The bike ended up at just over 32lbs and is a SWEET ride! It handles about 85% of everything at Black Rock from 20′ gaps to 6-7 drops; pedals like a dream up the hill and leaves me plenty of energy to hit the FR stuff. Oh and for 27 miles of McKenzie River, it was AWESOME!
Diamondback did an superb job on the Mission! With the different price point pretty much anyone can afford a well built bike that can handle most anything a beginner to advance rider can throw at it!
Nice job guys and gals of Diamondback; hope to get a chance to ride the Goat after Thom gets his…
Hum, maybe it’s time you Diamondback to come down and to a Demo day at Black Rock!