Is Kovarik the "Kid?"Yeah, I didnt get a pic, but the Kid at Fontumy today broke his....
Wait, you mean this one's straight?!I just built up a SS and the quality of the frame is a notch above the M1 I had a few years back.
I knew there was something fishy about breaking an M6, still would have liked a shot of it."the kid" actually works at intense. his bike wasn't stock.. was matti's first frame had some lighter tubing, etc. so don't read too much into it.
rode CK's a bit. (his is a stock frame). felt & looks damn nice! looks like i found my new ride!
Good to know. There's a person around here who rides a prototype Socom that's a 6.6, Uzzi, and Tazer frankenbike. It has some welds around the chainstay where it cracked."the kid" actually works at intense. his bike wasn't stock.. was matti's first frame had some lighter tubing, etc. so don't read too much into it.
rode CK's a bit. (his is a stock frame). felt & looks damn nice! looks like i found my new ride!
ha.. yah, he showed it to me, but wouldn't let me bring my camera near it! ;-) he kept it covered in the back of his truck... little punk! haI knew there was something fishy about breaking an M6, still would have liked a shot of it.
And Yes CK's bike kicks serious ass. I really love the blue
Yes, I finished building mine up on Friday. I am running e-thirteen reducer cups with cane creek is-2 bearings. This is the same combination I was running on my socom and it works great.if so.....
I would love to hear about some details, like what sort of headset you used? any problems with the build or parts compatability? any pics? and of course..... how does it ride?
Cheers.
Not only is everything straight, but the machining it top notch, the cable guides in the right spot and the welds are even and great to look at.Wait, you mean this one's straight?!
Nice, thanks heaps man.Yes, I finished building mine up on Friday. I am running e-thirteen reducer cups with cane creek is-2 bearings. This is the same combination I was running on my socom and it works great.
As far as the build goes, no problems at all. Now for the ride this thing is INSANE!!!! I have about 4 hours of seat time on it since yesterday and I am truly blown away. My socom feels great but the M6 rips corners harder than anything I have ever felt. Both bikes are running the CCDB and a 2008 fox 40 rc2. On a small note the M6 hardly jumps compared to my socom.
As far as the advertised specs go everything is on par except for the BB height is scary low. Typically with every intense I have owned (uzzi vpx and socom) BB height is usually .5 higher than advertised. The final production M6 was supposed to have a 14.125 BB height. This was told to me by an intense representative. Contrary to this, mine comes in at a scant 13.375" with minion 2.5's front/rear and a fox 40.
oh... god... yes.NOT mine!
posted by cm16white in the PNW forum last week
As far as the advertised specs go everything is on par except for the BB height is scary low. . . mine comes in at a scant 13.375" with minion 2.5's front/rear and a fox 40.
Holy crap. Great looking bike, but it does look insanely low.
yes that is the new dorado in the pic... but they (Kovarik, & the rest of the Manitou riders) only had it during that week, as there was a Manitou test camp being held at Fontana. (yes i have not idea why they chose fontana). but they wanted to get the data on the forks after the races, so they took the forks back. CK is back on his Travis, which still felt pretty niceIs that a new Dorado? If so how did that feel?
Like mine ? It's my Old yellow with boxxer tuned in Pearl white with Totem.damn, that iiiis way to slack and low for some of us. I guess the only way to counter act it, would be to create one of those reducer cups with a diferent angle or have some cnc machined drop outs created to give more height to the bb and less angle to the fork (contrary of what you would do to the Socom.) I wonder if a Socom with M6 geometry is coming out? that would be insane!
Wrong thread, brother.Like mine ? It's my Old yellow with boxxer tuned in Pearl white with Totem.
Yes it's the best Dh bike i have ever riden ! 15kg850 with minion 2.5 tubeless.
That is so low, the pedals could be used as a kickstand. Damn scary sh1t right there.
damn that's one of the sexiest bikes I've seen in a long time! Is that geometry the definite one for the m6? sounds like to much and as stated, "for the pro only". No wonder the speed record was broken on a stock one. I guess people are gonna start running 160 mm cranks now, with 34 or 35 chain rings at most!Like mine ? It's my Old yellow with boxxer tuned in Pearl white with Totem.
Yes it's the best Dh bike i have ever riden ! 15kg850 with minion 2.5 tubeless.
I noticed the same thing... I was looking to buy one and thought there's no way Intense would create a bike lower than the Sunday with more travel. ...My two worst crashes ever were from hooking pedals on rocks. For me it's not worth it to ride a bike that low.could it be that intense screwd up so much the m6's geo ?
it has 9+ inches of travel with a 13.5 bbh / 64.5 ha static , so what will happen when sagged ?
sunday has 8 inches of travel / 13.9 bbh and it is on the border of being too low.
the v10 has a 14.8 bbh / 67 ha and i didnt hear anyone complain about its geo or cornering ability.
it seems to me like this is a pro only bike ,and thats a real shame!
Too low? Whatever.
My trail bike is a hair over 12", and I ride 175 cranks and never hit pedals. I also ran my Sunday with a 7" fork while at Whistler, and it was fine. Yeah, catching pedals does suck, but most of the time when you catch a pedal it could be avoided by using a more active riding style.
Depending on where these M6's break, I might just have to get one. That thing just looks killer. The M1 is still the most aesthetically pleasing DH bike I've ever seen, but the M6 is a close second. Plus, if it's that slack and low, it could be a real weapon. bay bay bay!
Exactly. M6's sagged are going have like a 10" BB height. Crazy.does your trail bike have nine inches of travel?
And to those saying trailbikes have higher dynamic BBs and its not fair to compare the M6 to that....it's not fair!Too low? Whatever.
bay bay bay !
agree with you 100%Too low? Whatever.
People are saying they are too low, not because of cranks length, or hitting your pedals. But because of driving your chainrings into the gound when you bottom out. Think about it, 10in travel bike, 12 bb height, that means, in theory anyways, that when bottomed out you have only 2in clearance to the ground, probably less. I sure dont want to be driving my drivetrain int o the dirt all the time.Too low? Whatever.
My trail bike is a hair over 12", and I ride 175 cranks and never hit pedals. I also ran my Sunday with a 7" fork while at Whistler, and it was fine. Yeah, catching pedals does suck, but most of the time when you catch a pedal it could be avoided by using a more active riding style.
Depending on where these M6's break, I might just have to get one. That thing just looks killer. The M1 is still the most aesthetically pleasing DH bike I've ever seen, but the M6 is a close second. Plus, if it's that slack and low, it could be a real weapon. bay bay bay!