From a different forum.
It looks super sick. Well hope you guys enjoy.
New Intense Slopestyle bike
- Thread starter downhilla fosho
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Damn, I want one. But then again it looks like they just ripped off the BR from Transition. Rather support those guys.
There is a good-sized thread about this already...over in the DH forum. Cool stuff.
It looks a heck of a lot like a bottlerocket.
Sorry, I didn't see that one. I feel stupid now.
wow, that thread is 5 pages of people bitching about what slopestyle is and how its ruining the sport
all i can say is: that bike is sexy as hell and almost makes me wanna sell my imperial....almost.
all i can say is: that bike is sexy as hell and almost makes me wanna sell my imperial....almost.
the bottlerocket is a single pivot linked bike. the 6.6 is a VPP design...
Do you really think it's the same design or are you kidding? I have a really hard time deciphering sarcasm on the intarweb sometimes....
i would take the intense over the bottle rocket any day. way lighter and will pedal better
vpp is a little different then single pivot (yes, even linkage activated), just a little
i'm not sure i'll ever get a vpp bike, they all look nice, but they are expensive and the bearings don't last. i took apart my dad's linkage yesterday because he wanted me to check it out, and i couldn't believe it. despite great cleaning jobs with meticulous attention to the pivots, 3 of the 4 bearings on the lower part of the linkage were frozen. after 20 minutes with tri-flow and 4 rags, i had managed to get them partially moving again, while turning all the rags completely brown. the mud and crap that came out of there was just disgusting. his bearings got packed with crap in 8 months, and mine have been going strong for just as long with no dirt in them whatsoever. they were enduro bearings too, so they aren't cheapy ones. vpp seems to work well, but is it worth the hassle of bearings? even though i'm ripping on vpp right now, i have to say that the 6.6 slopestyle frame is growing on me very very fast. mini dh/freeride bike? that thing would rip on the trails with a domain or a 36 talas up front.
That bike is the heat!!
They better get that bike to the market before i get married in May so I can get one before my "purchases" have to go through "senior management" approval!!!
They better get that bike to the market before i get married in May so I can get one before my "purchases" have to go through "senior management" approval!!!