Intense SS

jay12

after more than 2 years of abuse and all sorts of riding, it was time to upgrade frames from my kinesis pha5e!

i decided to get a full suspension freeride frame this time and saw this intense slopestyle for £550 used on pinkbike. so now it's finally here! the frame is a 09 but still in great condition. it's a size medium and has 165mm travel out back.

spec:
frame: intense slopestyle mk1 size medium
shock: fox dhx5 coil
fork: 06 marzocchi 66 rc2x
wheels: pro2 on mavic en521
brakes: shimano xt with 185 rotors
cranks: shimano saint
bb: saint
rear mech: saint short cage
shifter: slx
cassette: tiagra 11-25
chain: sram pc951
chainguide: e13 ls1
pedals: kona wah wah
headset: cane creek reducer
stem: easton havoc 35mm
handlebars: chromag osx 760mm
seatpost: easton ea70
seat: sdg aliso
tyres: maxxis high roller 2

Thewaylander

Gief......

delcol

£550 paperrounds pay far to much these days.. i dont know the youth of today they dont know they born...
you still got those crap chromag bars


nice bike,, you deserve it you been waiting long enough for it....

now go get it muddy..

jay12

delcol wrote:

£550 paperrounds pay far to much these days.. i dont know the youth of today they dont know they born...
you still got those crap chromag bars


nice bike,, you deserve it you been waiting long enough for it....

now go get it muddy..

i'm not complaining

i will do on saturday, but with this weather it'll just get dusty!

Majski

That is so nice. Would be nicer with some proper forks! but fair play i'd love one of them frames

blister pus

I hope your parents bought you some special little step ladders to mount that thing safely young man!

Nice find. Enjoy.

jay12

got a proper camera so here's a better picture of it:


also found my old bashguard so i decided to use it as a "taco" bashguard to protect the chainring when the shock goes through it's travel. i cut the bash guard pretty much in half then used a shimano saint chainring bolt through one of the dedicated holes. you can buy one similar like to what i made but it's £20 for a piece of plastic!

here's some close ups:

bluechair84

You got all that bike for 550 quid?? That's an epic find if you did! Or did the frame cost 550 quid? I had an Intense and I absolutely love the suspension. Howard is another BR member with an SS and it's very nice to ride, I likes it a lot. Congrats on getting something epic, now get in the steez.

jay12

bluechair84 wrote:

You got all that bike for 550 quid?? That's an epic find if you did! Or did the frame cost 550 quid? I had an Intense and I absolutely love the suspension. Howard is another BR member with an SS and it's very nice to ride, I likes it a lot. Congrats on getting something epic, now get in the steez.

550 for the bike would be too good to be true :P. yeah 550 for the frame with headset, shock and seatpost

indeed, i love the suspension. good for pedalling but work great when it gets rough

delcol

lso found my old bashguard so i decided to use it as a "taco" bashguard to protect the chainring when the shock goes through it's travel. i cut the bash guard pretty much in half then used a shimano saint chainring bolt through one of the dedicated holes. you can buy one similar like to what i made but it's £20 for a piece of plastic!

can tell you watch bluepeter.. here's one i ade earlier.

good job,, thats one sweet ride...

1mancity2

£550 you grabbed a bargain, looks really well, how do you find the high roller 2 Jay?

jay12

1mancity2 wrote:

£550 you grabbed a bargain, looks really well, how do you find the high roller 2 Jay?

awesome! have ridden them everything from hard pack and dusty trails to sloppy mud. they're perfect for dry and damp conditions, i would rather run a wet scream on the front if it's really muddy. but yeah, imo they are better than the high rollers and seem to last longer. had them since september last year, rode most weekend and they are still in great condition

lawman

Top looking bike Jay! always been a fan of the Slopestyle, why they discontinued the newer one is anyones guess! wouldn't mind having one tbh, if I get more into DH over the next few years at uni I may well be tempted, either one of these or a blur 4x for ragging about on.

jay12

lawman wrote:

Top looking bike Jay! always been a fan of the Slopestyle, why they discontinued the newer one is anyones guess! wouldn't mind having one tbh, if I get more into DH over the next few years at uni I may well be tempted, either one of these or a blur 4x for ragging about on.

thanks! it's a great bike and i really enjoy riding it. they're very well made too so i look forward to using it for years to come

jay12

bit of an update. had some major changes recently. new mavic ex721 back rim, aztec 203mm rotor and of course some 2009 rock shox totem forks

The Northern Monkey

How do you find the totems?

I'll be investing in some if CRC can't give me an answer on some zocchi's!

jay12

The Northern Monkey wrote:

How do you find the totems?

I'll be investing in some if CRC can't give me an answer on some zocchi's!

not been on a proper ride but damn they are smooth and solid. mine have high and low speed compression and flood gate adjustments so you can really set them to how you want them to behave.

i managed to get these for just £250 in pristine condition from pinkbike and are a lot better than my 66s. i'll tell you more once i give them a good test ride tommorow

jay12

went riding yesterday and these are easily the best forks i've had. smooth and solid feel. great range of adjustments and just overall awesome forks. defiantly my choice of long travel single crown forks