2014 Intense Tracer T275 Carbon massively upgraded 25.90 lbs

**** SALE PENDING *****

Selling my upgraded Intense T275. I started with the Pro build, but then end up swapping out the majority of parts. Quite a lot of attention to detail went into this to make it this light. It's currently 25.90 lbs as shown with pedals. But it's not just light. Too many people go all weight weenie, and then end up with a crappy impractical bike. This thing is light, but still completely all-mountain and badass. I have three bikes in rotation, so this one has seen limited use. My best guess is 25 rides and 350 miles. I build a new bike every year, as the OCD bike disease and build is a big part of the fun for me.

This thing does downhill like no other. My first impression of it was that of a bobsled. It's like you ride down in it, tucked down in. This has really made downhills for me a whole new world. And it has me stumped why so many people rode 71deg head angles for the last 25 years. I have ridden this bike in rocky terrain. I have crashed a couple times, though nothing serious. The rims have rock marring marks here and there, from riding through rocky rugged trails. The frame has a few small scrapes, but nothing to be concerned with. I didn't build up a completely badass bike only to have it parked next to a baby stroller in the garage and polished every week. I built it to ride it and that includes trails with some seriously rugged rocky chunder. Please have a good look at the photos provided.

Frame:
Size large, carbon goodness. Rockshox Monarch rc3 shock. 160mm or 140mm travel. I swapped the shock bolts and lower vpp pivot bolts out for Titanium bolts. I will include the stock steel bolts. I swapped the stock seat QR for a fixed one. The stock QR was surprisingly heavy, and I see no need for a seat QR on a bike with a dropper post. I'll include the QR. I removed the heavy front derailleur cover plate, again will include that in case you want to weigh your bike down with dead weight. Also swapped out the steel bolts for the reverb line out for aluminum. Some of this stuff sounds silly, but it all adds up. The fork is the 160mm travel RCT3 Pike that came with the bike. Now that I've ridden with a Pike, I don't want to ride a bike w/o a Pike.

Braking:
Shimano XTR m988 Trail brakes
Shimano RT99 180mm Freeza front centerlock rotor
Shimano RT86 160mm IceTech rear rotor
Shimano F03c metal pads with cooling fins
Rear adapter is a MA90 version which is lighter than the standard MA version
Aluminum brake lever bolts (will include stock steel bolts)
Titanium caliper and adapter mounting bolts
Titanium Torx-head rotor bolts on the rear

Cockpit:
Easton Havoc 35 800mm bars and Race Face Atlas 35 50mm stem. Really stiff, strong and light combination. I swapped to Titanium bolts for the stem.
Intense lock-on grips. I also have some ODI dual lock somethings I will include.
WTB Volt Titanium rail saddle (I'd be down to keep this and knock $45 off the price if you don't want it).
Rockshox Reverb Stealth dropper post.

Wheels:
A lot of thought and OCD behavior went into these wheels. I made my life a bit complicated here in the pursuit of something a better than the norm. Rims are Light-Bicycle AM 35mm wide carbon rims. I was a tad unsure about these going in, but now that I've ridden them, they are going on all my bikes in the future. The 35mm width does great things for tire stability and cornering. They are very lightweight, and have been rock solid. The rim section allows every tire I've mounted on them to be inflated with a floor pump -- no compressor needed. I chose the matte 3k fabric outer finish for a reason. Carbon fabric is much more damage tolerant than unidirectional material. Somehow the cycling world has come to see unidirectional carbon as higher performance than fabric. Well all of these rims are made with unidirectional carbon on the inside where it counts. It's just the outer two plies that are carbon fabric. I'm still confused why certain expensive high-end wheel companies sell mtn bike rims with unidirectional carbon on the outside. Fabric is more damage tolerant and would be a much more sensible choice. Maybe they don't ride their stuff in rocky terrain?!? I just don't get it. But I digress...
Spokes are Sapim CX-Ray straight-pull. These are the strongest/best spokes I know of. Using aero spokes on an all-mountain bike may seem dumb, but I prefer them for the simple reason that the flat sides give you something to grab onto with a spoke holder tool while building the wheel and tensioning up the spokes. I prefer straight pull spokes for pure mechanical sense - it's a more direct load path.
DT 350 straight-pull centerlock front hub, really light and simple, and it allows the use of a Shimano Freeza rotor.
Roval/DT 142+ rear hub w/ upgraded 36t ratchet. Specialized has us convinced 142+ only works on their bikes. Well it depends. I chose this hub because I wanted to get the widest possible flange width for a better bracing angle (hence strength) on the drive side. With the lathe at work I machined the drive-side spacer to give 143.2mm total hub width and 0.025” clearance between chain and frame when in the 10t cog. The frame measures 143.8mm across the dropouts when there's no wheel in place and it is in a stress-free state. These wheels have been flawless since day one.
Tires are Maxxis Ikon 2.35 rear and Ardent 2.4 front. I found the Maxxis High Roller II's to be very slow rolling. They have a pile of grip, but rolled slow and were heavy. I also had some indications here and there that the HR II was a bit to square profiled for the 35mm wide rims. The Ardent 2.4 knocks off 100g, and has a really nice round profile. Braking traction isn't as good as the HR II, but it rolls faster. The Ikon 2.35 made the bike a lot faster rolling - a huge difference compared to the HR II. Traction has been surprisingly good. The Ikon has a very small cut near the bead, about 3/16". This happened on the 2nd ride out. I had a leaking valve stem which led to low tire pressure, and then a rock cut. I patched the tire from the inside, and it's been holding fine ever since. I will include an extra HR II free.

Drivetrain:
Sram X0 carbon crank, GXP, 175mm. Race Face crank booties in place since day one.
Absolute Black narrow-wide spiderless 32T ring - these are the lightest/coolest spiderless rings out there.
Sram XO1 derailleur, shifter, and cassette. Once you ride with XX1 or X01, I can't imagine anyone wanting to use anything else.
Sram chain.
My current plan is to sell the bike without pedals. I've been using these Xpedo MF-8 Ti/Ti pedals for years and really like them. They are 220g for the pair, come with a 175 lb rider weight limit, and aren't the easiest to get in and out of. They really don't fit the character of the bike. So the price as listed is w/o pedals. If you really want these, they can come along for another $125. But you probably shouldn't want them.

Local pickup is vastly preferred, though I realize that will be tough for the stars to align that easily. Shipping adds $125 to the price. If there's some parts here you don't want, we can negotiate those off in exchange for some dollars coming off. I'm reasonable.