Interbike Day 3 - Shiny toys!
2010 is going to be an exciting year for Intense Cycles, as well as all the riders who are fans of the Californian bikes. With two exciting new models in the line up there is plenty to drool over. The much anticipated new Intense hardtail has finally dropped and I doubt anyone could not love what they did with it. Being a hardtail, there is obviously no VPP trickery going on out back, but the Tazer manages to have those Intense lines that the company is known for. The second new rig was being e-speculated long before anyone outside of Intense had ever seen the bike. The Slopestyle is new from the ground up and looks amazing. All the park rats out there better start saving their allowance!
• Completely new Slopestyle frame for '10
• Adjustable travel, 6"- 6.5"
• 135 mm dropouts
• 1.5" headtube
• 73 mm BB shell
• Completely new hardtail frame for '10
• 1.5" headtube
• Adjustable dropouts
• Singlespeed compatible dropouts
Visit Intensecycles.com for more info on the beautiful bikes you see here!
Twenty6 products needs to be careful otherwise soon they'll be making parts far too pretty to get dirty. Well known for producing some of the most stunning bits and then finishing them off with insane colors, Twenty6 looks to have a new pedal ready to go soon. As if the Rallye pedal wasn't trick enough already, this new model takes it a step further. Their booth was packed too full of people drooling over the goods for me to get any information, so instead I'll just let you look at these beauties and try to figure out some sort of savings plan so you'll have the money ready when they hit the shelves.
Head over to Twenty6.com to see more lovely bike bits!
DT Swiss EXC 150 carbon enduro fork
If you could ever call a fork sexy, the DT Swiss EXC Enduro carbon fork would have to be the one. Carbon is used for both the lowers and hollow crown while magnesium is used for the dropouts and post brake mount, the EXC 150 weighs in at 1695g! Intended for trail and enduro riding, the EXC fork is available in both 130 mm and 150 mm travel options. This one is on my short list!
• Super light enduro trail fork
• 1695g.
• Hollow carbon arch and lowers with magnesium dropouts
• 15 mm thru-axle or 9 mm QR dropout options
• 130 mm and 150 mm travel options
• Adjustments include Launch Control, Launch Control Threshhold, Rebound, Compression
DT Swiss carbon enduro wheelset
• Unidirectional carbon rim (no cosmetic weave)
• Handmade rim
• 29 mm wide outer width
• Works great with 2.35" - 2.5" AM tires
• Double butted and bladed spokes in white
• DT Pro Lock hexagonal aluminum nipples
DT Swiss Tricon XM 1550 wheelset
DT Swiss mixes things up for 2010 by introducing a completely new prebuilt wheelset called the XM 1550 Tricon. The new wheels use a brand new SBWT welded rim that uses a new proprietary tubeless spoke system. The bladed spokes are actually inserted through the top of the rim and held in place with an aluminum anchor. Once tensioned it is impossible for the anchor to come out. The hubs are made with the same great DT quality, the rear using DT's super simple Star Ratchet system.
• 9 mm and 15 mm front hub options
• 10 x 135 mm and 12 mm x 142 mm rear hub options
• Straight pull double butted and bladed spokes
• DT Pro Lock Torx nipples
• Rear hub uses same DT Star Ratchet drive system
Look how it all goes together:
Visit DTSwiss.com for more info on all these products and more!
Have a look at the entire Interbike 2009 gallery!
Mike "kakah" Levy
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what forks up front?
new fox for 2010 or what?
It's a single crown, yet llookss longer than a 36,
a 38 maybe?