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Haro DHR 2003

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Category: Bikes - DH
Date Posted: Oct 30, 2016 at 20:43
Oct 30, 2016
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland

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heavyp (Nov 10, 2016 at 14:10)

I only recently sold mine, red with a fresh sticker kit and intense M1 rocker which took ages to find instead of the flimsy single plates they used ion these. My dream was to make the same bike as Minnaar rode to the world champs in 2003 only to find out the team bikes were completely different...... Team frames were intense m1 front triangles with Uzzi dh seat tower one came up for sale over here in Australia last year Mick Hannahs old one and it only sold for 250 quid. Only a hand full made for mick and greg... good luck with the build can't wait to see it

heavyp (Nov 10, 2016 at 14:13)

www.pinkbike.com/photo/13059859

heavyp (Nov 10, 2016 at 14:13)

www.pinkbike.com/photo/13059858

sewer-rat (Oct 30, 2016 at 23:35)

Nah, not special enough IMO. Great bikes that I know got disguised as Intense but not up there in my eyes, look for a Tomas or DH9 instead

Shiny-side-up (Oct 30, 2016 at 23:52)

Have 2 DH9s, 1 minter and 1 for spares... I do like the Tomac, especially the Lawwil one

www.pinkbike.com/photo/12350049

stixxx47 (Oct 31, 2016 at 5:26)

www.pinkbike.com/buysell/1569246

seraph (Oct 31, 2016 at 16:52)

Other way around actually. Haros were disguised Intense bikes.

Shiny-side-up (Oct 31, 2016 at 17:25)

@seraph: Correct!

sewer-rat (Nov 1, 2016 at 1:38)

@seraph: Ah yes, my old mind sometimes gets things back to front lol

dirtchurner (Oct 31, 2016 at 8:43)

brakes and fork are nice. Better to look for a old schwinn lawhill DH rig if you want to restore a squishy bike for this period.

Shiny-side-up (Oct 31, 2016 at 13:14)

Have a Yeti DH lawwil bud so the Schwinn is too similar to be worth it

dirtchurner (Nov 1, 2016 at 7:23)

@Shiny-side-up: AHHH YES. Cheers then.

sewer-rat (Oct 30, 2016 at 23:35)

*tomac

DerkGort (Oct 30, 2016 at 23:50)

Looks Nice, Always Cool to restore ofcourse, but I have to agree with @sewer-rat.

DerkGort (Oct 30, 2016 at 23:53)

m.pinkbike.com/buysell/1913865 try one like this instead.

Awsome bikes. I still have mine

Shiny-side-up (Oct 30, 2016 at 23:58)

@DerkGort: Oh man that is cool

DerkGort (Oct 31, 2016 at 0:04)

@Shiny-side-up: Yes they are. Mine got abused to much and kept on cracking, but os here in my living room on the Wall

. never found decals though. But with a nice manitou xvert or a one older dorado... Sweet.

Shiny-side-up (Oct 31, 2016 at 0:05)

@DerkGort: I think i can get decals made for it by measuring the old ones... Hmmm

DerkGort (Oct 31, 2016 at 0:10)

@Shiny-side-up: Nice... They are Nice and really fun,light to ride.

(sell me the shiver thats on it if you get it :p )

ronald-i (Oct 31, 2016 at 8:04)

Intresting! You dont see the haros nearly as often. go for it!

Shiny-side-up (Nov 15, 2016 at 7:36)

Done it! Might take a while though

pigman65 (Oct 31, 2016 at 10:50)

You can never have enough bikes !

christillott (Oct 30, 2016 at 23:34)

Go for it

nickkk (Oct 31, 2016 at 0:10)

Do it! Always liked the one Minnaar rode years ago.

Shiny-side-up (Oct 31, 2016 at 0:13)

That's what i would be aiming for, i even like it more than the Intense M1

nickkk (Oct 31, 2016 at 0:16)

@Shiny-side-up: nice. Always coveted that ride at the time. Was it a Dorado front end?

Shiny-side-up (Oct 31, 2016 at 0:20)

@nickkk: Yeah > www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/Bikes-Then-and-Now-Greg-Minnaar,7553/Greg-Minnaars-Haro-Intense-DHR-circa-2003,75695/sspomer,2

I've found an original decal kit same as pictured aswell

dh-bomber (Oct 31, 2016 at 0:41)

@Shiny-side-up: nice ! if you did it up like that 03 and get a dorado also, that would be dope . i always wanted one back then when it was new . because our local bike man was dealing norco and haro . brings back memories for me

Shiny-side-up (Oct 31, 2016 at 0:44)

@dh-bomber: Sounds like a plan, will have to try and buy it for a reasonable price first so won't count my chickens just yet

nickkk (Oct 31, 2016 at 1:37)

@Shiny-side-up: what was the Intense name for this model? was it the M3?

Shiny-side-up (Oct 31, 2016 at 1:40)

@nickkk: Just going by Gregs comments under the photo of it, seems like it had an M1 rear end and part of the front monocoque but with Uzzi style seat tower. Also slacker head angle and lower BB than M1.
I'm not sure if there was a matching Intense model?

nickkk (Oct 31, 2016 at 7:08)

@Shiny-side-up: oh cool. I never realised that it was a Frankenstein Intense..! pretty neat. I just assumed it was a rebadged Intense model of some kind given that they used to do that with other manufacturers back in the day like Giant etc.

dh-bomber (Oct 31, 2016 at 13:46)

@Shiny-side-up i was checking this out the other day
www.pinkbike.com/photo/13551649

Shiny-side-up (Oct 31, 2016 at 14:01)

@dh-bomber: I want the fork from that

dh-bomber (Oct 31, 2016 at 18:42)

@Shiny-side-up: haha i bet

Shiny-side-up (Oct 31, 2016 at 18:48)

@dh-bomber: So, you buy the bike and i trade you a Shiver DC? Deal

dh-bomber (Nov 1, 2016 at 12:18)

@Shiny-side-up: shivers are nice ! haha but i don't know if i would split them apart . but check these out .
www.pinkbike.com/buysell/2043839

Shiny-side-up (Nov 2, 2016 at 1:48)

@dh-bomber: Thanks for the link, lucky for me the guy is willing to send them over here!

dh-bomber (Nov 2, 2016 at 11:19)

@Shiny-side-up: No problem buddy !