Video: Developing the New Intense M1 DH Bike

 You were balling in 1996! Love the pics!

 @meathooker: Haha, thx! Yeah, 13/14yo me in 95/96 was like “Shaun Palmer isn’t the first dude to ride an M1 in jean shorts, a snowboard (Lib Tech) T-shirt, and full face helmet!” I always refused to wear Spandex from my first NORBA downhill at age 12 (Mt Spokane, 1994). Never understood Spandex =P

 Dang, save some steez for the rest of us.

 This guy fucks

 An OG mtb shredder!

 @WRCDH: were you racing in 2001-2006? We’re similar ages. I raced a lot during that time but not much in your area. Did hit up a race in mt hood around 2003-2004 though

 Cause guys like Jeff stebber , max commencal and Robb roskop have DH racing in their blood . And keep the sport alive , DH ain’t dead . IMO going back to allot is much cheaper to develop then carbon . And carbon can really only be made in Asia to keep the cost down . Alloy gives the manufacturer the option to make bikes in North America and avoid the ridiculous cost of shipping

 @mxmtb: WeAreOne…hold my beer

 @mxmtb: The problem with Alloy is the stress cracks seen on alot of them lately especially on commencal's, We Broke 3 of the new v5 meta, the rear triangle all 3 times.

on the previous gen v4, TR with cracked shock mount & next frame had a big crack under the headtube, Friends one seperated at the headtube and was in a coma for 3 days.

 @HeatedRotor: hey never said alloy didn’t break or have issues just. In a conversation with Dave turner few years back he gave me some numbers of what it costs to make carbon molds ….it’s a ton of money for a small brand. Intense made that carbon m29 and it was not a well received bike . So that’s about a million. Bucks down the drain , I’ve also heard of commencals failure .

 Such a good looking rig! The lines just make it look fast, like the new bike — both of which have the trademark 1994-2024 Intense “Boomerang” seat-tube-area design feature.

But Intense needs to use that original basic INTENSE logo in chrome, with a base outline layer, on their new M1. As well as the original M1 logo. Both would look stellar on the new bike. I don’t really care for the new Intense & M1 logos they showed in the video...the new logos look too “graphic designer with an Adobe account” fancy to me.

 My 98 M1 — a warranty replacement of my 94/95 M1, but inspired a bit by Palmer’s M1 in your pic...along with Tomac’s 97 M1, and Palmer’s orange prototype Manitou X-Vert on his 97 Specialized.
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 Why dissent?

 Someone will be riding one of these with a dropper post and wide range cassette in about 15-20 years. I guarantee it.

 @zyoungson: New Uzzi or Socom...sounds rad I'd ride one now...

 @zyoungson: There is no place for a dropper, that is my point

 But what does a dropper look like in 15-20 years? Telescopic? Electro magnetic?

 @oldfaith: I believe in magic, haha

 @AntN: Yes! Loved my Socom!!

 @bikeridingaled: Socom, very underratted IMO. Great at everything.

 Yup

 Mike too. Yup.

 @Intense4life: Yeah, Greg Minnaar, Mike King, Mick Hannah, and Eric Carter (polished and branded as a Mongoose).

 @WRCDH: Andrew Shandro. Canadian legend. List goes on and on.

 Correction. Was>Haha

 @Tigergoosebumps: buddy of mine has a DHR and it still smashes.

 I reached out to Intense last week. They said Asia production. They'll offer both completes and frames. Geo chart and pricing will be published after Jan 1.