Tag: Intense

  • New Tracer Gets Intenser

    New Tracer Gets Intenser

    Intense Cycles never rest on their laurels, with new bikes and tweaks to their range continuing to forge their position as an industry innovator. The latest Tracer has just been dropped and it’s a beast, with more travel and a more aggressive stance placing it firmly at the rowdier end of the trail bike spectrum.…

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  • Ridden: Intense Recluse

    Ridden: Intense Recluse

    Right about now Intense Cycles are pulling yet another new bike from the shed, and we’ve been able to get a few rides in on it. The Recluse is a mid-travel bike with a slant towards the rowdy end of things. With 27.5 hoops, Boost, a 150mm Fox 36 fork and 140mm of Float X2 damped rear…

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  • Intense Goes Plus

    Intense Goes Plus

    The Plus train just keeps on a’rollin with Intense the latest maker on board with their ACV (Air Cushioned Vehicle). 150 up front, 130 or 110 out back, the new JS Tuned suspension platform, Boost, can take 29er hoops, and that paint job!  115 or 130mm (4.5 or 5-inches) Rear Travel // 150mm (5.9-inches) Front Travel JS…

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  • Insider Rides: Grom’s Tracer 275c

    Insider Rides: Grom’s Tracer 275c

    Insider Rides looks at the bikes that we ride, the bikes that industry insiders ride, that racers ride, and everyday folk ride. For this instalment, we are shown around the Intense Tracer 275c of Kris ‘Grom’ Withington, guru at Wide Open Distributors in Rotorua and former mechanic for the Garmin pro road racing team. While Kris still…

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  • 40 Years Of 55

    40 Years Of 55

    Despite how bad he is at parking a motorhome or his reluctance to wear a shirt, you can’t deny that Brian Lopes is fast reaching legend status in mountain biking, if he hasn’t already. And why not, he’s been on a bike most of his life, was a BMX maven before he ever hopped on…

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