tweaked m6

[xy9ine]

a more curvilinear variation. no idea what the story is. that's a long shock.

http://www.downhill-board.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23465&d=1206481109

[ire]

Is it a custom rig for someone? Maybe just a one off?

[jvnixon]

That's Matti's M6 frame.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8351/22547032rr7.jpg

[mandown]

curvilinear


one of my favorite words.

[RMboy]

i like it!!!

[jonKranked]

Yup, that's definitely a bike. :clue:

[bdamschen]

Thought that was the original design? I vaugely remember seeing something like that shot way back when the M6 was first announced

[manhattanprjkt83]

:drool:

[WODIE]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8351/22547032rr7.jpg
Holy stanchions on that fork..

[Jimmy_Pop]

Holy stanchions on that fork..

those stanchions are sexy thin
http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/anorexia/images/Anorexia-Nervosa-02.jpg

[mandown]

those stanchions are sexy thin
http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/anorexia/images/Anorexia-Nervosa-02.jpg

i followed that link,now i want to puke :poster_oops:

[CBJ]

So the bend in the down tube is to make room for the reversed break arch on the fork.

[ronan]

poor guy gets a revox :(

i prefer the curvier version

[Racerx7734]

I like the bend.......looks nice.

[mandown]

the rockymountain "not-so-flatline" should take a lesson.

[xy9ine]

the rockymountain "not-so-flatline" should take a lesson.

strangely enough, i'm kinda warming up to that bike. it does look better in person, and in a year or so i'm sure we'll be calling the aesthetic avant garde, and everybody will be emulating cubist forms.

[Trekrules]

poor guy gets a revox :(



What's wrong with the revox.Not every frame needs a Fox DHX 5.0 or Vivid:disgust1:.You can't blame Intense for chosing Manitou for there suspension.So a company using manitou shocks is bad and using fox,Marzocchi and Rock Shox is good:disgust1:.If everybody hates manitou why do they make rear shocks if they are all crap.Matti deserve to ride with Manitou suspension instead off fox etc.

[klunky]

The Revox can be a good shock if played with but the standard one is garbage. Im sure Matti will have his suspension sorted.....or will we see him on an alturnative fork half way through the season

[ronan]

What's wrong with the revox.Not every frame needs a Fox DHX 5.0 or Vivid:disgust1:.You can't blame Intense for chosing Manitou for there suspension.So a company using manitou shocks is bad and using fox,Marzocchi and Rock Shox is good:disgust1:.If everybody hates manitou why do they make rear shocks if they are all crap.Matti deserve to ride with Manitou suspension instead off fox etc.

because he could of had a db

[FCLinder]

poor guy gets a revox :(

i prefer the curvier version

Last I was told the Intense riders will be running a Cane Creek DB. Maybe things have changed or they just don't have their shocks yet. I know CC built a 10.5x3.5 mainly for Intense to use and Morewood was also testing it on their new frame. Guess we will not really know till the main season starts.

[springfish]

That curve is not available to the general public, also I'm pretty sure that was only a prototype and won't be raced. Don't quote me on that though.

[Lollapalooza]

That's definitely a sick looking bike. As for the Revox, I know before MS Racing acquired the Intense team, all of their shocks were "tuned" (internals completely replaced)by Ohlins, the minds behind the DB. Hopefully, they're still doing that.

[Trekrules]

if you look closer to the revox shock in the picture you can see letters on the shock body.I think this revox is tuned by Pushed that means the revox shock is far better than before.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_UUqzwmJ_Rqo/R-1OIirEmHI/AAAAAAAAAgc/fjIWqcCTs2E/s1600/medium.jpg

[sriracha]

That curve is not available to the general public, also I'm pretty sure that was only a prototype and won't be raced. Don't quote me on that though.


...oops, i just quoted you on that.

[Pip3r]

So the bend in the down tube is to make room for the reversed break arch on the fork.

it seriously might be considering how slammed he is running the fork.

that thing is so hot looking

[ire]

it seriously might be considering how slammed he is running the fork.

that thing is so hot looking

Those forks are tall, I suspect its more to accommodate the larger rear shock

[springfish]

...oops, i just quoted you on that.

Damn you.

[la_cleta]

poor guy gets a revox :(

i prefer the curvier version

i bet there's something more ;)

[P.T.W]

...oops, i just quoted you on that.

woopz!!! i just quoted your quoting:poster_oops:

[xy9ine]

now this variation is hot:

http://fotos.mtb-news.de/img/photos/1/9/8/1/1/_/large/m3evo2.JPG

[Zark]

thats hawt!

[kOlsen]

That's the frame they built for Matti for Sea Otter. He didn't race it though.

Sure looks sexy

[Dartman]

That's the frame they built for Matti for Sea Otter. He didn't race it though.

Sure looks sexy

Then he should give it to me. I'll race it!!! :beerjam:

[nwd_26]

Thought that was the original design? I vaugely remember seeing something like that shot way back when the M6 was first announced

Back when it was still called the M5? By the way, anyone know why they suddenly changed the name from M5 to M6 in the prototype stage? I remember seeing the exact same build on their site twice, just with M5 decals the first time around. strange...

[Zark]

I hope they build it as a Socom replacement with slacker lower geo.
Pretty please! :)

[kOlsen]

Then he should give it to me. I'll race it!!! :beerjam:

I would race it too! :banana:

[Zark]

By the way, anyone know why they suddenly changed the name from M5 to M6 in the prototype stage?

Specialized broke out the lawyers thinking everyone was going to conufse their proprietary al tubing (marketing hype) with a DH bike:huh:

[?????]

Specialized broke out the lawyers thinking everyone was going to conufse their proprietary al tubing (marketing hype) with a DH bike:huh:

yup... they must still be pissy because Intense isn't funding their FSR design anymore.

[nwd_26]

Specialized broke out the lawyers thinking everyone was going to conufse their proprietary al tubing (marketing hype) with a DH bike:huh:

...specialized's corporate bull**** strikes again. amazing.

[?????]

amazingly though... none of the enginerds had a heart attack over the curved down tube like they did with the new specialized bikes.