Intense 2951

Intense s'attaque au VTT de descente en 29 pouces. Pour l'heure, il ne s'agit que d'un prototype mais Jeff Steber veut, grâce à ce modèle, ouvrir le débat sur les roues de 29 pouce dans la pratique de la descente.
Voici les caractéristiques de la bête énoncées par Jeff lui même :

" With a little help from Manitou / Sun & WTB we have the "2951"
This first proto is in the medium range 23.5 effective tt.
G3 dropout & Head tube
14" bb in middle, w 64.5 ha @ 0
CS 18.25"
WB 48"
Where do you start with this, so I went with tried & true and we have a bit of adjustability to play with.
Travel is at 7.5 or 8" with adjustable link.
fork is reduced to 7"
So everyone who has thrown a leg over it is blown away in one aspect or another.
This is just a test project at this point & hope to get some team riders on real tracks in near future. Tires are the biggest issue at this point but if it pans out I am sure Intense Tires will step up for some racing rubber choices.
The 951 frame works well for this as there is alot of room for seatube tire clearance.

the frame uses the same suspention locations so it can also accept the standard 26" 951 rear just like our Spider 29 did ( Spider 69) so we can also test that setup. This was just a project I did in my spare time so I havn't lost focus on the main projects going on currently."