Out of curiosity:
In my time since joining this forum, I haven't seen many Intense, Mountain Cycle or Foes owners (that are overtly obvious from sigs/mynewbike posts/pimpmyride/postyourrigs).
Are there many on this forum? Many you come across on regular rides? |
Originally Posted by Funkychicken
(Post 6281851)
In my time since joining this forum, I haven't seen many Intense, Mountain Cycle or Foes owners (that are overtly obvious from sigs/mynewbike posts/pimpmyride/postyourrigs).
Are there many on this forum? Many you come across on regular rides? |
You will find many more in a more gravity-oriented forum. Also, Mountain Cycle has been in flux for a number of years due to shakeups at Kinesis.
Lastly, they are horrifically EXPENSIVE - - definitely the boutique of the boutique brands that few are going to drop the money for. |
Originally Posted by BenLi
(Post 6281860)
IIRC, I think Pete had a Foes bike.
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and I thought the trek fuel ex 9.5 was ridiculous at $6,300
Then again, it hurt when I paid $2,800 for mine, lightly used. |
There are a shyte load of Intense bikes on the trails around here as well as Foes (both local companies that make great bikes). Not to many Mountain Cycles but you do see a few but they are usually older models, I have not seen any new ones.
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Jenson is selling Intense Spiders now for about 2700-3000. Not bad.
Dminor, what's been going on at Kinesis? |
Originally Posted by rankin116
(Post 6282800)
Jenson is selling Intense Spiders now for about 2700-3000. Not bad.
Dminor, what's been going on at Kinesis? In the meantime, Specialized's lawyers got into it hot and heavy around Stumpjumper-anniversary time in some brand-protection pissiness with Kinesis/MC - - over MC's plan to release a bike named the Stumptown. Never mind that Stumptown was a nickname for Portland 150 years before the Stumpjumper was a gleam in Mike Sinyard's eye. [While I'm on that subject, the Bothell Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club should sue Specialized for name infringement by associating a two-wheeled conveyance with the name Stumpjumper when the club was already doing that more than ten years before. I mean if we're going to get all lawyerly about this . . . .] Mountain Cycle was to be headed up by Doug Stuart, former CEO of Full Speed Ahead (FSA); but that didn't last long, because Stuart now heads up Corsair Bikes (http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-tr...4150952-1.html watch this company - -they've got some cool stuff). Here are some links at BikePortland that shed a bit more light: http://www.bikeportland.org/wp-conte...%20RELEASE.pdf http://bikeportland.org/2006/03/31/m...ues-statement/
Originally Posted by dirtbikedude
(Post 6282798)
There are a shyte load of Intense bikes on the trails around here as well as Foes (both local companies that make great bikes). . . .
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intense and yeti are nice but overpriced in my opinion
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Originally Posted by wethepeople
(Post 6282290)
He had an Intense.
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I was mistaken, it was a Foes Fly, I recalled an Intense m5.
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nice to know all, thanks.
Originally Posted by elf 232
(Post 6284159)
intense and yeti are nice but overpriced in my opinion
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Originally Posted by Funkychicken
(Post 6289315)
nice to know all, thanks.
yeti's are almost commonplace here (Australia). almost as many as c'dales. but I havent seen a single intense or foes on the trail. from photos on local websites it seems even nicolais (although most always in hardtail variety) are more common. |
My buddy was sponsored by mountain cycles. I see lots of those bikes around town, and if I begin to frequent ridemonkey or mtbr they tend to have a high percentage owners than here.
Personally I have never seen the reason for dropping that much coin, I am not into the boutique side of the industry. |
I had an Uzzi SL, cracked the frame a couple of years ago and haven't had the money to buy another one, but I LOVED that frame!
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