What's cooking at Intense hq....

It's neither as far off nor as far-fetched as you might think....see this:

https://www.presstelegram.com/2018/...electric-scooter-share-program-in-long-beach/

You'll be able to self-shuttle with a little creative thinking.

 

So for companies yet to go to the dark side we have.....off the top of my head

Norco...
Santa Cruz (although their parent company owns focus , heavily invested) (I actually wrote infested first)
Ibis
Yeti
Transition

 

Guerilla gravity
Niner
Yt

 

Cotic (steel is real!)
Evil (awesome names are real!)
Salsa/Surly/All-City (QBP is real!)
YT (something-something is real!)

 

Looks fruity

 

WTF, they actually went out of their way to make it look like a motorcycle.

 

Moped...it has pedals. Sheesh.

 

Hideous....

 

Still not legal in OC Parks.

 

I saw this in Aliso today. New trail signs, and the "no e-mtbs" are NOT some joker's aftermarket application. It's real.



Oh and Dripping Cave is only easy to the cave, after that, it's a bitch!

 

That explains why they were on Black Star by the dozens today when we finished... Thankfully that's as far as they go. Apparently they turn into pumpkins past Beeks. For now. I have yet to see one on the Motorway loops.

 

And Banshee

 

Last time I was up at the Golf Ball I saw two. Apparent couple, man and wife, appeared to be in their 50s, or early 60s, but not obviously enfeebled. Except by their choice of rides, that is.

 

Don't Taz(er) me bro

 

To be fair, it just looks like every other Intense. Since they are 909 folks that are appealing to the flatbill broh aesthetic, that makes sense. I'm almost surprised they don't have a model called the coalroller.

I can't wait till SC makes an eBike.

 

Ha! I resemble that comment!

 

They said is in honor of their moto background.

 

The new Tracer cruiser....

 

No hate on the IE, just to be clear. Some of favorite people and trails are out there.

 

We can handle it...

 

I'm going to upchuck now. Click here to barf with me - or just read this crap:

The development of the Tazer was really similar to the very first bike INTENSE ever built. In the early 90’s, when Founder Jeff Steber first rode an MTB, he immediately had dozens of ideas about changes and tweaks he could make on the bike to improve it’s performance and appearance. Eventually, after making so many changes, he decided to make a bike from the ground-up, and Intense was born.

Not unlike that experience, Jeff has taken what he’s learned from riding E-bikes and applied his own tweaks and innovations. His goal was to make an E-bike that didn’t feel cumbersome, had a seamless pedal-to-power transition and delivered a true mountain bike experience.

I'm not gagging because of the appearance of the bike. It's fairly attractive for its class. But it shouldn't exist. I know a better way to "deliver a true mountain bike experience." Don't you?

 

I think he has more money than you do, and probably a less well-developed sense of outrage.

 

I would never have purchased an Intense had this thing had been out a year ago. Lame.

 

Let Intense know that.

 

Pretty sure they would laugh and say "you'll be missed."

Clearly the demand for the motorbikes worldwide is more compelling than the 27 people who are outraged that they built an e-bike.

 

I disagree. Plus I have no problem telling a manufacturer I’m. It buying anymore product from them.

 

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