Hot at the Roc – Shaun Palmer’s Intense

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by Dave Anderson October 10, 2014 7

Intense are proud to have Shaun Palmer back on board as a brand ambassador: evidently there’s no plans for him to race. Taking pride of place on the Intense stand was his old race bike. It’s interesting to see how far downhill bikes have come in such a short amount of time.

Stars and stripes.

Wet paint cracks with time

It’s all about the swag, and a tyre bump stop for the rear derailleur

HS33 hydraulic rim brakes, as good as it got in pre disc times

Matching SDG saddle

Neat tyre bump stops

Don’t those Boxxers look thin now

There’s a fair bit of wear on the stanchions

Mavic 121 Ceramic rim and IRC Missile

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Comments (7)

The PinksterThe Pinkster October 10, 2014 at 3:32 pm

By ‘eck that takes me back. I used to dream of owning an M1.

Do IRC still make MTB tyres?

slofoxslofox October 10, 2014 at 5:10 pm

Coo yes I remember the days of Shaun Palmer and who remember Missie Giove?

slofoxslofox October 10, 2014 at 5:11 pm

And dig those hydraulic rim brakes!

bocoboco October 10, 2014 at 5:13 pm

The joys of getting old…I had a set of Mavic ceramic rims built up for my DBR Vertex. They out lasted the frame!

howsyourdad1howsyourdad1 October 11, 2014 at 7:09 am

I remember buying ‘Chainsmoke’ on VHS and worshipping him as a 14 year old, thought he was the coolest guy in the planet

matt_outandaboutmatt_outandabout October 11, 2014 at 7:53 am

I always thought he was a bit of an idiot.

jimmawelonjimmawelon October 13, 2014 at 8:35 pm

Those tyre bumpstops are actually made from old handlebar grips are they not?

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