New Intense Spider 275C Launches

Intense Cycles has just taken the wraps off its new full carbon Spider 275C. Offering 115-130mm adjustable rear travel, Boost spacing at the rear and a frame design that gives a massively dropped top tube, it seems to have all the modern ‘must-have’ touches.

It’s two years since the launch of the 27.5in Carbon Tracer and the carbonification of the Intense line continues. We’ll bring you more news from the Sea Otter in a couple of weeks’ time.

Here’s the spec list for the Pro build – which’ll cost £5400 in the UK when they’re out in May.
A frame-only will be £2899

Here is the Pro spec for you. How dropped is that top tube?

SPIDER 275 C Pro Build
Adjustable travel: 4.5” to 5” (115mm to 130mm)
27.5” wheel size
Integrated Boost 148 x 12 dropouts
SL Spider is 300g lighter with titanium hardware, high modulus carbon fiber and carbon top link
Standard Spider is manufactured with EPS molding technology
Internal cable routing
Internal seat tube cable routing for dropper posts
Monocoque front triangle
H2O bottle fitment
Downtime and chain stay flack guard protection
Tapered head tube
Direct mount front derailleur
Angular contact/collet bearing system with replaceable grease zerks

Spider 275C UK Pricing:
Frame with Fox Performance Elite Rear Shock = £2899
Pro Edition Bike = £5499

Due in May.

For more details, see the Intense Spider microsite

Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

Comments (2)

Mr BlobbyMr Blobby April 1, 2016 at 11:10 am

Nice to see Intense considering a lady’s modesty with their frame design.

pb2pb2 April 1, 2016 at 6:49 pm

I have no doubt it will be yet another Intense triumph of style over substance.There is no argument,Intense bikes are lookers but my Intense was my worst ever mountain bike purchase – nothing else has come close,not even crappy Sealskinz pseudo waterproof socks

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