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In Singletrack issue 121 we tested this Intense Sniper XC Elite
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this is the intense sniper XE the
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cross-country race variant of the sniper
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there's a trail and there's a race XC
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and this is very race it is it's hundred
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mill hundred mill the the trailers are
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120 120 this is 100 ml of going as fast
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as possible
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full carbon suspension joy it is joy I
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don't think you should let going as fast
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as possible put you off if you're not
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very fast because I think it's lots of
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fun and it's really light it's
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outrageously light there's it's all
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carbon link carbon back-end the lower
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link is magnesium for main triangle is
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carbon it's got a carbon bars it's got a
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carbon dropper little foam floating
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grips it's got a carbon dropper lever
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it's got all of the lightness the tires
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are pretty minimal without being stupid
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Oh carbon rims as well they so it's also
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good if you need to carry your bike a
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long way it is it's superlight I found
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it I mean doesn't really look it but I
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found the sort of drop from the saddle
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to the bars quite noticeable and I found
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that my weight was obviously on my hands
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a bit more than on say the Yeti which is
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higher and yeah I like a nice relaxed
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position and I didn't find that with
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this I just found it really comfortable
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to ride
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I found it finally very comfortable but
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it was I found that I was over the front
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end quite noticeably it's still quite a
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slack buying for a race machine inside
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you know under 68 degree had angle but I
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found that I was sort of over the front
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and there I was in the moment ready to
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make line choices
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yes the first time I wrote this it was
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very very wet and and it was also very
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steep and I did some deep breathing
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exercises but I still got down it yeah
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yeah it was good fun
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it definitely rewards you I think for a
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bit of steering with your bum right and
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not necessarily just doing with your
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hands
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although it's super precise steer I
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found myself hitting rocks and stuff on
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other bikes having ridden this because
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you just got I want to I want to ride
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there even though this has you know
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slimmer this has thirty twos which is no
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small no small on the rocks I think yeah
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but it is still just so nippy yeah I
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really enjoyed this yeah there seems to
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be universally praised among people who
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wanted to go fight out fast and and just
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you know not racing just as fast as
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possible on trails they enjoyed mm-hmm
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or just enjoying riding trails without
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having to put quite so much effort into
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lugging the weight along with you yeah
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it is notably light lifting and riding
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as well yeah so yes we think for a
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unapologetic 100-mile cross-country bike
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that you can ride on trails yes it's um
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and not at the kind of absolute racing
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car price either I think yeah it's it's
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not cheap by a long way but you you
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could certainly throw a lot more money
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our bikes and and end up with something
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that's not as good ride or as wells back
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to this so yeah I think I think it was
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very popular yes so the sniper intense
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my 4xc
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