All Things Bikes and Tacos! (...and every vehicle imaginable)

I9 rims are their own aren't they? weareone just happens to make their wheels with i9 hubs.

 

weareone makes the carbon i9 rims. I assume i9 does make their own aluminum rims though.

 

My guess is the spokes (looking at system wheels with straight pull/aluminum spokes) and I9 probably doesn't use off the shelf rims, WeAreOne probably manufactures to i9 specs.

 

i will start reading this article now.
https://bikerumor.com/2020/03/03/in...b-line-w-new-rims-from-we-are-one-composites/

 

huh. didn't know that. Interesting.

 

Just picked it up, Intense Sniper Expert T (29"). It has been very difficult finding a bike these days, but I came across this bike in Northern Utah. I'm pretty sure this is the last Medium frame size in all of Utah for this particular model. I would post a photo with the truck, but I don't have a bike mount yet. Still trying to figure out the route I would like to go, my truck has the oem tonneau cover so it barely fits in there.

 

Whew that paint scheme is making me dizzy with the splatter of red all over it.

 

The hubs/spokes probably have something to do with it. Any wheelset coming out of the I9 shop has their system straight pull hubs. Wheelsets built by anyone else will use their classic j-bend spoke hubs.

 

Looks better in person, you should see my truck... Barcelona Red

Wasn't intentional, it just so happens the color scheme is similar to my truck.

 

would you say that it is....intense?

 

Very nice bike and the paint scheme looks great in my opinion.

 

I appreciate that, thank you. I'm not gonna lie, I've been watching this thread for a while and it encouraged me to get back into biking. This thread has been very resourceful so I am thankful for that. This is my first full suspension, I did road biking for a little bit, and before that hardtails.

 

How'd you get it in there, just angle it right and put the tonneau over it? I'm looking at wanting to put a bike under a tonneau, just curious. I'd be playing with 27.5 and a 5 ft bed though.

I hate colors like that. I've always done all black, red pedals, green grips. If I lose track of my pedals it's easy to spot the red bits. Or green for my hands etc. My old BMX bike I landed with my pedals flipped a ton, bars backwards more times than I can count - But I got 'em!

 

I folded the tonneau cover completely, removed the front wheel and just loaded the bike rear first on its side. The tailgate has just enough clearance to close. If you have a 6ft bed then you shouldn't have any problems.

 

hope this is allowed here but is anyone from socal and looking to sell their single or possibly double 1up bike rack?

 

I can't like this enough

 

Speaking of which this summer I'll be looking to do a Knoxville trip. "un"fortunately Bentonville is too far off for a weekend/long weekend trip this year. Even Prov to Knoxville is like 14 hours. Once we move to Austin, Bentonville is only about 8 hours so I'll wait until we move before I make that weekend trip.

 

What's the attraction there? I mean yeah it's a bike town with a lot of really well made trails but I consider most of them beginner/moderate trails. Anyone have videos of the techy advanced stuff?

 

Bike Marketing not shutting the hell up about it.