Intense M16 Palmer: Not only something for Yank fans!

I'm happy to admit that I'm a real American fan myself. If you've been over there early on, like I did, you learn to love the open and human nature of the Americans. The American flag can then trigger a kind of home feeling, because it reminds you of good friends and good people you've met in life. If you then catch sight of such a hammered piece, you have to lose at least a few lines about it.

Intense
Intense is a term for every downhiller, a class brand of handmade bikes that are produced in Temecula, California. Temecula will be a term for one or the other, the downhill racer Aaron Gwin turns his rounds in the region with pleasure. The range is clear and strongly anchored in the Gravity area.

Shaun Palmer
He is already a real guy. In the 90s he was a professional snowboarder, skier and mountain biker. He tried to push the envelope in everything he did and quickly achieved amazing results. After he started mountain biking in 1995, he missed the world title in downhill by a minimal 0.15 seconds in 1996, which is why he almost went berserk at the finish line. In extreme sports he was at home. He was able to win 9 X-Games medals. In 2000, during the Laureus World Sports Awards, Shaun Palmer was named the Alternative Sportsman of the Year. After his career as an athlete, he started working as a producer of skis and snowboards. Recently, he returned to Intense Cycles.

M16 Palmer
In reference to his own downhill bike at the 1996 Downhill World Championship, an Intense M1, this limited version of 60 pieces was produced, of course, with the technology of today, but the American look of yesteryear. The result is a hand-painted custom M16 model with the highest quality components as there are Fox suspension, Magura brakes, DT Swiss wheels, SRAM gears, Maxxis tires, etc.. The beautiful part also costs around 11'999.00 euros un in Switzerland according to the importer CHF 11'899.00.

The part is also available in Switzerland. The importer is still clarifying the exact price, but he said it could take a few weeks until the good piece is finally here.