Progressive geometry 140mm travel carbon 27.5 bike
Is it a more aggro Spider 27.5? Or a replacement in-all-but-name of the Tracer? Where ever it fits in their range Intense have made another really nice looking bike.
Intense Recluse Pro
Need to know
- 140mm rear travel (150mm fork up front)
- Aggressive trail bike
- Carbon front and rear
- ISCG mount
- Slacker and longer
- New Intense Recon carbon wheelset
Fruit Salad anyone?
Comparing the Recluse to the recently release Spider 27.5, the Recluse appears to be significantly less conservative in its numbers. Don’t get us wrong, it’s not wildly pioneering but it is very different from yer typical Intense.
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Geometry table
Intense Recluse geometry table
It’s slacker up front: 66° head angle.
It’s steeper at the back: 75° seat angle.
It’s longer: 438mm reach on a Medium with a 1169mm wheelbase.
Stiffer back end
It’s claimed to be a bit stiffer than the Spider 27.5 too.
It’s Boost axle front and rear.
It has a carbon fibre front triangle and swingarm.
JS Tuned suspension system
The suspension is Intense’s post-VPP dual-linkage arrangement that they call ‘JS Tuned’.
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Pretty pictures
Let’s have a look at the crazy versus calm colourways that the Recluse will be available in.
Intense Recluse Foundation
Intense Recluse Factory
Intense Recluse Foundation
Intense Recluse Pro
What else do we know?
Not a lot at this stage. As we say, it’s something of a bolt of the blue this bike.
There’s a set of water bottle bosses on the down tube. There’s also provision for direct mounting a front mech. Internal cable routing. Titanium hardware.
Pricing will be typically Intense. The cheapest Recluse will be £4,200 and the range tops out at £8,700. Oof!
New Intense Recon carbon wheels
Intense Recon Carbon wheels
Another surprise announcement. These carbon hoops have 30mm internal rim width. They’re also deliberately lower profile which, Intense say, is to help de-harsh the ride that you can get with carbon rims.
The Recon wheels will initally come in two builds. Recon Trail with 28 spokes and Recon Enduro with 32 spokes. A 29er wheelset is almost certainly in the pipeline too.