Thursday, October 26, 2006

Intense VPP vs Santa Cruz VPP

I took these pictures the last time I had a Santa Cruz in the shop. The Santa Cruz is a Blur LT and the Intense is a 5.5, so this is pretty much apples to apples. I am in no way whatsoever comparing the ride of the two bikes. I am merely displaying images of both that speak to quality of design as well as quality of workmanship. Take a look.


Santa Cruz lower link:


Intense lower link:


Santa Cruz upper link:


Intense upper link:


Santa Cruz replaceable dropout:


Intense replaceable der hanger:


Santa Cruz disc tab:


Intense disc tab:


I am definitely proud to work with Intense!

3 comments:

debaser said...

I wonder why all those Blur owners have problems with their bearings?

Anonymous said...

Oh you got that right, Santa Cruz thumbs down all the way! Intense just does it better!-misctwo

MG said...

... makes me glad i'm getting a spider 29. not like there's any santa cruz model that's its equivalent, but i still much prefer the way intense builds its linkages and pivots. it makes sense that they'd be more durable over time.