Going out of the city with your truck??? Take this bike with you and you'll increase the fun and exercise.

Here's a bike that's arguably one of the best Cross Country bikes in the world. Lets begin with explaining why we chose a Cross Country bike. A quality, full suspension, Cross Country bike must be capable of both climbing and descending exceptionally well. In a real world, off-pavement condition whether you're on a single track, hiking trail, fire road or just a plain old dirt road you drive your truck on- you can count on the fact that going up and down is a virtual guarantee.

Meet the Intense Spyder, one of the best climbers ever developed, and capable of descending like a much heavier All-Mountain style bike. Intense is not new to the industry of signature quality mountain bikes, their famous downhill bikes have been piloted by the best in the world and their collection of victories is prolific. Intense took all of their experience and focused on building a World's Best Cross Country bike.

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Several members of our crew had a chance to test the Intense Spyder on several occasions, including portions of a Baja 500 course, Snow Summit Ski Resort in California, and numerous bike trails. Collectively, the response was as follows;

"Incredibly light, climbs with ease, and is not like anything ever ridden before. The VPP technology allows you to remain seated at all times and never bounce from peddling. When going downhill, on very rough terrain, the bike provides confidence and comfort like a bike weighing 15-20 pounds more."

The Intense Spyder gets our vote for the World's Best Cross Country bike!!

Please take the time to read some of the technical reasons on how this bike works. Additionally, Intense offers several different styles of bikes, all of which can be fitted with multiple levels of quality components - right from the factory!

VPP LINKAGE

VPP suspension designs balance different forces to eliminate unwanted compression without limiting bump absorption. The downward force on your pedals pushes most full suspension bikes down, resulting in unwanted suspension compression. VPP bikes use a patented link configuration and axle path to apply some of the pulling force from the chain to counteract that motion caused by pedaling...more