Bike Build: 2008 Intense Socom FRO
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Welcome to 2008! First up, Intense Cycles hooked up this sweet Socom frame and we’ve got a killer build spec’ed for it in addition to a review down the road. The first person to guess closest to the final weight of this bike will win a prize so guess away (only one guess per person). It will most likely be a nice scale for you to use or a bike part. There’s some hints inside as well for you to ponder over as well as more pictures and details.
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Hints for the build:
- Dual crown fork
- Rear coil shock
- Dual ply or UST DH tires in a tubeless setup
- 8″ front / 7″ rear brake
- No carbon bar or seatpost
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In 2007, Intense Cycles introduced the Socom FRO. The Socom FRO is designed to be a lightweight downhill frame that combines the strength of an Uzzi and the lightweight 6.6 into a downhill package. The Socom FRO’s geometry is downhill inspired and for 2008 they’ve improved this a bit more by slackening out the head angle a few other tweaks. FRO is “For Racing Only” but it still carries Intense’s 2 year warranty so rest assured it’s not a throw away frame that the name might imply.
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The FRO badge isn’t meant as a daily bike necessarily but it does offer some additional strength over their standard offerings. They use weight optimized tubing (which doesn’t mean weaker necessarily) in addition to different weld specifications. Rick the welder expounded a bit more on the FRO techniques used and all tube junctions are double butted, or straight gauge. Similar to the Uzzi VPX, it is double welded at all joints. Like pipe welding, bead is applied on the inside as well as the outside.
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Leave a weight guess in the comment field if you want to try and win the prize. Look for the complete buildup to be done in February.
[2008 Intense Socom FRO Frame Gallery] [Intense Cycles Website]
Previous Coverage
January 1st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Hummm, 18kgs?
January 1st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I guess 37 lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I guess 37.7
January 1st, 2008 at 6:18 pm
37.7 lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
err.. around 40 lbs? Hope I win =D
January 1st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
38.46 lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 7:05 pm
36.8
January 1st, 2008 at 7:17 pm
37.6?
January 1st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
37.15 lb
January 1st, 2008 at 7:31 pm
im gonna say 37.9lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 7:43 pm
39.2lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
36.4 lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 7:55 pm
37.5 pounds
January 1st, 2008 at 8:00 pm
37.5
January 1st, 2008 at 8:02 pm
38.75 lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I guess 16,6 kg / 36.59lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 8:30 pm
17,6 Kg
January 1st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
My guess is 36.5 lbs.
What happened to the blindside build?
January 1st, 2008 at 8:46 pm
… I could post a guess or drop some hints, but Jason would have me killed in my sleep.
=)
I think you guys will really dig this bike once it’s completed. Very smart build.
Cheers.
January 1st, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Rich, the blindside build will be out this month!
January 1st, 2008 at 9:31 pm
I will say 37.4
January 1st, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I think its 38.54 pounds
January 1st, 2008 at 9:43 pm
um 33.3 lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 9:51 pm
39.5
January 1st, 2008 at 9:54 pm
39.5lbs!!
January 1st, 2008 at 9:56 pm
37.34962 lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 10:03 pm
35 pounds if done right
January 1st, 2008 at 10:08 pm
14,5Kg / 31.96lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 10:11 pm
~37.8lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 10:37 pm
36.8lbs
January 1st, 2008 at 11:07 pm
35.8
January 1st, 2008 at 11:08 pm
36.3 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:01 am
I’m going with 37.14 lbs. If I’m right, Ben will most likely want me dead… =)
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:04 am
37.87 lbs
can’t wait to see this build!
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 am
im guessing 37.8 lbs, could go silly light with xtr cranks if it hasnt got an 83mm bottom bracket, white bros or boxxer world cups, ti bits, easton wheels or something light like that…
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 am
im betting 40 RC2 or weight equivalent
38.37 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 am
34.36 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:43 am
36.9 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:49 am
36.06
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:49 am
i guess the final weight will be 40lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:15 am
38.2 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:46 am
37.35
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:53 am
I’ll go for 37.5lbs
Lord knows though!! It’ll be one hella build and I’ll suffer from jealousy for all of eternity.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 am
36.75 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:25 am
16.4 kg
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:03 am
36.76lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:35 am
38.76 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:04 am
37,55 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:19 am
34.5 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 am
17.3 kg / 38.14lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 am
16.55kg / 36.48lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:23 am
correction not 36.2 lbs
my guess is 35.6lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 am
I would guess 36.45 lbs.
these are sick lightweight race frames..
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:46 am
37.11 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:53 am
16.6kg or 36.59lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 am
I reckon around 38.2lbs as a complete guess.
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
16,250 kg / 35.82lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:32 am
~37.64
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:38 am
36.15
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:38 am
36.15lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:43 am
i’m thinking:
boxxer WC
thompson stem and post
hope pro2 and Dt5.1
17,100g +/-
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:56 am
37.19 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:10 am
17,0Kg / 37.48lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
39.25lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:13 am
16,6kg / 36.56lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:43 am
It will… weigh somewhere around 17.35 kilos!
It’s a good skiing winter before an even better downhill summer!
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:12 am
37.25lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
39.6 pounds
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 am
16,75 kg / 36.92lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:39 am
36.73
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:56 am
36.41 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
37.038 lbs is my guess
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
I’ll say 38.7 lbs.
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
39.975 lbs.
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
16.58kg / 36.55lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:41 pm
38.564
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
17.35kg / 38.25lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
38lbs too much less and it could get unreliably light!
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
38.22
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
37.13lb
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
37 flat
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
34.21
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
39.5
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
36.21 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
38,10lbs / 17,29 kg …
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
36.44 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:35 pm
36.75
Sweeeet bike!
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I will say 37.73
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:05 pm
41.00 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
37.2 lbs
But only if the metal shavings are taken out of the bb shell
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:38 pm
34.9
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:50 pm
…if they use Ti bolts like I did on mine!!
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
37.55
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:29 pm
um 36 flat?
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
17,7Kg / 39.02lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
36.7lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
35 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
36.101lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
im going to say 37.25
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
16,98 Kg / 37.43lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
38.6lb
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
37.058 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
37.3
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
36.92 lbs
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
32.7 fully DH’d out. I didn’t read the part using DH tires too
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 pm
36.85 fo sho
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:00 am
37.3972lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 am
my guess is 35.4lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 7:42 am
38.2 6lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 am
37.36lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:09 am
17,7 Kg. / 39.02lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 10:03 am
39 lbs I’d say
January 3rd, 2008 at 10:14 am
41.2 lb.’s
January 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 am
I’d have to say that since we’ve built a couple around 34- 35 lbs it would not be unlikely for it to be that light. So I guess I will say it will be 36.6 lbs.
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 am
35.65 lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
35,715 lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
40.2 pounds since you actually use a scale that works.
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Just make sure the Blindside gets done first eh?
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
38.9 lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
36.9 looobs(lbs)
January 3rd, 2008 at 4:15 pm
36.72 lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:04 pm
What size is the frame?
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
39.5
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Scott, it is a large
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
36.3lbs
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
LOL at the people guessing in the 40+ range…
January 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
37.4lbs
January 4th, 2008 at 12:32 am
38.14 lbs Does so com come in Raw only?
January 4th, 2008 at 12:53 am
You can get it in all the colors intense offers. Check out their website to see them all.
January 4th, 2008 at 1:33 am
My guess is it will be 17.410 kgs / 38.38lbs
January 4th, 2008 at 1:57 am
I’m guessing 37lbs
January 4th, 2008 at 2:45 am
I guess 36.2 lbs for the complete.
January 4th, 2008 at 7:16 am
I guess 16,3 kg / 35.93lbs
January 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am
38.18 lbs
January 4th, 2008 at 11:23 am
36.4 lbs
January 4th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Thanks for the size info!
Can you measure from the center of the bottom bracket to the top of head tube for me? Thanks!
January 4th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
38.27
January 4th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
35.9 lbs
January 4th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
37 lbs……
for DH thats good for women and small children.
January 5th, 2008 at 12:07 am
16.25kg / 38.83lbs
January 5th, 2008 at 4:20 am
38.4 LBS
January 5th, 2008 at 8:37 am
36.83 pounds is my guess
January 5th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
38.235
January 6th, 2008 at 7:29 am
i guess 38.7
January 7th, 2008 at 1:40 am
37.61 lbs
January 7th, 2008 at 2:27 am
36 lbs
January 7th, 2008 at 6:22 am
36.11
January 7th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Hmmmmm… let’s say 16.85 kg
good luck all of us
January 7th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
16,100 kg / 35.49lbs
January 8th, 2008 at 4:12 am
17.6 KG
January 8th, 2008 at 4:13 am
16.7 KG
January 8th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
38.2
January 9th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
17kg / 37.48lbs
January 9th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
38.666 lbs!
January 9th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
39.3 lbs.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:48 am
38.85
January 10th, 2008 at 1:52 am
34.7lbs
January 10th, 2008 at 10:29 am
38.25 lbs
January 10th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
38.35 lbs
January 12th, 2008 at 5:45 am
39.8
January 13th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
15.5kg/34.1 lbs
January 13th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
37.85 lbs
January 13th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
37.08
January 13th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
33.7 lbs
January 14th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I ‘m guessing 40.1 lbs thanks!!!
January 15th, 2008 at 4:24 am
39.83 lbs
January 18th, 2008 at 1:00 am
33.5 lbs
January 18th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
39.9
January 19th, 2008 at 7:04 am
35.8 lbs
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:28 pm
38.24lb !
January 24th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
36.4
January 24th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
39.55 lbs!
February 1st, 2008 at 12:03 am
38.21….ignore first
February 1st, 2008 at 9:52 pm
36.72
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 am
16.47kg / 36.3101lbs
February 6th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
37.12 lbs
February 11th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
38.9 lbs
February 12th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
35.8 lbs whit no xc parts and avid code ! I did
it !!!
February 13th, 2008 at 2:07 am
36.72 pounds
February 15th, 2008 at 9:53 am
34.75 lbs
February 25th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
33.3lbs
March 4th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
what is the new head angle for ‘08? and is the bb height changed?
March 6th, 2008 at 1:37 am
37.4 pounds.
(.1 pounds lighter than blindside)
March 7th, 2008 at 11:47 am
34 pounds
March 9th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
36.68 # or 16.64kg
March 13th, 2008 at 6:08 am
36.9lbs
March 27th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
36.1
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 am
Entry is closed now for guesses. Winner announced this Friday (04/04/08).