Last night in Helsinki, Finland – Matti Lehikionen had his Van broken into and they took his practice bike and kit bag with his Red Bull DH helmet.

Bike Spec:

Frame – Intense M9 prototype in Chain Reaction Cycles team blue
Marzocchi 2010 888 Ti forks and Roco Shock
Mavic Deemax ultimate wheels
Saint Cranks and Gears
e.thirteen LG1 Team edition chain device and direct mount stem
Easton Bars and Seat post
Crankbros clipless pedals
Hope custom blue HOPE V2 brakes with custom Chain Reaction Cycles Intense lazer etching on the levers.
Maxxis Tyres

If anyone sees this bike around or hear’s anything (It is a pre-production Intense M9 frame and really rare) please get in touch with the Police and with Matti if you know him.

Or you can get in touch with the team through Facebook. www.facebook.com/CRCIntense

source: chainreactioncycles

NTENSE is proud to announce the introduction of our flagship world cup downhill racing bike, the M9-FRO (ForRaceOnly). For the last 2 years, the M9-FRO has been in development by our engineering/design team our world cup racers: Chris Kovarik, Matti Lehikoinen, Matt Simmonds, Ruaridh Cunningham , Claire Buchar and World Champion Emmeline Ragot. Our M9-FRO backed race team is currently the #1 ranked DH team in the world. Starting with the M1 in 1994, we have built the most sought after downhill bikes in the world. The latest in the M-series lineage redefines state of the art in no uncertain terms.

Adjustable travel 8.5″/9″/9.5″ (make adjustments on our new ‘travel adjustment module’ located on the new lower link)
Adjustable geometry
Adjustable progression/shock curve
Refined geometry from past M-series bikes
New G3 replaceable/adjustable/fully enclosed dropout (not pictured)
150mmx12mm rear axle only
Full 1.5″ headtube with upper pinch bolt system
Adjustable head angle via canecreek angleset (includes .5°, 1.0° and 1.5°). Simple adjustment with our new pinch bolt head tube
83mm BB shell
ISCG 05 integrated into BB shell
New flushset grease fittings at main pivots
9.5″x3″ FOX RC4 shock damper spec

( not the drink, literally )
Yesterday
After getting a new derailleur hanger for my bike from Probike in Brasov, we headed back to Sinaia. Of course that the heavy rain had started again, so it was just another boring day.

Today
When I woke up the weather seemed to be nicer, but I wasn’t lucky enough, and it started raining again. I went to eat something and regular shit like that and the rain had stopped near the time of evening. I got my bike out of the room and went for a quick spin. I couldn’t ride the DH track as it was too muddy, so I just took a small ride on some short valleys.

I would have posted some pictures, but I forgot my camera’s data cable at home.

After getting my bike out of the car in order to assemble it, the derailleur hanger had a small play in it. Wanting to solve that issue, I tried to tighten a loose screw that held it onto the frame, but it kept spinning freely. After trying 646437 methods of making it screw into the hanger’s hole, I realised nothing would work. WHAT A FUCKING PIECE OF GOD DAMN SHIT !!
OK, I’ll be going to Brasov tomorrow to see if any shop has any of these sorry-ass pieces of stinking shit. FUCK THIS SHIT !

Here are the results for the Big in Bavaria:
1st Martin Soderstrom 93.00 NS Bikes
2nd Sam Pilgrim 91.75 DiamondBack
3rd Yannick Granieri 88.25 Commencal

As soon as we entered Sinaia, the rain slowly began.
I have seen the starting point of the track, and there were some guys there riding it even on the muddy conditions. I can’t wait for the weather to get better so I can ride too. The hotel guys were nice enough to allow me to keep my bike in the room, so there is no problem with that ( Hotel Cota 1400 ) . I wish I could include some pictures in the posts I will be making while I am here, but I have forgotten my camera cable at home, so I will post the pictures as soon as I get home.