INTENSE TAZER 279 EXPERT

California-based Intense Cycles are now selling direct over the internet. This is a big turnaround for a company with a storied racing history, used to selling top-end kit in shops with prices to match. It does mean value has, er, intensified, with this carbon fibre e-enduro bike with Fox suspension costing just over £5k.

THE FRAME

FLICKING OFF LIPS OR MANUALLING ROLLERS, IT RIDES WAY CLOSER TO A ‘NORMAL’ BIKE

Launched in 2018, you’d be forgiven for