This slopestyle frame will be almost 1.2lbs lighter then the Transition bottle rocket and have more and adjustable travel. I'm not sure on the weight of the Intense slopestyle bike but because they are using the VPP suspension I believe the chainstays will be too long for a slopestyle bike and there will be a tremdous amount of negative pedal feedback - something that we've really watched when designing this bike to have the best properties for this new segment. Except for the Mountain Cycle I am unaware of any other manufacturer of a slopestyle specific bike. The team model will be [hopefully we are still trying to work the bugs out] powdercoated white on one side and black on the other so when the rider does a 360 the bike kind of changes colors.
We are working on a new custom 7005 tubeset with Easton Sports.
I have been in discussions with North Shore Billet to create aftermarket micro adjustable rocker plates for the Wildcard so the rider can customize his ride and get a greater range of travel settings... moving the rocker postions will also change many properties such as BB height, and tube angles, helping to dial in the perfect slopestyle bike.
You can see the new tube shape design which is similar to the Pyre with the integrated gussetting through the forming of the tubes.
As soon as I can confirm the angles I'll let you know I believe we've got a 67° HA with a 7" fork, basically it was built to be quick, nimble, flickable, with low standover to kickout the legs for can cans, tailwhips and other tricks that you need "leg" room.
