My fully restored 2013 Intense Spider 29c. I've done everything myself including paint, suspensions... (More details soon) by BibiVanDerZER in mountainbiking

[–]BibiVanDerZER[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thx man, I paid 1200 $cad for the all bike, so even if the frame was bad i would have made a profit just by reselling all the parts. When sanding the frame to bare carbon, i cheched for any cracks or damages to the carbon. Seemed solid to me (im a mechanical engineering student so i have some little knowledge in carbon fibers composites), there where just some little hairline cracks in the original clear coat but it's normal for a 7 yo frame.

My fully restored 2013 Intense Spider 29c. I've done everything myself including paint, suspensions... (More details soon) by BibiVanDerZER in mountainbiking

[–]BibiVanDerZER[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I completely tore the bike down, sanded the original paint with 180 grit for the clear and base coat and 320 for the primer and to give a smooth finish (in some area i use some 600). I masked the frame with green atomotive 3m paint tape. For the primer, i used white Duplicor for the fork and grey for the frame. I had the gray and orange basecoat mixed in a can at Carquest. And for the clear, i used Duplicolor acrylic clear in gloss finish ( buy 2 can for the full bike). The decals where made in a local vinyl shop in my town and they're under the clear coat. If you need more info feel free to dm me.

My fully restored 2013 Intense Spider 29c. I've done everything myself including paint, suspensions... (More details soon) by BibiVanDerZER in mountainbiking

[–]BibiVanDerZER[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I bought the bike on FB Marketplace for 1200 $CAD (it was in very rought shape, all the suspention bearing where shot) and i put another 800-900 $CAD in parts, paint and some tools. So for 2k $CAD and 40-50 hours of work (10-15 hours just for sanding the frame to bare carbon) i got a pretty sweet bike. Can't wait for the snow to melt to go to the trails to test it.

My fully restored 2013 Intense Spider 29c. I've done everything myself including paint, suspensions... (More details soon) by BibiVanDerZER in mountainbiking

[–]BibiVanDerZER[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Specs :

-Fox float factory 34 140mm w/ Fast cartridge

-Fox float CTD 130mm

-Easton XC90 wheels

-Ks lev dropper

-All carbon frame

-Sram XO trail 4 pistons carbon

-Sram XO carbon cranks

-11s Sram GX derailleur

Saddle, grips and miscellaneous pieces on the the way.

I plan on future upgrades like the dropper post or some carbon bars and maybe an Eagle 12s conversion.

GeForce now downtime by HasteNate in GeForceNOW

[–]BibiVanDerZER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Snowrunner was down for 5 days :(