The Time Scylon Frameset is a rare breed: it is not only designed to be aerodynamically fast, but also practically comfortable.
The first thing is how Time built this bike to be so invisible to the wind. They used computational fluid dynamics to design the ideal aero tube shapes to meld with their Grand Tour geometry. The tubes are about 40% larger than on other Times, with the material going to making the most of aerodynamics. The head tube has been widened, particularly at the bottom, where the 1 1 /8” to 1 ½” steerer meshes perfectly with the fork, head tube and downtube. The downtube is teardrop shaped, the seat tube shrouds the rear wheel, and the seat stays have been shortened and extensively shaped. The seat post is likewise designed for aerodynamics.
As Time is the rare bike company that actually weaves its own carbon-fiber, they’re better able to control not only tube shapes, but tube characteristics. They weave Vectran, a polymer that damps vibration, into their cloth. With the Scylon, the main triangle is monobloc, created out of a single carbon-fiber “sock,” and shaped around a wax form. The rear triangle is attached in two pieces, with a U-shaped end for the chain stays and a wishbone for the seat stays. Besides being better able to control stiffness and compliance with this method, the frame is also more crash-worthy.
Besides comfort woven into the design, you can further the comfort by selecting an Aktiv fork with the frame. It has small weight on a flexible rod moving inside the fork. You won’t hear it moving as there are rubber bumpers to damp any sound. It adds 200g to the bike. But what it takes away is vibration. Time found that 75% of the vibration experienced by the rider comes from the fork. When tuned mass dampers are used in cars, they help stabilize the front end. So not only are lots of vibrations never making it past the dampers, but stability has improved. This not only smoothes out the road, but increases confidence, decreases fatigue, for an overall performance improvement.
Another option with the Scylon is the Translink integrated seat mast. It’s lighter than Time’s seatpost, shaving 30g from the frame weight, and provides 3cm vertical adjustment once cut to length. Setback is 0mm. If you decide you don’t like the integrated mast, it can be cut down and an adjustable Time seatpost can be installed.
The bottom bracket standard is BB386, which, thanks to its oversized width and diameter, increases torsional rigidity. They also include their Time Quickset headset with the frame, which adjusts independently of the stem. There is room for 28mm tires between the brakes. The frame runs cables internally. Standard is mechanical, though an electric build it is an option and that includes an internal battery mount for the seatpost.
The Scylon also has a disc brake version. It adds about 500g to the overall weight of the bike, with flat mounting for the calipers and thru-axles for the wheels. Max rotor size is 160mm.
Weight for the Time Scylon frame, fork (standard, not the Aktiv), headset, seat mast, and clamp, is 1380g in the Small, including paint.
The Intense Recluse has been let loose, and the reviews are in. This is a solid all-mountain bike that climbs as well as it descends. The most evocative description we’ve come across is: “a spider on steroids.” It might make you a brown recluse; remember to not kill your friends on rides.
Travel is a place where people look to determine if a bike fits their needs. The rear travel is 140mm, the front on complete bikes, 150mm. The geometry was designed around a 542mm fork length and 42mm offset.
Intense is a big fan of short stems and shallow head angles. They play with both to get the right ride for the rig, and so it changes depending on the bike’s purpose. Here, they’ve got with a 50mm stem and a 66-degree head angle. they match this up with an effective 75-degree seat angle (72-degree actual), and a wheelbase that’s short enough to make the bike still feel like it’s moving when the going is slow and stable when the going is fast. Helping with this are the 419mm stays, which keep the wheel tucked under you, and also help resist lateral forces.
Helping keep the bike tracking well is their decision to go with Boost spacing for the rear wheel and crank. The 148x12mm thru-axle strengthens the wheel due to more even spoke tension, stiffens the bike thanks to a better bracing angle, and allows for wider tires, too. You’ll need a boost-specific crank to go with the BB92 bottom bracket, but you can choose between single- and double-ring applications, giving you options in terms of gearing and riding styles.
The front derailleur, if you go that way, mounts via a direct mount, which makes installation easy. They also build in ISG 05 mounts for chain guides, if you want to go that way. Cable routing is internal, and there’s even routing room for a dropper post, which would come up from underneath, and go into a round post. The head tube is setup for installing a 1 1/8” to tapered steerer fork. The brake mount is International Standard and tuned for 160mm rotors standard. Thanks to their ability to mold carbon-fiber, there are rubber Flack Guards built into the lower downtube and around the right chainstay.
The JS Tuned suspension helps the suspension go farther than you’d normally expect from a 140mm-travel bike, though going beyond normal is what Intense is good at. The rear end pivots on oversized bearings, both radial and angular contact, to keep the system free of lateral slop and never sticking. They even designed in replaceable grease zerks to make maintaining the bearings fast and easy.
For the Recluse, Intense created molds for the front and rear triangles, and then lays up the carbon inside the molds. The advantage of carbon is always the precision of which you can set the shape and apply just the right amount of material in the right place. And then you can modify by changing the quantity and modulus of the plies. As a result, there are three different carbon mixes across the Recluse platform. The lightest, the SL, weighs in at with titanium hardware and without the shock. the standard .
The Hatch Gen 2 Finatic 9 Plus Fly Reels are capable of running 9 through 11 weight lines and are extremely versatile. If you like the look, feel and performance of a Ferrari, then this rod is for you. Your choice of mid or large arbor spools.
Backing Capacity
| Model TD Code |
Gear Ratio | Line Weight | Diameter/Width | Weight | Spool | Retrieve | Color |
| F9P-CB-LA HAT-0034-1 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Large Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Clear/Blue |
| F9P-CG-LA HAT-0034-2 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Large Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Clear/Green |
| F9P-CR-LA HAT-0034-3 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Large Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Clear/Red |
| F9P-CBK-LA HAT-0034-4 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Large Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Clear/Black |
| F9P-BK-LA HAT-0034-5 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Large Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Black/Silver |
| F9P-GBK-LA HAT-0034-6 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Large Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Gray/Black |
| F9P-CB-MA HAT-0034-7 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Mid Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Clear/Blue |
| F9P-CG-MA HAT-0034-8 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Mid Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Clear/Green |
| F9P-CR-MA HAT-0034-9 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Mid Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Clear/Red |
| F9P-CBK-MA HAT-0034-10 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Mid Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Clear/Black |
| F9P-BK-MA HAT-0034-11 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Mid Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Black/Silver |
| F9P-GBK-MA HAT-0034-12 |
1:1 | 9-11 | in. | oz. | Mid Arbor | Dual Retrieve | Gray/Black |
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