At the most recent World Cup event in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada, littermag.com photographer and friend of The Fix Bikes, Sven Martin, got a spy shot of the prototype Intense Cycles M3 EVO bike.
Here’s what the founder of Intense Cycles, Jeff Steber said on Ridemonkey about the frame: “This is a 8.2-inch travel prototype I have been working on with Matti [Lehikoinen]. The idea was to make a lighter, less-is-more race rig. There are two of these with different geometries & they were fabricated out of various exsisting parts. Once we get things worked out the packaging will be cleaned up. The one in the pic weights in @ 37#, It will not replace the Socom.”
There you have it, straight from the mouth of the man behind Intense Cycles.