• D-shaped chainstays enhance stiffness and reduce chainsuck.
• S-bend seatstays optimize braking performance and increase tire clearance
• Breeze-In dropouts
• Front facing seatpost clamp is away from rear wheel spray
• International-standard disc brake mounts.
• Geometry is set up for a 80mm travel suspension fork
• Suspension-adjusted chromoly fork is an option.
€ Available in Ruby Red w/ gold accents and Sparkling Black w/ gold accents
• 4 sizes: 15, 17, 19, & 21²
• Weight: 3.9 lbs. (17")
Submitted by
Kyle
a Weekend Warrior
from Cambridge Ontario Canada Date Reviewed: October 5, 2006
Favorite Trail:
The ones behind McD's
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Price Paid:
$800.00
Purchased At:
The Hub Bike Shop
Strengths:
Steel (Steel's Real Baby!!) Very nimble (even with a 130mm fork) Sick color (i have the 2005 frame in destroyer grey) Short Top Tube, i like this because im shorter and my old trek was too long in the cockpit and i hated it.
Weaknesses:
everyone makes fun of me for riding steel. They say its old technology. They shut up when we are on the trail though ;)
Similar Products Used:
Trek 6500-too long of a toptube Norco Storm-sweet frame, a little heavy Specialized Hardrock-POS these have no geometry at all
Bike Setup:
Interloc Tempest Frame Manitou Minute 3:00 fork 130mm with IT Chris King/Mavic 717 wheelset Truvative stylo carbon crank time pedals All drivetrain XT Ritchey Z-Max tires
Bottom Line:
This bike is the shisnet. Everyone should ride steel. It absorbs the trail far better than aluminum frames. Being a hardtail rider you need to be smoother over rough trails, this bike somewhat smoothes the trail so you can go faster than aluminum. i thought by putting a 130mm travel fork on the grometry would be weird but i love it. it made it a bit more stable so its not as twitchey. If you are reading this trying to decide to buy steel, DO IT!!!!
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Submitted by
Morgan Sutherland
a Weekend Warrior
from Nantucket Date Reviewed: July 8, 2004
Favorite Trail:
chicken chute
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At:
JensonUSA
Strengths:
light, flexy, makes me feel cool because the msrp was around 800; does anybody know the actual non-Jenson retail price for this thing?
Weaknesses:
paint chipping! i put a QR on it and all the paint in the seatpost clamp area just flaked right off!
Similar Products Used:
Cannondale CAD2, Trek 220... i'm young.
Bike Setup:
full LX, xt hubs, psylo xc, race face prodigy stem, titec post, topo bars...
Bottom Line:
i've ridden few frames as comfortable as this. its real flexy and i'm on a 19" so the front pops up super easy, but the geometry is really nice compared to a lot of bikes i've ridden .
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Submitted by
JD
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas, TX Date Reviewed: May 22, 2003
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$199.00
Purchased At:
jensonusa.com
Strengths:
light and strong
Weaknesses:
paint is thin skinned
Similar Products Used:
old raleigh
Bike Setup:
single speed, full rigid, kona p2 fork, lx crankset, V-brakes.
Bottom Line:
Love this bike. I have no need for suspension with Reynolds 853 absorbing all the little bumps. Amazing how light this frame is without being too flexy. The paint is an issue if you like your bike to sparkle. I will probably repaint this frame in a couple of years or at least spot fix the chips. It still looks good, especially the weld joints. I would give it more than 5 chili's for value if I could. You can't beat a 3.9 lb Reynolds 853 frame for only $200. I only gave 4 overall because of the paint and my limited experience with modern frames.
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Submitted by
Eric Larson
a Weekend Warrior
from Dahlonega, GA Date Reviewed: January 2, 2003
Favorite Trail:
Bull Mountain
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$260.00
Purchased At:
JensonUSA
Bottom Line:
This is an update on earlier posting. the fram ehas held up great. Rides like steel should. My only gripe though is due to the short top tube. It is only 23" long center to center (head tube and post). KInd of a drag considering that my Cannondale and Trek's top tubes were a good two inches longer (at least). I can't complain since I knew that the frames borrow their design from the classic breezer. Uphills a serious pain in the arse (trouble keeping front wheel down on steep uphills). I'm ditching the 120mm for a 135mm and continually changing riding style.
Basically if you are used to a longer tube, you may wish to take the shorter top tube into account.
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Submitted by
George
a Cross Country Rider
from Dublin,CA Date Reviewed: November 27, 2002
Favorite Trail:
any trail
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$265.00
Purchased At:
Jenson USA
Strengths:
Nice frame, great looks, great welds, Fillet brazing on the head tube and seat tube. black paint is holding up well, light weight(about 3.9 lbs.), reminds me of my old Breezer, love the feel of steel hardtail frames. Disc brake tabs a must.
Weaknesses:
Paint could be better. Wish Interloc made an 18" MTB steel frame (maybe for 2003?)
Similar Products Used:
Lots of hardtails (aluminum and steel) and suspension bikes.
Bike Setup:
Black Interloc frame with Avid mechanical disc brakes, Shimano LX components.
Bottom Line:
A great frame for the price, not quite the quality of your best steel hardtails but I don't want to pay an extra $1000 for a hardtail frame. The ride quality is excellent thanks to the steel frame and the Breezer design. Aluminum hardtails have a dull/dead feel and a good light weight steel frame feels lively. The Interloc frame is designed for a 80mm suspension fork. Thanks Interloc for designing this MTB bike frame like the Breezers. Looking forward to your 2003 MTB frame.
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Submitted by
Eric Larson
a Cross Country Rider
from Dahlonega, GA Date Reviewed: November 5, 2002
Favorite Trail:
Bull Mountain
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$280.00
Purchased At:
JensonUSA
Strengths:
STEEL!!! Light for a steel frame...nice tubeset Lifetime warranty Beautiful craftmanship. Breezer drop-outs Laterally stiff rear end...reinforced disc mount too! Nice color (red) 269.00 at JensenUSA.com!!!
Weaknesses:
Not a perfect paint job...One V-brake boss painted (heavily...luckily I use disc brakes). Red paint very thin at bottom of bottom bracket shell...can see silver under clearcoat.
XTR crank, shifters, and rear derailleur. XT frnot derailleur and cassette. Kore Elite stem. Easton CT2 Monkeylite bars. Thompson post. Avid disk brakes w/Altek levers. Time ATAC pedals. Syncros Hardcore Headset. King disc hubs, Valiant rims, Revolution spokes, Salsa skewers. 2001 Marzocchi X-Fly 80 fork.
Bottom Line:
Beautiful steel frame. Stiff, but really nice ride...it is steel! Complete ride is 24.5 pounds. Not bad for a 21" steel frame with disc brakes! Still need to spend more time in the saddle, but so far, it is great!
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Submitted by
David Bischoff
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Clarita, CA. USA Date Reviewed: August 13, 2002
Favorite Trail:
Townley Canyon; anything close
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
Exch. from Distributer--Merry Sales
Strengths:
Weight; stiff; great climber; great handling; great looks/finish and welds.
Great looking and handling MTB. Merry Sales exchanged this frame for my "Breezer" of 3 years due to a cracked head tube. (Shop purchased at went out of biz). Am basically a "Roadie" that uses this MTB for cross training/winter riding. It handles fast/rough descents very well. Actually outclimbs my Breezer which was a surprise due to the D shaped curved chain/seat stays. Very stiff and light. Finish beautiful--almost feel guilty to ride in the dirt.
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Submitted by
Jason
a Weekend Warrior
from California Date Reviewed: April 29, 2002
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$375.00
Purchased At:
used (complete bike)
Strengths:
Weight: very lite Tough: cromoloy Disc brake mount Sweet looking welds
Similar Products Used:
Specialized rockhopper
Bottom Line:
Complete bike weighs 26 lbs. with disc brakes. Great climber. Looks sharp. Handles nicely. Pulls a kid trailer. Great for XC/training rides (i.e. Moab). Has renewed by interest in peddling. A great "second bike" (hardtail) to my Santa Cruz Bullit (35 lb. fullsuspension freeride).
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