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Commencal Bikes has updated the Meta Power range of full-suspension mountain bikes for 2020 with the all-new Commencal Meta Power AM 29 featuring the latest Shimano BT-E8035 internal battery.
The new frame manages to hide the battery inside the oversize downtube well and has allowed Commencal's designers to drop the centre of gravity of the bike to improve handling. The updated frame design also features a more progressive geometry, a new linear suspension kinematic and even space for a water bottle.
The 2020 Commencal Meta Power in this video is the Team Edition bike with 29in wheels, 160mm of front wheel travel, 150mm rear, and a drivetrain build including a Shimano STEPS motor and SRAM 1 x 12 Eagle drivetrain.
Read the full review here: http://singletrackworld.com/charged/2019/06/20/2020-commencal-meta-power-29-team-first-ride
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yes sir absolutely stunning according to
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this we are at 2400 93 meters and
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apparently we've got like 2,000 meters
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of descending to do
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everyone empty from singletrack magazine
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here and I'm out in Andorra just check
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out this view it's pretty study in place
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although it is sunny it is a bit chilly
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so long sleeve tops for today but I have
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a feeling that the bike I'll be riding
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won't require me to work up much of a
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sweat so I wonder what that could be
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keep watching to find out I'm at the HQ
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where my bike for today is getting set
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up should be done in about half an hour
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so I'm gonna take a check I'll look
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around here I'm gonna tell you where I
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am we're gonna see if you can guess
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where I am at spawn track the helps oh
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bloody hell there's a flight BIA all
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right I'm at comments are and I gotta go
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through at the kitchen and we're gonna
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have a quick scan around but there's
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nobody about
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take on it let's see hello where are we
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going we are doing tonight fair nice
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trail
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to see what this views like it's
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absolutely insane so with the top of the
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hill and I'm not really sure which one
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off there check that out and I want the
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brand new comments all meta a and zu9 so
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as you can see it's a little bit
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different from the previous model it's
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got an internal battery on here and a
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Shimano 8:03 v battery there's a load of
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other changes on this bike it's steeper
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its slacker it's longer there's a big
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job change on this compared to the
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previous version still using the Shimano
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8000 motor and drive system it's got an
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e7 thousand control for the different
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modes so really well-thought our bike as
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you can see it looks pretty stealthy
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with that internal battery and you can
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get at that with a little allen key up
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here which I'm not sure you can see but
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I'll do some more video photos later I'm
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going to go into too much detail just
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now cuz we're gonna go and ride see how
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this bike is
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hey guys I'm Nicole from commensal I'm
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the R&D manager I'm gonna explain you
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the new metaphor r39
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team I do a mistake Andy so this bike
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for the first time I come on site we are
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going to use an internal battery
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we made some tests to check about the
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the weight distribution with this
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battery and we found out that it was
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quite nice
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so we decided to walk around this
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battery to make a whole new bike we've
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been working a lot of things Germany has
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changed suspension has changed this bike
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is actually longer than the current one
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yes kind of friendly but but we figure
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out that these bikes are going so fast
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right now we need to increase a bit the
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wheelbase and everything terms of reach
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we went to on the medium sized 450 large
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size 475 we use a 50 millimeter stem
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that is a good combo because gives a
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good feeling on the direction and on the
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way the bike endows sometimes keeps a
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good grip when you climb for water e9 is
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a bike where you can really climb steep
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things technical trails and then go down
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and find a lot of flow where there is no
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flow so to us it was really important to
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find the right balance
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we didn't climbing Daniel the head angle
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got a little bit slacker we have sixty
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four and a half degrees and a seat tube
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angle we have a 77 degrees C to Bangor
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so it's quite steep it really helps to
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keep a good position for the bike at the
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same time since the lens is slightly
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shorter than before compared to the old
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power we decided to go for a more linear
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suspension the idea here is that it's an
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easier way to get a good contact between
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the tire and the ground and if you are
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like that's a really fast rider and you
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want to write like really dynamic and
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get like less sag and then the bike we
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still be comfortable when you eat things
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and for somebody that is like really
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like that's a beginner but average to
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average rider wants more comfort you can
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go to a bit more sag and the same time
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the bike will still keep being
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comfortable and with
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it is one of the major improvement on
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the bike because it gives a Bailey is
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more dynamic and the same time more
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comfortable every year we try to improve
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and work more on that especially on the
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e-bikes so the internal battery many
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people think that it's a complicated
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like to take off and everything on that
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one we have like we use a four
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millimeter allen key it's coming from
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Shimano it's not from the US but it's
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really easy to release it's just a
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quarter turn and it's really easy to
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remove the battery but we use a battery
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cover that is like two density so hard
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and sitting in the middle to really make
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sure that the battery is protected for
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the for the impacts same idea with the
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motor mount mod protector is to go over
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something or and so it needs to be
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really strong and we work on a new one
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new shape we have two sliders on the on
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the under underneath and it really apps
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chin step adductor is also important to
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us we like like that I'm not noisy and
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it's really good it's really the bike is
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really quiet you can now fit water
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bottle which is quite important we feel
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like we just don't try to make any
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compromise when you just put but it
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needs good tires strong tires especially
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same for the wheels and we're pretty
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happy with the other bike
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okay so we're at the top of this
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absolutely stunning mountain here in
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Andorra on the meta m29 power sir
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absolutely stunning
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according to this we are at 2400 93
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meters and apparently we've got like
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2,000 meters of descending to do so
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still snowy up here awesome buddy a
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little lake down there it's absolutely
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amazing for the best ebikes adventure
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ever
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morning everyone this is my last day in
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Andorra so we've done two days of riding
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it's all been natural riding there's
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been no where bike park stuff no smooth
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stuff it's all been really rocky rooty
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loose there's been snow there's been
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everything and I thought I'd take this
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opportunity now this morning boy I get
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on the bus back to Barcelona you know to
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give a final round to put the bike I
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didn't want to do it yesterday after
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that ride because I was just buzzing and
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I thought you know I'm gonna have a
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sleep on it make sure there are no
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nickels or worries with the new meta
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power m-29 before do this final part of
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the video and really I can't think of
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anything I mean what comments has done
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with the new bike the geometry changes
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so that made it more modern the larger I
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rode is a 475 millimeter each which is
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really good I mean it's on par with what
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transition are doing and it's you know
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got away from what traditionally
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comments aisle has done which have been
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shorter bikes
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they've slackened up the front end a lot
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to bear this steep end of that seat tube
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angle so it's a really good paddler it's
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really good at climbing and yeah I mean
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that's really important for a well
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sorted ebike you know you want to be sat
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down pedaling and climbing up over
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things and honestly that the trails that
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we went on you wouldn't even consider
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trying on a regular bike these are a
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bike trail the new battery has meant
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that that's the Shimano 8:03 five
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battery not only is it internal so it
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gives you room in the frame for a bottle
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but you really do need on these big
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adventures but it also means that the
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batteries are slightly lower down in the
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frame and it gives you a lower center of
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gravity as well which is you know
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incredible for when you're plowing
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through roots and rocks and hitting off
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camber sections that extra weight
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actually gives you a bit more confidence
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to go faster than you would do normally
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you know you name it you can do it on
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this big travel bike it's got 170 more
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trouble up front 165 on the rear so it's
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a big bike a lot of travel it felt
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amazing in the trails that we did it I
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mean super steep rocky
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techy terrain that thing is an absolute
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beast
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and yeah I mean if we can get one back
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in the UK once they launch to test in
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our mud and slime and on you may be
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tamer trails to see how it is if it
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remains playful yeah that'll be really
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interesting to see certainly watch this
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just have one quick look at this amazing
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landscape before we go okay let's have a
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look at the meta power team yeah let's
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have a look at them may give it an
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easier name okay so we're gonna take a
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look at the meta power to nine why am i
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seven stroke
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