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Jack from Canyon talks us through the latest enduro bike.
Read our first ride review here: https://singletrackworld.com/2019/01/2019-canyon-strive-first-ride-review-with-shapeshifter-2-0/
Full details of the new range are here: https://singletrackworld.com/2019/01/2019-canyon-strive-range-launched-full-details-here/
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hi I'm Hannah from single track and I'm
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here with Jack from Canyon hi let's talk
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about this new bike in front of us the
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strive which is launched today uh and
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it's it's your Endura bike yeah that's
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it so um for those not familiar with the
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canyon range of mountain bikes um the
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stri has been around for a while in a
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number of versions um and it's our like
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you said our uro bike um so it's
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positioned uh between our spectral the
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trail bike in our range and the and the
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torque which is our kind of super Enduro
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Bike Park bike um and this is our our
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latest version of the yeah of that kind
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of inur inero model this drive so big
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big news big change is the wheels yeah
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yeah exactly so yeah the thing you'll
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notice if you are familiar with the the
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old bike um is that we moved 29in Wheels
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um so that's across all sizes um and uh
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yeah there's been kind of I think a bit
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of a shift um in in racing and
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everything and I think we've engineered
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this bike to to win races uh so where
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it's at is where we've gone to nailing
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your colors to the mask excellent so no
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275s at all um what travel are we going
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to get
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so the bike we have in front of us here
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is is a bit of an exception it has a 170
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mil Fork but everything else is a 160
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mil fork and then on the back is 150 mil
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of travel across the board okay so the
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rear travel is the same across all the
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bikes in the range exactly but this one
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is the the team racing ews guys kind of
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bike and so it's got a bit more bit more
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travel slightly longer Fork just cuz the
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I guess the the ews rounds the these
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days so yeah they're so demanding that
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they kind of an extra 10 m brings the
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head angle back half a degree and raises
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the BB slightly so they can negotiate
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nasty Rock Gardens and and everything in
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between okay so if you fancy yourself as
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an ews Rider what are you getting by way
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of geometry on that um so you have to
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take half a degree off uh these angles
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but it's a 66 for this bike but 66 head
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angle on most of the range um and then
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uh you've got quite a bit longer reach
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on a few of the sizes um for this new
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version so on the large a 470 mil reach
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um and on the XL is a whopping 500 mil
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reach and then you've got 440 reach on
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medium and 45 reach on the uh small so
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okay so the scale this one's a medium
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yeah this is a medium here okay and what
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about the seat tube is that same angles
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as well uh the seat tube um in the XE
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mode is uh is 75 um and 73 and A2 when
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you're in the downhill mode which is all
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determined by where you have the shape
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shifter shape shifter so let's let's
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talk about the shape shifter then
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there's there's there's things going on
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here there's buttons up here there's
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some little extra gbin down here exactly
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what's it what's it for first of all so
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it's quite well hidden um but what it is
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is a is a small gas spring um which when
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it's extended the bike sits up into that
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uh 75° seat angle and adds a degree and
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a half onto the head tube angle as well
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um and then when it's compressed you get
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that kind of downhill mode 66 head angle
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um that angle change is sort of half the
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story um the other big change is to the
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feel of the rear suspension um when it
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compresses it actually moves the top
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eyelet of the shock uh slightly further
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towards the seat Tu which increases the
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the leverage ratio okay um so in the
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downhill mode not only have you got a
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slacker lower bike you've also got a
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bike with the full 150 M of travel um
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more Supple shock um whereas in the
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cross country mode conversely is a Firma
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feeding shock right the travel is
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actually down to 135 mil because the
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leverage ratio has changed um and also a
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more subtle thing but you do really
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notice actually when you're you know
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pounding up a steep climb is there's
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actually because the rear axle is
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slightly further round the wheel path
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there's slightly more antis squat in the
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X mode so all together your X mode is
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for for your pedaling then ex and and
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then you can switch the downhill mode
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for for going downhill almost two bikes
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in one but and you could actually use it
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almost like two bikes in one because you
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if you're just doing like a trail Center
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ride with your kids or whatever you
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could just keep it in XT mode the whole
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way around yeah if you if you're someone
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that splits your time between super
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steep techy trails and you have some
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sort of more of flowy Trails the XC mode
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what we call it XC mode is actually
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usable for more mellow Trails um so you
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get a bit more pedaling efficiency
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slightly tighter angles um so so yeah
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it's a it's something that we uh
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developed with the old bike um but on
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this one it's it's been evolved a little
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bit further um so it's kind of refined
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the action for how you get from one
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state into another isn't it I think so
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if you're an ews Rider and you want to
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be able to change uh settings just as
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easily as you might use a dropper that's
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kind of what you've got now with this
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yeah yeah so it's it's on the fly a
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geometry adjustment this rear shop
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feeling adjustment is something you can
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do on the Fly um I press these buttons
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yeah so what setting am I in now so now
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you're be in the XC mode um the next
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time there's weight taken off the back
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of the bike The Shape Shifter will
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extend by itself and stay there in XC
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mode okay and then and then oh I'm at
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the top of the hill soon as you release
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it so the next time the rear suspension
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compresses it will then go into downhill
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mode and and it will stay there okay um
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so it's uh the last one was similar in
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kind of the way it changed the bike but
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the operation was a little bit of a
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technique to it a bit of a learning
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process sort of compress and push and
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things
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it there's no timing you just push push
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and go and you can see it when you're
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riding if you accidentally left it Inc
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mode you can just see on the handle bar
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so uh it's nice and easy and it's still
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still quite tidy there with the dropper
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and everything there yeah so the the
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leave is really nice in that it's it
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accepts the thumb paddle Reverb remote
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and also accepts a cable pull Canyon
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remote so if you have a bike spec with a
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cable operated post um it will be in
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exactly the same layout as that okay um
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and it's yeah I think thumb paddle is is
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a bit easier to use than having levers
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above the bar um which even turning your
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bike UPS or down May you're not meant to
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do it but yeah it's going to happen
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sometime so and then this shape shifter
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is across all the bikes in the range
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yeah y yeah and um in terms of the
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engineering of the unit itself um this
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time around we've developed it with the
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guys at ful suspension um so there's
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been a few changes um as I say the angle
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adjustment is very similar to the old
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bikes about a degree and half is the
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change you achieve but even down to the
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location of the valve to set it up for
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your weight um it sits off to the side
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so the last one you had to use an
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adapter um cuz it was quite uh kind of
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hidden inside the the middle of the
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rocker link um and also this runs at a
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lower pressure so you're not really
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having to to wind up to super high
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pressure um it's yeah bit easier to kind
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of set up and as we run over the
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operation of it is a bit more intuitive
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right so um
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that's your your geometry and your
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geometry changes they stay the same
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across all the range apart from this
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race one exactly the other small change
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the laugh set Forks so we moved to
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laughs at Forks on this bike um
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depending on whether you have a fox
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equipped bike or Rock shock equi bike
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you get either 44 mil offset for Fox or
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42 mil offset for rock shocks so that's
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the only other kind of discrepancy
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between saying it's a blanket this is
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the geometry and and spec between the
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bikes and so there are different price
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points in the range um and there's two
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different carbon layups for different
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parts of that range is that correct
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exactly yes so the two top models so
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this one and the one above it and The
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Bling one the Super Bling yeah okay
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exactly so we we we tout them as the CFR
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bikes uh so they're a slightly higher
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modulus carbon um same stiffness as the
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as the the standard bikes below them the
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standard strive CF but it's 300 gr
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lighter so it's quite a big weight
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saving um so it's you know almost a full
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water bottle yes which uh if you're out
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all day is uh is yeah I think noticeable
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over time and you can get you get a
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water bottle on all all the bites as
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well don't you water bottle on there and
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also uh threaded BB as well threaded BB
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excent now yeah there's a couple of
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changes down here weren't there that um
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were kind of of note so you've got
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you've got your threaded BB you've got a
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bolt-on uh protection on the sound tube
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yeah and then something going on with
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the is yeah so um some people May
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sympathize with this but icg tabs um on
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bikes can be a bit vulnerable so if you
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really Whack The Bash guard um and your
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icg tabs a part of your frame then you
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can hurt the frame right um on this bike
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the same as our torque actually um it's
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a removable icg plate so if you really
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hit something hard and you write off
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your chain guide and you write off your
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icg tabs rather than needing a new front
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end of your bicycle um you can just
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change this the plate which clamps onto
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the BB shell and uh and you're back up
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and running again that definitely sounds
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like a good thing yes you would be sad
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to to write off your a shame for such a
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good looking bike so uh how many sizes
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are there going to be available it's
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from small through to XL so four sizes
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um six models right and all the models
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available in all the sizes precisely
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yeah and so what does it start at so
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2699 um and it's only available in
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carbon strive as mentioned it's got
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those two levels of carbon frame um um
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but at 2699 it's still a really great
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spec so you've got a proper Fox 36
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Rhythm Fork um dpx2 performance shock um
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and then at the other end of the the
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Spectrum uh the very very top uh cf9
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limited model has got a real dream build
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uh kind of components so Envy Wheels uh
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xx1 group set and also the fox fact cool
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shocks so yeah really broad range of
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bikes very good well
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thanks very much for joining us you and
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the viewers if you've got any questions
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stick them in the comments below and
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Jack or I will do our best to to answer
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them um or hop on over to the canyon
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website where be able to see the range
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and and order one if that's what you
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think you need yeah availability wise um
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there'll be select models in stock um
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from today and then uh the rest of the
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range will be following shortly after
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very good yeah thanks very much see you
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soon bye bye
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