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alright hello everyone this will hear
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from singletrack magazine a singletrack
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welcome we're here at the 2018 pivot
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2412 and we're right in the middle of
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camp site as you can probably tell and
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we're actually about to go do a preview
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of the racecourse I'm here with my
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speedy friend Tom hello looking very
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fast and I've got to try and keep up
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with Tom he's gonna help you do some
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filming we're gonna give you a bit of a
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look at this ten kilometer loop that
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everyone's gonna be racing over this
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weekend at this 12 and 24 hour Melton
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bike race so strap yourself in get ready
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for some very fast and furious racing
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action right so we're out on course
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where we've gone through the campsite
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and the starting area of the pivot 2412
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race lap and now into some double track
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this is a good opportunity for racers to
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throw some passing maneuvers such as
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this yep say you do it how you do it
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although it's next to a shooting ground
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right yeah don't go off course hey I
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wouldn't recommend you wouldn't
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recommend it yeah of course itself has
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been rejigged from last year it's a bit
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shorter but there is more single track
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in it I think on average I'll be the
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quicker lap times gonna be around or sub
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30 minutes
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32:35 yep right so we're back in a
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single track into the woods the trail
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surface here is really nice and dusty so
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of course been a very dry summer and
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trail conditions well nicely done trail
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conditions right now couldn't be better
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we have had a little bit of drizzle
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today and that's kind of pack down a bit
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of the dust what's going to be
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challenging is we are expecting more
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rain to come through over the weekend so
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the current conditions are likely to
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stay the same definitely on the race
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course right now it's not too bad but
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there are spots where then a more
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exposed and they're catching the rain
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first and turning the trail a little bit
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slick in spots and that's going to be
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the tricky part is kind of going from
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here Oh dirt the slippy slick trail
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gentlemen all right you're on you say
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bunghole bunghole sweet man the other
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left
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Ozzy left mate it's all upside down oh
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yeah oh this is super creepy oh oh yeah
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if you're riding through that at night
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with weird old derelict caravans kind of
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shining back at you this is the major
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climb coming up so I think that says the
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Mac attack climb Oh
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oh my lord this is steep it feels sleep
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anyway oh yeah so we're going up the Mac
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attack climb this is early on in the lap
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2 and this is your way of gaining
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elevation to those trails that we want
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to get to on the backside well holy moly
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oh it makes you work for time pulling
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away from the
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too powerful on the climbs I think I've
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hit threshold BPM dude I need max again
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now after riders have gone up that burg
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here will be the motivation station
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ladies serving tea and scones yeah
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they'll be tunes they'll be helping
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riders not only get up that climb but to
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keep going
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I bet on Sunday morning towards the end
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of the 24-hour race people are going to
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need that oh you've got a little bit of
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rain drizzling on us which is actually
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quite nice because it's warm because of
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those clouds overhead and that
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precipitation is quite a bit of humidity
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under the trees here
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riders are gonna have to make sure they
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take onboard plenty of water because
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right now I am sweating a bucket load up
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again here we go just after you've had
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that nice little recovery there yeah so
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we're up on the top now the lion's share
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of the climbing is being done that's out
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of the way and now we've got some really
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fun single track that awaits us you'll
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see all these bright orange tree stumps
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which the race organisers have
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painted as such so hopefully even at
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night you'll be able to spot those you
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avoid your front wheel going straight
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into one because that could spill
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disaster
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all right so entering a kind of first
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section of single track downhill this is
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the reward for all the climbing that
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we've been doing now this trail is
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running beautifully at the moment it's
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just being tacked down with a little bit
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of drizzle one thing to watch though is
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the roots are quite shiny and once well
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they're shiny when they're dry once they
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get just a little bit of moisture on
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them they could be absolutely deadly all
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right we've got a bit more a bit more
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descending coming up here through the
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trees oh yeah through those off camber
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corners to keep you on your toes all
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right a bit more climbing to bring us
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back up we're getting towards the back
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of the course now got a lovely section
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of single track through here been
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traversing along and now we're going to
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head steadily back downhill
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oh here we are coming into bluebells
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wood which is probably one of if not the
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most fun sections of a singletrack in
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the whole course and this just kind of
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undulates in and around these bomb holes
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we've got a few interesting tree roots
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here certainly a few lumps and bumps
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through there I don't know how you're
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going on the hardtail Oh yep there's the
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a line yeah all those through the over
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take almost that was the jerome Clements
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line right there yeah I think some
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interesting passes are going to happen
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there on race day that's for sure you'd
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use this in it this there's nothing to
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full-on and that kind of makes it it
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makes it appealing for a wider range of
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riders you know you don't have to be an
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absolute Pinner yeah I mean there's no
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committing drops or or jumps or anything
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like that oh yeah this is this is a
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really fun section so we are coming in
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towards home straight and we are coming
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into a section of trail called the bomb
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holes for obvious reasons and this is
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why one big pump track Wow you can
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barely touch the pedals there and still
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pick up speed here we've got some rocks
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just like those tree stumps earlier on
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painted bright flora orange so some of
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those rocks are potentially going to eat
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tires and tubes so they've been
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color-coded accordingly so riders can
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avoid them but we are nearing the end of
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the racecourse now and we're going to
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descend back down into race village on
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some absolutely ripping trail
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or you can hit it oh yeah this one yep
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oh yeah there we go that's about it and
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I mean you can even you can go straight
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around that there's no problem at all
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ace picking up speed as we head downhill
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again there's some opportunity to go
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really fast through here
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if you feeling confident smooth and
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mentally on point we've got another
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couple of foam holes coming up here here
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we go up and over up and over brilliant
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alright heading into cottage returned
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now oh this is a classic bit of trail
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here we go some nice rocks through there
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Tom's doing a fantastic job of picking
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his way around those sharp pointy rocks
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and I'm able to be quite a bit more lazy
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on the full suspension give it trail
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four to nine we've got a big off-camber
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turn there that's quite loose it's not
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too bad at the moment but I reckon
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that's going to get a bit slick you
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don't want to come into there too hot
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otherwise your tyres are going to drop
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out from underneath you
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now the far section here through the
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ferns we're gonna start a zig zag out
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way back downhill from here you can
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start to hear the microphone and the
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loud speaker down in the finish line
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area so for racers who are feeling
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fatigued and tired hearing that sound
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gonna help them knowing that they at the
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finish and you've got a sweet bit of
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singletrack
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to take you there this is superb oh yeah
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how good is this oh ha ha ha ha watch
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those roots
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holy moly working it right down now oh
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yes it's already starting to erode and
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we haven't had many riders out
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practicing yet I mean tomorrow midday
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once the race starts give me and all
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those braking bumps are gonna get bigger
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and deeper and longer
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nice bit of pace down there and out of
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the descent Hey woohoo almost there
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small section a single track through
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here getting very close to the finish
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it is very deceptive though as Tom's
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pointing out you think you're getting
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close but the course does wind a bit
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doesn't it once you get back into the
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arena we're gonna zigzag for a while oh
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yeah kind of regretting the wide
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handlebars through that bridge Oh
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just made it through here we are back
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out into the main arena thanks to all of
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you oh there we go our adoring fans
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cheering us on that last bit of effort
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you still going and how cruel is this
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you head towards the finish line shoot
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you can actually see it through there
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but then you're sent on the left hander
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back through the camp side again I've
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only done one laugh and I'm already
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feeling it you go for good F of a that
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was awesome I think so
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there you go so that's course preview
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2018 pivot 2412 my name is will and
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gonna be reporting throughout the
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weekend we've had a good time haven't we
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it's a really good racing course it's
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got enough in there to make it
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interesting but nothing too challenging
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that anyone could yeah yeah
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can we great weekend if the rain stays
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away yes please all right hope you enjoy
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stay tuned bye
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