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come to fresh Goods down and my name's
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will and I'm the tech editor for single
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track magazine single track Worldcom and
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broadcasting to live on YouTube and this
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is a video that I'm trying to do once a
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week every Friday in Australia or
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Thursday night if you're in the UK or
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perhaps you're tuning in from another
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part of the world if you are watching
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live then please let me know tell me
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your name where you're watching in the
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world from and perhaps you can join in
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if you've got any questions about some
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of the products that I'm going to be
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talking about today I do have some new
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products here some of them actually been
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running for a little while and a couple
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of others that have just turned up for
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testing so we're gonna talk a little bit
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about those but as always if you've got
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any questions not just about the
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products here but perhaps there are
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other bikes that we're testing at the
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moment or products that we're testing
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you've got questions about all the stuff
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that you'd like to see tested let me
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know I am always looking for for good
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ideas for stuff to test perhaps head to
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head or group tests mini group tests
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whatever you want to hear or whatever
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you want to see let me know I'd love to
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hear your thoughts so without further
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ado I'm gonna get cracking on some of
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these fresh goods so as always yeah got
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any questions while we're doing this
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live just let me know I've got the
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camera right here I can see your
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comments I can see your thumbs up or
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thumbs down or whatever let me know what
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you like what you don't like as well I'd
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love to hear your feedback so as always
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I'll be monitoring those questions so
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just drop them in the comment section
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right here I'll be able to see them and
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hopefully you can answer them live for
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you so we've got people tuning in now
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welcome welcome to fresh Goods and
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thanks for joining and I hope you enjoy
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I guess I should probably talk about
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this maybe I'll talk about this bike
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here the canyon Iran which I've had for
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a couple of weeks now and you can
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probably tell through the dust on here
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but a dirt booth yeah there was one
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muddy ride that I went on and that was
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absolutely horrific so yeah I won't
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speak about that too much it was it was
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terrible
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yeah my friends in the UK you you'll
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feel my pain I'm sure but I had made a
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few changes to this test bike I've got
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this for I think another month or so
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that I'll be writing this for depends
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when Kenny wants it back
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but yeah I have made a couple of changes
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to this I've actually put on a new front
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tire now if you tuned in last week on
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fresh boots Friday or fresh quits
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Thursday night this is one of the
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specialized tires that we had come in
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last week so this is the purgatory this
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is the biggest one out of the lot this
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is a 2.6 inch tire so we did talk about
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this last week if you did tune in then
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you would have seen this so I've mounted
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this up to the front of the canyon
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neuron and yeah it's replaced a Max's
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forecaster so they come stock and
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there's one on the rear you can't see
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that in the video but 2.35 inch rear
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max's forecaster and all the front i've
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put the purgatory 22.6 so bit more bi
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bit more traction looking for something
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a bit more substantial on the front of
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this bike particularly for a lot of the
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loose rocky conditions we have around
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Bendigo it's really sketchy in a lot of
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the corners some of the descents are
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pretty blown out really rough kind of
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rutted sort of washed out kind of trail
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so just looking for something with a bit
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more bite on the front of the bike the
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other thing that I've changed on this
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bike is actually the cockpit and this is
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what I wanted to talk to you about here
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so I'm gonna drag this over let's get a
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bit of a closer look here can you see
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this funky handlebars this is quite a
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quite a distinctive look here now this
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is a relatively new handlebar from
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synchros synchros is owned by Scott and
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it's the component of Scott
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however Scott is really keen to kind of
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keep the two brand separates and cross
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is a component brand and they're pouring
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a lot of R&D into that brand at the
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moment to to bring out some really hot
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product and this is one of them it's a
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carbon fiber handlebar there's plenty of
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those on the market but it's actually
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integrated with the stem now I see if we
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can get a bit of a look at that you can
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kind of see that on camera there so this
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is all one piece carbon fiber so it's
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the stem clamp here all one piece
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through to the handlebar so it's a very
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very schmick piece
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okay so you've got two bolts on the back
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there and that's it so none of the full
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bulb faceplate on here or anything like
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that often you've got about six bolts in
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total on a handlebar and stem combo this
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has to that's it so it's really really
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simple the idea of the one piece
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structure aside from looking pretty damn
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striking I think you'll agree actually
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let me know what you think of this if
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you like this style because I have met a
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few people who aren't a fan of this what
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do you guys think I see we've got more
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people tuning in hello welcome welcome
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to fresh foods Down Under
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that's what I'm calling it now because
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it's Friday in Oz but it's Thursday in
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the UK and other parts of the world so
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we're just going fresh foods down under
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that might be a bit more simple but yeah
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let me know what you think of this
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handle bar so it has been on the market
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for a little while but synchros is
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increasing the range of options
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available this is called now let me just
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check my paperwork because the name is a
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bit of a mouthful it's the Hickson IC s
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Hickson IC 1.0 rise oh oh we've got a
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comment come through shed life guy our
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thanks for tuning in again know welcome
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back to fresh goods Down Under
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I think the bars look amazing yeah I'd
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agree with you shed life guy I think
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they do look pretty damn cool it's kind
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of got a hammerhead shark kind of vibe
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about it that's that's what this design
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speaks to me I don't know what you think
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it looks like but gives it a pretty
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pretty stealthy kind of look and the
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reason I put these bars onto this bike
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is now wider so this is the rise version
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of the Hickson handlebar it's got 20
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millimetres of rise and OH Callum Ogden
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evening will evening Callum thanks for
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joining in thanks for tuning in to fresh
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foods down under live and welcome back
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again for for another Friday edition
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hope you're well hope you're riding a
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bike and getting a lots of miles on that
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so yeah so I've decided to put this nice
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wide hand bar on here the stop bars on
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this bike is 760 which is pretty good to
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be honest and you know bar width is very
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personal preference so I'm not here to
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say one width is better than the other
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but I was looking for a bit more
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leverage over the front wheel looking
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for a bit more I don't know a bit more a
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bit more of a dynamic kind of steering
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feel so I've put on the wider bars so
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they've gone
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up to 800 these are 800 millimeters wide
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you can get this bar in 780 or 800 these
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are the big ones it's a 40 millimeter
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effective stem width they call it
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virtual stem length because of course
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there is no stem this is one piece this
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handlebar so in the traditional sense
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it's not a stem because it's not
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separate to the handlebar the 40
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millimeter effective length so I've
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shortened it up and I've also widen out
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the handlebar and it's made a huge
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change already and in fact I would say
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that it's it's basically brought this by
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to life for me I found steering a lot
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more mobile responsive of course with
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the wider by you you give yourself a
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wider stance over the front of the bike
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so for me that gives me more confidence
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I feel a little bit more stable on the
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bike but because of the wider bars I
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also have more leverage over the bike so
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that helps with for me for cornering I
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can really kind of tip the bike over
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lean it through the corners and get it
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over around this kind of tight bends so
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already this has had a really good
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effect so that's the sink cross Hickson
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I see one point I rise at the double
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check the other name there now as you
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can imagine for a carbon fiber structure
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like this it's not cheap yeah in fact
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it's very very expensive
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this is 299 pounds I don't know the
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Australian dollars figure so we'll try
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and find that out for you but 299 quid I
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guess your I mean if you were looking at
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say an NV carbon handlebar and a NV
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carbon stem then this is actually not
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out of the out of the realms of the that
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price point and of course the advantages
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here you do have that clean look it is
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quite lightweight as well claimed weight
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on this is 270 grams which is not very
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much for a handlebar in stem together so
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yeah and then aside from that you've got
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in theory you know better vibration
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dampening and so on I've ridden a
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narrower version of this bar on Scot
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genius and Scot ransom and the vibration
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damping is really really good it's got a
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really good comfortable feel it dampens
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out bars really well and of course
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you've got better tuning capability if
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you're building the house
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and the stem as one piece then you can
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control that whole structure but if
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you're building a carbon handle bar and
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it's going to be bolted onto any one
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stem then you obviously lose control of
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that particular area of handle bar some
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stems why does some stem faceplates are
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narrower some are four bolts I'm a to
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bolt so some alloys some of carbon so by
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building all this one-piece synchros has
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more control over the end ride fuel so
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that's kind of the advantage there
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disadvantages you can't adjust the
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handle bar role obviously without a face
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adjustable faceplate and stem there you
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can't bring the bars back or roll them
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forward so some people prefer their the
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hand of our sweep to go a particular way
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depending on how you ride over the front
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of the bike or if this is off the back
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of the bike so you do lose that
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adjustability so that might be a problem
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for you for me I found this sweep on
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this to be spot-on I really really like
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it speaking of it's got six degrees up
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sweep and seven degrees of back sweep so
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there you go that's sort of the angles
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of this bar you can get it in 40 or 50
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millimeter effective stem lengths 780 or
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800 millimeter width so so there you go
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that's the sink cross kicks and
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handlebar what do you think of that I'd
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love to know what you think of this
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crazy handlebar shape but yeah I think
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it looks kind of cool but that's just me
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I'd love to know what you think and if
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you are tuning it we've got a few people
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watching live here welcome welcome to
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fresh goods Down Under
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thanks for joining in and I'd love to
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know where in the world you're watching
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from what you're doing what plans you
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got this weekend for riding I'm gonna
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hopefully get out on my bike I'm going
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to take out a good friend of mine Chris
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who has not ridden a mountain bike for
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something like 15 years and he's looking
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to get back into it again so I'm gonna
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take him out riding and hopefully get
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him hooked so that's the plan right
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moving right along let's talk about this
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little thing this is also from synchros
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I had a few bits arrive from these guys
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and I want to show you this because I
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think it's really cool I'm pretty nerdy
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with with tools really like with
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workshop tools and bike tools and this
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let's give you a closer look at that
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it's the cutest little mini rat
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it's absolutely tiny and it's and it
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comes in its own tool roll so you got
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this green elastic band so that's quite
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compact I mean that will fit in your
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jersey pocket in the back of your Jersey
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or it'll fit in a backpack I actually
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run it in my little bum bag I've got a
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Camelback bum bag and fits in the side
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pocket really neatly so it's quite easy
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to pull out and you can have that on the
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trail really quickly now the deal with
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this is it it's all built with this tiny
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little ratchet here so if you can hear
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this can you hear that
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so that should little ratchet there
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there's a little lever here and you can
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flick that between modes so you can you
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can reverse the ratchet for loosening
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and you just pull out your little bit
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here these are all stainless steel very
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nicely made and you've got your formula
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meter bit there we've got six five four
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three we've got a t30 t25 T 15 I think
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just check that one yet t 15 and we also
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got a Phillips head screwdriver there as
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well so really neat you've got all the
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bits there you can whip those out and
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check this out this is a torque limiter
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so here you go see that on the camera
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there seen that gold torque limiter so
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this guy is rated to 5 Newton meters and
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what you do is you plug that into the
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ratchet head put your bit in the tool
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bit thank you very much get your mind
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out of the gutter and there we go we
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have a torque wrench basically now it's
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it's not adjustable this one here is 5
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Newton meters and you can tighten away
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let's that way uh-huh
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so you can tighten up your stem bolts
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we're hot on this hand about whoops
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you're on a regular stem you could do
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that brake brake clamps shifter clamps
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seat post clamp whatever and at 5 Newton
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meters this will stop turning sorry it
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will continue turning but it won't keep
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turning the bit I should say so it does
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stop at 5 Newton meters so you don't get
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a click like you would with some other
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torque wrenches there is no click but it
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will stop at 5 Newton meters so very
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four-carbon handlebars lightweight alloy
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handlebars basically anything you don't
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want to crush with your huge power and
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your muscly arms that's what I tell
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myself anyway so yeah that's a really
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neat little thing there these are quite
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expensive these talk limiters so it's
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nice to see that in this in this
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multi-tool kit so I'll just show you
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some of the other bits we've got a
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really nice little tray here what have
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we got here oh we've got some one
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life guy has set a similar idea
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to the talked toe pig bit yes you are
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spot-on
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in fact I'm relatively sure this is
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exactly the same ratchet the the bits
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look slightly different but I'm sure
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they come out of the same place most
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likely and that talk bit there that
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looks identical to the toe pick one -
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what I like about this synchros kit is
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it does come with three talks heads to
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15 to 25 to 30 the reason I like that is
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more and more bikes are coming with talk
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skis which is an entirely other thing to
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itself that we could talk about for
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hours I really am NOT a big fan of Torx
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bits mostly because like why don't we
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just stick to one style let's not have
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two different standards for bolts I mean
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yeah it's done right anyway it exists
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that's fine they have their advantages
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they are harder to strip than a hex bolt
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for people who don't know how to talk
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things correctly but there are more
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bikes coming with these talks bits so it
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is useful to have them in here
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particularly Scot bikes and obviously
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synchros and Scot come under the same
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umbrella a lot of Scot bikes i've tested
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recently do have a lot of talks hardware
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so it's great to have them in your
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multi-tool rather than being stuck out
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in the middle of nowhere with a loose
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pivot bolt on the upper shock mount and
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realising that you've got nothing to
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tighten up that's really annoying
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hypothetically if that happened to you
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on the trail I can tell you it's really
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so yeah very similar to topic kit but it
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does come in this lovely tool roll which
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I quite like and it does come with a
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chain breaker which is quite neat so
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there's this little guy here you
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actually drive the pin with with the
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ratchet with a four millimeter I think
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you can see in the end there that's a
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formula metre hex
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and hiding you hear the tiny little
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thing there that's an adapter that's an
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8 millimeter adapter so you can put that
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over the 6 mil bit and you've got an
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eight millimeter bit there that is great
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for pedals most pedals use an 8
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millimeter hex key particularly Shimano
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pedals SPD and flat pedals they use an 8
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millimeter bit to tighten and loosen so
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this is great if you're traveling and
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you want kind of like close to a
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workshop kit if you have to build your
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bike out of a box
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so you've arrived somewhere you've got
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to the airport bikes in a box or your
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bike bag you get to the hotel you're
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ready to ride this is a little kit here
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compared to using like a flip-out
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multi-tool is way easier to use you know
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you've got that ratchet key there and
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you can actually put the bit in the end
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as well so you can so you can tighten or
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loosen things quite easily from a
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distance and then you can flip the bit
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to the end and you've got more leverage
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there plus the 5 Newton meter torque
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bits so as far as having workshop kind
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of I wouldn't say it's workshop level
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but I would say that it's more workshop
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functionality in a multi-tool that's
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kind of what this provides so very very
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neat oh and there's magnets here that's
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pretty cool
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you can put your chain link on here so
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you can put your 8 9 10 11 12 speed
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split links if you carry spares they'll
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actually sit in here with magnets with
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the power of magnets so that's pretty
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cool
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everyone loves magnets and in the pouch
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here we also have glueless patches
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because even if you have a spare tube
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things can always get worse
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unfortunately I've experienced that just
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yesterday actually where I had a couple
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of punctures on the same ride on the
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same trail which is very very
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frustrating so it's nice to have those
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back up emergency spares in this little
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kit so there you go that's a sync cross
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it's called the guide toolkit and that
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will set you back $64.99
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so it's pretty expensive a lot of that
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is to do with the talked bit that's in
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there I think it's actually cheaper than
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the topic kit but the topic one does
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come with a couple of extra talk
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limiters as well so
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swings and roundabouts I suppose this
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one does have the chain breaker so
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that's neat and they're lovely tore off
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as I said that's quite good for putting
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a New Jersey pocket or backpack or
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whatever right last thing I want to talk
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about is is drugs let's talk about drugs
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colorful candy chips what do you call an
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pac-man pac-man no that's this is
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nothing of the above these shocks bases
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for Fox rear shock and you can get this
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as a kit I don't know the pricing in
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Australia I did get this sent from solar
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sport which is the distributor for Fox
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in Australia in the UK this will set you
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back 2395
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through silver fish and but wherever you
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are in the world get in touch with your
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local Fox dealer and they'll be able to
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let you know this is basically a shop
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volume spacer kit so these are designed
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to go inside a Fox reshot there are
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several different kits available
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depending on the shock now if you've got
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a float DPS which this Canyon does this
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is the the shock on the back here and
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this is the kit that you're after and
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this is the kit that I requested so this
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is really useful for me to have in the
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workshop especially when test bikes turn
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up and I need to change the volume on
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the rear shock because it's either too
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progressive or it's too linear and I'm
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bottoming out too much you basically
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depressurize the air can you uh that
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pull it open remove whatever space is
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inside if there is a space or inside
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this clips on to the main air shaft and
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then it sits in the top of the shop
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right up in the top of the head and and
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all it does is it reduces the air volume
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so you can see we've got several
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different sizes available all the way
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down to this little one here it's
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absolutely tiny and they're all
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different sizes for taking up different
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amounts of volume now another crucial
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thing you need to know about shock
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volume and using these spacers depending
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on the size of the shock and depending
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on the stroke of the shock and depending
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on the air volume of the sleeve because
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there are lv and X
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the air sleeves and SV I think or maybe
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they've got written the XP anyway
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there's there's two or three different
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sizes for the air sleeve there are
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limits as to how many spaces you can use
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or how few spaces you can use and if you
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go outside of that limit you're gonna
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cause some damage most likely sofox if
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you're worried about what what spaces
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you can fit in you're shocked or you
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want to find out how many you can put in
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etc etc go on the Fox website they have
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a really handy chart you basically find
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out the size of your shocks so that's
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the eye to eye length so that's this
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shock pivot to this shock pivot and you
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find out the stroke so the travel of the
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shock and there's a really handy guide
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that will tell you what the limit is in
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terms in the minimum number of spaces
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and then the maximum number of spaces
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you can fit inside now the reason I got
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this kit as I said it's really useful
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for me to have in the workshop in the
20:43
toolbox just to use on test bikes from
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time to time I don't have any at the
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moment because we've only been back in
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ours for a month and a half now so still
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kind of building up all the spare parts
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and so on but I do want to throw one
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inside the rear shock on this canyon so
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let me just drag this over here and
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you'll get a bit of a better picture
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good sorry this is live so I haven't
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rehearsed this one so this is oh gosh
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I'm trying to remember the size this is
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210 millimeters from eye to eye and the
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length I think is I want to say fifty
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millimeters on the stroke I've
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completely had a mind blank on that but
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I think it's about fifty millimeters
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anyway there is a spacer inside this
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shock but it is one of the smaller
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spaces I think it might actually be this
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green one or this pink one I'm not
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entirely sure it's one of these and at
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the moment the suspension is working
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really well it's very effective on this
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bike actually but every now and then I
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am kissing full travel I should say so
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on a couple of times a ride even at
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about the right amount of sag there are
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some times where I'm running through the
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travel and I'm feeling that bottom out
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so you're hitting full travel and you
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can see the o-ring down here I can't see
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that - well there it is
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ooh Callum Ogden is that a shock wheeze
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that is a shock whiz yes good spotting
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I've left that on here I've been just
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checking actually this is this has been
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really good for validating that if
22:11
anyone's not used to shock waves before
22:13
I can highly recommend it if you're a
22:15
bit of a suspension nerd you'll love
22:18
this it's really really fun to play with
22:19
and and even if you've got no interest
22:22
in suspension whatsoever if you've got a
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nice full suspension bike it's worth
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getting one of these on here and a
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number of bike shops out there are
22:29
actually renting these out so you can go
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into your local bike shop and if they do
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offer that as a service you can rent it
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out for say a weekend spend a couple of
22:38
days playing around with it on the rear
22:40
shock and on the fork it will fit on the
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fork tube with the longer hose and you
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can get some information about how much
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travel using and also what the dynamic
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sag is so dynamic sag is quite
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interesting because often it varies -
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static sag and static sag is when you
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sit on the bike and the suspension
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compresses and normally you set up a
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bike between 25 to 30% of its travel
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with your weight on it so when you're
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sitting on it and you've got your weight
23:05
on the bike and suspension compresses
23:06
you want the rear suspension to usually
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sag about 25 to 30% of its available
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stroke that's a general rule of thumb
23:14
please consult your brand of bike for
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further details because some run less
23:20
sag or more sag than that this Canyon
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runs 27 to 30 percent sag that's the
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recommended setup for the rear shock on
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this newer on CF so I'm running around
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28% 29% so just under that maximum
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amount but using the shock was has been
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really interesting because when you're
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riding the SAG can be a little different
23:40
to when you're just sitting on it so you
23:42
might actually have more dynamic sag
23:44
than static sag or in this case you
23:46
might have less dynamic sag than static
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sag and that's I find quite interesting
23:50
a lot of that comes down to pedaling
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dynamics and anti squats so when you're
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pedaling on the bike and if there's
23:56
enough anti-squat in the system it'll
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actually hold the bike up a little bit
23:59
more in its travel and then your dynamic
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sag will be less than the static sag so
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that's quite interesting so yes good
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spotting there calendar that is a
24:07
Shoppers and very very handy it's also
24:10
good for knowing when you've hit full
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full bottom out to be honest on this
24:14
shot I really know
24:15
it's it's quite easy to feel through
24:17
through the pedals through the frame
24:18
but there are some bikes out there where
24:20
the progression is so smooth and the
24:23
bottom out is so gentle that you can't
24:26
feel bottom out you know it's very very
24:28
difficult to feel that you know that
24:30
full travel so the chakras is quite
24:33
useful for that for measuring when
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you've hit full travels so sometimes
24:37
what you're feeling what's actually
24:38
happening on the trail can be different
24:40
so this is a great little device to use
24:43
to to verify that basically so yeah
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getting back to the spaces I'm gonna
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bang a slightly bigger volume spacer in
24:51
here and the reason I'm gonna do that is
24:53
I want a little bit more ramp up towards
24:55
the end of the travel I want to avoid
24:57
hitting full travel on those you know
25:00
drop-offs or little jumps or you know
25:02
rapid kind of hits where you use full
25:04
travel and you and bottom out shock I
25:07
want to reduce that so I'm gonna put in
25:09
a volume spacer reduce the volume shrink
25:12
the volume down and with less volume
25:14
we'll get a more progressive end stroke
25:16
it also probably make the mid stroke a
25:20
little bit more supportive which I'm not
25:22
necessarily looking for because the mid
25:24
stroke in here is very very good it's
25:26
got a great platform really efficient
25:29
design and no problems with responsive
25:32
responsiveness or reactivity it's great
25:35
as far as pushing the bike through the
25:37
turf
25:38
excuse me through the turns pops out of
25:40
corners really well really really happy
25:42
with that but I just want to get a
25:43
little bit more in stroke compliance so
25:45
I'm gonna try a slightly bigger volume
25:46
spacer be interesting to see how that
25:49
goes because it might make it might not
25:52
be an improvement I don't know and so
25:54
I've got that kid in there to find out
25:56
but I just wanted to let you know that
25:58
get all these these colorful spacers are
26:01
available for you to purchase and you
26:04
can play around with this yourself and
26:05
if you're fairly confident with letting
26:09
all the air out of shock I'm threading
26:10
the air can and mixing these around you
26:12
do have to be careful obviously you
26:13
don't wanna get dirt inside here and you
26:16
don't want to put things in the wrong
26:17
place where they're not meant to be so
26:19
you do have to follow the instructions
26:21
very carefully but it's a pretty easy
26:22
thing for you to do at home I would say
26:25
easier than it is changing volume in a
26:27
fork because you don't
26:28
needing special tools to do it on the
26:29
rear shock so there you go that's some
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volume spaces there I'll just get this
26:34
bike out of the way there we are and
26:38
those are 2395 in the UK and they are
26:43
available in Australia that's where I
26:44
sourced these myself I don't know the
26:47
price I'm guessing with the exchange
26:48
rate they're probably $45 or 50 bucks or
26:51
something like that so there you go
26:53
we'll have more information on
26:54
singletrack WorldCom fresh boots friday
26:56
on these if you want more information
26:59
but I'm gonna leave it at that I've got
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27:58
weekend wherever in the world you are
28:00
I hope the sun is shining and if it
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isn't doesn't matter
28:04
put on your raincoat get out there and
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ride because you might as well and oh
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yeah and this could be Christmas next
28:11
week so Merry Christmas or merry
28:13
whatever wherever in the world you are
28:15
and I hope you have a fantastic holiday
28:17
break I might see you next week I might
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be a hugger I don't know it's gonna be a
28:23
big week to be honest for me so so we'll
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see how things pan out but otherwise
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