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Andi talks us through the 2019 Radon Slide Trail 8.0, a carbon fibre trail bike costing just €2499. The Radon Slide Trail boasts 150mm of suspension travel up front, 140mm on the rear and a flip chip for adjustable geometry.
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and it kind of looks like the the bow of
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an ice breaker boat uh some of you will
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think that is a you know a nice feature
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so pretty decent for a like a all
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Mountain you know light Enduro trail
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bike hey everyone Andy from single track
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magazine here and today we're looking at
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the 2019 radon Slide Trail this is
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radon's 29er version of their popular
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slide bike it has a full carbon fiber
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main triangle with an alloy rear and
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we've got this flip chip here so we can
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adjust the head angle and also the reach
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of the bike we've been sent the 18in
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model so rather than sizing them in
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small medium large extra large rodon
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actually size these in like an
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oldfashioned way we've got a 16in an 18
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in a 20 in and a 22 so this is the 18
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which is kind of a medium the reach on
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this is 445 mm uh obviously if we change
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the flip chip that will change slightly
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and we have an head angle on here on
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65.6 in its low bottom bracket setting
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and 66.6 when we put it in its high
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bottom bracket setting um spec-wise
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we've got a rock shocks Revelation Fork
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up front and that's with the fast black
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extensions 150 mm of travel on there
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we've got rebound and compression plus a
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charger damper unit so a pretty decent
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Fork on the rear we've got a a trenum
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mounted Rock Shu uh Deluxe rt3 with a
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lockout and rebound control uh that
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gives it 140 mm of travel in the rear as
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already mentioned it's full carbon frame
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and it's got a really nice finish to it
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so we have this like matte UD carbon
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finish uh on the most of the frame but
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there are certain areas where raden have
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actually mased it out and painted it and
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if actually you feel along these areas
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here there's a distinct lip where the
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paint meets the carbon so you got really
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thick glossy red paint there the radon
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logo and also Slide Trail up here it all
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feels like it's painted on it's stuck
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come with a very thick vinyl on the back
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of the seat post here which is quite
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interesting uh Ry on written a few
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specifications of the bike some of the
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features so it mentions that it's a a
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trail bike it has 29in wheels it's
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12-speed it also mention it has a press
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fit bottom bracket uh some of you will
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think that is a you know a nice feature
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others may not like that prefer a
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threaded one but this bike comes with a
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press fit um design-wise we've got a
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quite a wedgy look to certain areas of
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the bike especially up front where we've
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got this quite interesting head tube uh
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design and we've been talking about it
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in the office and it kind of looks like
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the the bow of an ice breaker boat it's
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got a really weird angle to it uh but
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being an icebreaker it's a great
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conversation
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starter other specification features
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we've got a Shimano uh 11 1x1 drivetrain
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and that's a mix of SLX and XT both
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really great performing pieces of Kit
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obviously that XT rear Mech gives it a
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little bit nicer shifting uh we've got
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mura mt5 brakes front and rear and those
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are four pot brakes so should offer
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plenty of stopping power Race Face give
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us the chain set the stem and the
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handlebars while uh sdg giv us the telis
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dropper post and we've reviewed that
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actually on single track already
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separately so heading over to single
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track to take a look at the re review of
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that wheel wise we've got DT Swiss
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spline uh 1900 M1 1900 wheel sorry with
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a 30 mm internal Rim so pretty decent
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for a like a all Mountain you know light
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Enduro trail bike so all in all uh
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that's it that's the Slide Trail from
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radon if you want any more information
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head over to single trap magazine um if
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you want more info on the bike or how to
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buy it head over to the radon website oh
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the price is €
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2,499 which is pretty good and yeah
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watch out for a full review coming soon
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if you've got any questions comments
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below don't forget to
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subscribe bye-bye right
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