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hi this the chips from singletrack
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magazine and I'm here with the
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specialized levo 2019 model brand-new
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and I have Georgia from specialized join
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me hello
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there we go right it's completely new it
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is new for 2019 so we've got the comp
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carbon here um you've got a carbon
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front-end alloy rear end it looks it's
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gonna followed the Stumpjumper design so
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obviously we launched that one in April
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so you've got this asymmetric frame here
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so I've got a completely new frame so
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we've managed to lose a lot of weight on
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frame this year made of carbon made of
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carbon it is indeed so compared to the
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previously though there was a removable
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battery yep so the battery still
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removable it just comes out the bottom
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here but we have got integrated battery
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so doesn't mean that the down tube is
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fully enclosed whereas last year it was
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open I was a bowl yeah yeah exactly so
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it does this is where we've lost most of
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the weight out of the frame because
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we've got fully enclosed down tube it
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means that last year it was way over
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engineered to be able to hold the
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battery in here so we lost 800 grams off
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the frame on the carbon models and 600
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grams off the Alex okay and the travel
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what there's 150 front and rear so it's
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gone up from last year last year 140 on
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the rear sir okay so it's all round
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trail bike as the motor changed so yes
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it got a 2.1 bros motor in there it's a
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new one we worked with fros to be able
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to create a motor to fit into our bikes
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so we could design our bikes how we
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wanted in the motor would fit perfectly
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so it's 15 percent smaller than last
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year and it's 400 grams lighter so you
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can see it's a little bit more compact
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around the bottom bracket there it's
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coated in magnesium rather than
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aluminium so managed to lose a lot of
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weight there um yes a little bit smaller
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okay and something with the previously
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rode there was a battery sort of the
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motor level assistance level was on side
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and now it's moved to the top yeah so
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then we've split the brains apart from
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the battery this year so you've got the
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TCU which is a turbo connect unit which
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sits on the top tube here
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so then you can see a battery life
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rather than having to look down to the
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side you can change your modes as well
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you can also do that on the bar up here
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so you still got three modes like last
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year you got trail turbo and eco which
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you can turn and change up here and you
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can also obviously see what mode you're
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in there are two new modes but you can
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only access them via the Mission Control
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app ok so that's shuttle and stealth
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mode new for 2019 right and that's a
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wireless have to connect to your bike
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and you can that yes yes so you can
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change all the settings and everything
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via the app for the bike so there's the
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smart control so if you want to go out
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for three hours or you know the mileage
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is something like that you can put that
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into the app and make sure that your
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bike then comes back with battery ok so
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shuttle and stealth mobile do thank you
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so shuttle mode basically just turns
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everything up to a hundred so if you
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want to go out and do up this day
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without the actual uplift you put in as
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little talk as possible and the bike
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will just give you everything so it's
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just go all the way yeah and stealth
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just turns the lights off on this unit
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here so if you're riding at nighttime
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something like that is perfect okay fine
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and the has the range of the bike change
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so this one comes with a 500 watt hour
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battery so it's the same as last year
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obviously the bike is a lot lighter so
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the range will be improved the expert in
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the s works models do come with a 700
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watt hour battery so you get 40%
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increased range with that one okay an
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extra bolt on no it's exactly the same
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so it's exactly same integration into
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the frame looks exactly same the cells
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in the battery just slightly longer okay
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any other ways of this has changed
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geometry yes so the reach is 20 volt
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longer than it was last year so it's now
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gone to four five five it's still ten no
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longer than stumpy as well chain says
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have got slightly shorter therefore male
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shortest therefore five five as well and
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may have noticed these massive wheels so
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we're now going 29er rather than 6 fatty
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sees a 29 by 2.6 so the bottom bracket
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height is two hundred forty seven point
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five and that is designed around running
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the 29a wheels okay
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could you run a plus yeah you can run
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plus ties if you want to
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you've also got the flip chip here so it
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changes the reach by five mil change the
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hit angle by half a degree in the bottom
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bracket bottom bracket height by eight
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mil so if you wanted to run 6 fatty
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tires then pop it in the high setting
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and you'll be fine okay and you said
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it's it's got longer again how does that
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compare with with previous phase look 20
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mil longer Oh
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lost it then so nimble indeed as the
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head angles changed yes the head angle
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is half a degree slacker okay
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the bikes lot better handling slots
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differ as well so it's the same
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stiffness in places as the stumpy right
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and you can really notice that one rider
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this side arm yet and all obviously
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internal cable written runs all very
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stuff just in carbon or Loa as well
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comes in alloy as well so this is
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obviously the comp carbon so we got
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alloy rear ends that is a full alloy
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bike as well the lower model from this
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one okay and models up from this as well
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yeah so you got the expert which is the
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next level up from this one you get
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carbon rims and you get this 700 while
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battery with that one as well
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and then you've got s wax up from there
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which comes with a full carbon frame and
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again just a bunch of our batteries so
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carbon back in as well yes just on the s
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works fancy yeah for a pretty penny I'm
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sure I'm so but who will we to judge you
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obviously there's no swap door here
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there is not because you got who can
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great battery my but you did you've
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still got your swap thing here you do
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swap CC very handy especially get your
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battery out and in terms of removing the
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battery how how was that done previously
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it was a kind of undo the bolt and push
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the button because the battery comes out
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the bottom here you can't get the batch
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out when the bikes standing like this
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the best way is either put the bike in a
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stand but don't leave it like this
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because as soon as you undo the battery
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it's gonna fly out and hit the floor so
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the best thing is to put it in a stand
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just tilt the bike so it's a bit more of
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an angle so you if the battery doesn't
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just fall out hit hit the floor a than
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that you can just lay it on its side and
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take out at that or tip the bike upside
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down
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okay but really you shouldn't need to
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remove the battery because you can try
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yes in place and binders little pop-out
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yeah slot there with a magnetic it is
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getting so it find it it's its own does
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if you want to take us to easy okay if
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you for instance wanted to take a spare
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battery and have a fourteen hundred watt
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day I mean that would be quite
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impressive I'd like to see what okay
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and when are these going to be out are
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they in the shops now are they today
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18th September right okay so they should
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be somewhere especially don't you like
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who bike shop when you'll be able to see
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one brilliant alright I think that's so
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that's all we need to know all right
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thank you very much no problem so chips
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from single track magazine and Georgia
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from specialized we've got more details
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of the bike launch on the website and
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our first impressions so see that so
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yeah
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