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magazine and singletrack worldcom and
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welcome to fresh glutes Friday live here
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and and where the good riding is as well
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so it could be the hot tip on that
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always or it's good to have that
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information and I have got some fresh
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goods for you here today and I thought
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I'd bring you some information about the
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goods that we have here so for anyone
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tuning in hello there we've got a few
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few people tuning in live
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welcome to fresh recruits Friday live
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and tell me your name where you are in
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the world you're watching from and if
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you've got any questions for me about
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goods we've got here or any other
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questions about mountain bikes anything
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new that's hit the market in the last
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couple of weeks and drop them in the
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comment section right here you can do
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that I can see it on the screen in front
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of me so I can hopefully answer your
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questions so welcome again I'm in my
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good friend Ben's workshop so I've got a
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lovely space here I
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if you're if you're a fan of the climate
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or behind me here give us a thumbs up
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it's a very pretty looking bike I think
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yeah really cool space here so I'm going
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to be doing plenty of videos over summer
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in this workshop so if there's anything
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you would like to see specifically and
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perhaps any bike comparison tests
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reviews workshop related features how
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to's that kind of thing let me know
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we're on the lookout for plenty of ideas
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for videos I've got some myself but if
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you'd like to see anything in particular
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let me know we'd love to hear your
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thoughts so I'm gonna rattle through a
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few the products that I've got here so
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I've been back in Australia for about a
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month now I moved over from the UK after
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living there for about two and a half
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years so I've set up in Australia as the
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tech
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for singletrack and and I've started
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getting a few things through we've had a
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few test bikes turn up and and a few
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bits of new PNA as well and so I've got
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them here and we're going to talk to you
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about them the first I want to talk to
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you about is this blue helmet here which
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is from giant now giant of course most
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of you will probably be familiar with
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their bikes they're got a huge range
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dare I say giant range of bicycles
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mountain bikes road bikes kids bikes
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commuters hybrids all that sort of stuff
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they also do a load of PNA and and I
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think some of this stuff tends to fly
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under the radar other bike brands like
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specialised in track Scott as well they
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do the same thing they produce their own
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shoes their own helmets often tires
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wheels handlebars all that sort of stuff
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and so giant does the same thing and
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you'll be able to find these helmets in
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giant dealers as far as I'm aware giant
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dealers only but it's worth having a
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look at some of this gear because
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there's some really get great stuff that
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these brands are putting out and often
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it a pretty aggressive price point
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relative to perhaps some of the other
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name brands out there you might be
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familiar with and this is giants top of
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the range helmet now it's called the
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rail SX MIPS now the rail helmet has
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been in the giant lineup for a couple of
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years this is the new version this one
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here and it looks very similar it's an
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enduro style or trail or enduro style
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helmet so it's got plenty of extended
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coverage it's designed to have a nice
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thick shell for that type of riding
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you're probably gonna be perhaps riding
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a slightly higher risk level then you
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want might be when your cross country
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riding or just general kind of mountain
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biking and so it's got a nice thick EPS
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shell loads coverage at the back and
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it's got extended coverage around the
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temples here so that's kind of that
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important bit on the side which tends to
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be the delicate area that might hit the
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ground if you if you're flying flying
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over the handlebars compared to the
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previous rail helmet this has more
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coverage looking at my cheat sheet here
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it's three to five mil lower on the
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sides and on the back of the helmet it's
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eight to ten millimeters lower so the
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whole helmet wraps around your head with
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four more deep coverage basically to
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give you more protection so although it
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looks similar to the previous rail and
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it is a brand new helmet and also inside
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we have integrated MIPS liner so I'm
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gonna show you if you guys can see that
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you can probably see the little yellow
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logos there give me a thumbs up if you
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can see that so that's an integrated
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MIPS liner the idea there is that it's
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more low-profile than the previous MIPS
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liner that giant was using in the rail
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helmet so the fit is more consistent so
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you don't end up with say buying a
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helmet that you think is going to be the
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right size but then it feels a little
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smaller because the MIPS liner is kind
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of taking up that space inside that
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doesn't happen with this helmets very
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very low profile but it's still that
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MIPS liner is designed to allow the
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whole helmet to kind of rotate on your
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head in the event of a crash so if you
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do hit something the helmet is going to
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rotate on your head so that your brain
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inside your skull experiences less
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rotation itself because that's what
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actually happens in an oblique impact
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your brain kind of floats inside the
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skull oh we've got someone tuning in
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their sticky nuts hi there folks
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hello sticking that's great handle by
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the way thanks if you are just tuning in
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this is fresh goods Friday live with
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will and that's me I just said my name
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and a third person which is really weird
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all fresh Thursday goods live depending
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on where in the world you're tuning in
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from if you are tuning in we've got
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loads of people watching at the moment
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let me know whereabouts in the world
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you're watching from I'd love to know
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we're just talking about this giant mips
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helmet here i'm gonna chuck it on my
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noggin just to show you how it looks
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it's a pretty solid helmet this has an
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adjustable visor Tod aisle from Tom
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Burton oh well it is fresh goods
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Thursday fresh Goods Thursday live for
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you so welcome from top-earning I think
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it's just as wet here at the moment as
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it is in Todd burn it is been raining
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non-stop for 24 hours we've got a bit of
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a summer
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come through it's feeling very tropical
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here in Bendigo in Australia in
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Australia
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excuse me so yeah we're just talking
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about this giant nips helmet I've got
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the medium-sized there are three sizes
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small medium and large and you don't
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have to get the blue the Enduro blue
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there's also red and black for those who
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who would like a different colour
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they're all a nice matte finish like
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this one but as you can tell let me just
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get down near the camera here loads of
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coverage around the temples here loads
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of coverage round of the rear of the
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helmet absolute is designed as a trail
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slash enduro type helmet also what
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you'll see up here is a nice flat
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section now giant don't have any
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integrated helmet mounts for lights or
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cameras but they have designed this flat
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area here for a stick-on GoPro mount and
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it's it's shaped perfectly for for that
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particular mount so if you do like
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recording video while you're riding
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that's where it goes so it is designed
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to do to fit that video mount on there
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we're going to take this off now the
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other feature on here which is pretty
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neat this is a little integrated goggle
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clip so there we go we've got a button
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here and an elastic band and here's some
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I prepared earlier we have some goggles
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here that I'm going to throw on this
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helmet so this goggles clip goes around
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the back and if I can get it in place it
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holds the strap down on the back of the
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helmet so the idea is that strap isn't
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gonna be going walkabout whilst you're
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riding and that's kind of what it looks
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like there about with the goggles kind
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of in in stowed form so for your
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transition stages see I've got the lingo
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down pat let me just clip this in you
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know safety first and all that so there
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you go so the visor kind of flips up and
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you've got the goggles at the top there
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and if I put these on look there we go
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that's a great look isn't I should do
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the rest of the video on this but so
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yeah it is goggle compatible and enduro
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friendly so that's the the giant rail s
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helmut there let me just whip those off
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and undo this clip and there you go and
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clip that back up so you don't have to
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use that obviously if you're not using
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goggles so for those who are playing at
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home price on this one in Australia this
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is a hundred and eighty four dollars and
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ninety five cents in the UK is 119
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pounds so quite good value for a what is
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the top of the range MIPS equipped
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enduro slash trail helmet so there you
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go that's the the giant rail SX I'm
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going to talk about this this is a pump
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pumps are normally really boring but
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it's worth talking about this this is a
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floor pump from synchros the synchros is
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owned by Scott so synchros is the
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component brand for Scott C there we go
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though according to your camera there it
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might say and something completely
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different in might they might say saw
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miss so apologies if that's back to
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front this is a floor pump it's a really
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sturdy metal floor pump which is great
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but the big feature on this one is it's
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got two chambers and two valves and the
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idea is to have two pumps in one so
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you've got a high-pressure road pump and
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a low pressure high volume mountain bike
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in one and the way it does that is
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really clever I think this is it's a bit
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geeky and a bit nerdy but I like it so
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up here we've got the analog gauge and
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at the moment we're on the mountain bike
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setting so this will go from zero to 40
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psi which kind of covers most mountain
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bike tire pressures I would think and at
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the moment we have two chambers inside
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this pump which are engaged so for every
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pump so when we've got this guy here
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every pump you're using both chambers so
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there's a load of air volume that's
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going out the hose here into the valve
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into your mountain bike tire and the
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reason for that is you want to load a
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volume going to the tire that will help
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with with seating tubeless tires in
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theory and it also means that you'll get
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to your desired pressure with less pumps
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that's that's kind of the idea
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now if you
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also owned a road bike or a commuter
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bike or a slight cyclocross bike you
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might need to go higher than 40 psi to
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do so all you do is you you see that you
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flip that analog gauge it flips 180
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degrees so we've got mountain bike zero
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to 40 psi and we have rode bike
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zero to 160 psi now what's going on
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inside the pump is there is a valve here
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and whenever you switch this it engages
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or disengages that valve so in the road
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bike position we we shut off one of
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these air chambers so we only have a
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single air chamber and all of a sudden
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you have a high pressure low volume pump
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which is perfect for your commuter bike
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your cyclocross bike your gravel bike
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your road bike anything that has higher
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Thai pressures in about 40 psi and you
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can probably see there on the gauge
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there you go your zero to zero to hero
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160 psi there so yeah potentially a
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great addition for anyone who has
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multiple bikes at home or bike shops or
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so on and here we've got the nice green
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anodized metal lever at the top here and
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you've got two dual valve head as well
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so you can flip that around for pressed
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or Schrader so very versatile pump I
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only have British pricing on this one
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so that is ninety five quid ninety four
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ninety nine so it's pretty high-end
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floor pump I'll be using this over the
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next few weeks I'm also gonna lend it to
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a few mates of mine who work in a bike
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shop who you would use a floor pump
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every day many many times a day I want
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them to give it a thrashing and find out
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whether this is worth the coin whether
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it does in fact work so far indicates
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that it does it puts air into the tires
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which is fantastic
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stay tuned for the review on that one
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there let me know if you got any
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questions I see we've got more people
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tuning in live welcome to fresh Goods
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Friday live welcome to the couch of
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fresh Goods and as I said before it
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might be fresh goods Thursday depending
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on where in the world you're watching
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from so welcome please let me know
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tell us your name where you're watching
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from
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I'd love to know and and as always if
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you've got any questions for me about
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what we've got here or perhaps you've
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got questions about that beautiful
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client mentor behind me if you like that
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give me a thumbs up this is that this
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doesn't belong to me it's a long time
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ain't been but it's pretty sharp I think
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also going to talk about this while
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we're talking about synchros products
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this is a mud guard or a fender
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depending on where in the world you
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define your mud shielding instruments
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from this is designed specifically to
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bolt on the back of the fox fork and so
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it comes with two little bolts inside
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the packet here and it clips on the
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backside of the brace on the on a fox
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fork this one in particular is designed
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for a Fox 34 or a 36 you can also get
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these for the Fox 34 step cast and sing
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cross has only been making these in
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black before this as you can tell
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there's not black it's orange
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that's pretty bright and it's designed
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to match the Fox Orange lowers over 36
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for a 34 step cast so hey will oh we've
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got Matthew here tuning in welcome
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thanks for joining in Matthew and we've
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got a thumbs up there so glad you're
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watching and tuning in let me know if
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you've got any questions and I've got
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screen here or we've got life guy
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hi will I'm watching in the UK welcome
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shed life guy thanks for tuning in great
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handle by the way I like that a lot
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welcome to shed life here actually in
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Bendigo Australia but yes so we've got
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that mug out there from synchros those
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are 15 quid so a really neat solution if
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you're less keen on zip tying you know
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using cable tires to strap one of those
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normal kind of mud guards that you'll
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put in the the for clothes this is a
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very neat Bolton solution
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it comes on a lot of Scot bikes I've
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actually tested a couple of bikes with
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this vid in and it's very very clean
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very neat right should we talk tires
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I've got four tires here from
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specialised and ties are always really
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fun and geeky to talk about so if you've
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got any questions about tires Oh totally
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unrelated question will you be reviewing
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the birds
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nine thanks for the question Callen I
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don't think I will be personally
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reviewing one because they're not really
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that available in Australia unless been
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pinic wants to send one down a downunder
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you're more than welcome VIN but I'm
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sure the team in the UK will be looking
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at that because that looks like a pretty
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hot hardtail actually it's really nice
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specs on that buy it's a pretty burly
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looking kind of trail by it with
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good-looking geometry so we would be
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very keen to to get one of those in for
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testing I don't know if the UK team
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already has but I'll find out for you
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and I'll put a recommendation in because
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I think it's it's a good-looking hard
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tow right tires so as I mentioned before
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I've recently relocated
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no worries Callum we've got a Cheers
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they had not a problem at all any other
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hardtails you'd like us to see testing
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and anything else that's new on the
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market you guys are interested in
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there's a lot of really good hard tails
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at the moment I think geometry
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suspension forks dropper post kind of
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wide rims wide tires air drop bitmap
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that's another excellent suggestion
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actually a bit of a head to head would
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be kind of interesting I would think
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there's a bitmap is 27.5 I don't know if
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they're drops doing a 29 a bitmap but
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either way that would be a really
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interesting kind of comparative test
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between those two should life guy thanks
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for thanks for the question will you be
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reviewing the MRP Bartlett and hazard
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coil shop the Bartlett now is that the
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dual crown fork correct me if I'm wrong
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I'm not 100% sure and the hazard coil
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shop we are inquiring with MRP actually
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so we would love to get one of those
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into test
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I think coil suspension on bikes other
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than full blown downhill race bikes is
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really interesting and the bikes that
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I've ridden with coil setups have been
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quite incredible and I think more and
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more riders is becoming kind of open to
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the idea of a mountain bike being a
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little bit heavier you know and not
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being so concerned about weight if the
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suspension performance is better if the
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descending performance is better if it's
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more
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comfortable you get more traction you
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get better control in rough terrain so I
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think although in the past mountain
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bikers have been very focused on weight
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and as a result air suspension has
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always had an advantage over coil
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suspension I think these days we're
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seeing more and more riders add weight
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to their bikes be it with a dropper post
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heavier tires with tubeless tire inserts
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with bigger Forks you know bigger
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stanchion forks as well so I have I
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think I think the coil suspension
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movements really interesting and I would
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be really keen to try out that hazard
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coil but correct me if I'm wrong on the
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Bartlett fork I can't remember if it's
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the dual crown or if it's a single crown
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fork I'm not entirely sure yeah any any
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other suspension items you'd like to see
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us to test because there has been a lot
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been coming out from a lot of smaller
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brands not just Fox and Rock shops which
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is really exciting for the industry
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really exciting for mountain bikers
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worldwide really
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I've got forks from Kane Creek Mr P the
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aforementioned Mr P what else have we
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got kicking around no formulas going
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pretty red-hot with suspension stuff at
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the moment X fusion of course loads of
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brands that are kind of throwing their
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hat in the ring and in an market has
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been dominated by Fox Rock shots well
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we've got another question come through
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I've just put the Bartlett on my ebike
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and it's the plushest fork I've ever
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used yes 170 to 190 tubule crown that's
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really good to hear thanks for the
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thanks for the feedback you know what
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that's right I was thinking about that
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exact fork for a long travel 29er I was
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testing recently the Scott ransom
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unfortunately the ransom frame isn't
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rated for a dual crowned fork and that's
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kind of a bit of a limitation with these
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kind of I would say not downhill
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specific dual crown Forks like the
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Bartlett which is kind of like that I
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guess in the old school terms you would
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have called it a free ride for cried but
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now I would say it's kind of like enduro
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Plus+ kind of fork but there are a lot
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of frames out there that won't handle
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the dual crown fork they're not rated
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for it but then there are frames that
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are coming out
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like the YT Capra 29 that is rated for a
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drool crowned fork so that Bartlet fork
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as an example would be a perfect match
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for that bike if you wanted that kind of
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super stiff super burly front end on
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your bike
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what ebike are you running let me know
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no no let me just have a look here shed
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life guy sorry I just forgot your handle
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there for a moment I can't believe I
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forgot that because it's fantastic
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what a bike you're riding I'm really
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interested because you fear running a
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170 to 190 no fork it must be a big unit
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I'm guessing levo kinivo or something
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from high bike perhaps they do some
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pretty long travel rigs ooh
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Cline URT with color-matched RockShox
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forks retro retro tastic dream bike yeah
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it's pretty it's pretty dope isn't it a
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high bike SGO 6.0 yes my second guess
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was right what do you think of it I've
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not had ride on any of the high bike
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ebike so but they seemed to get a really
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good reputation particularly in the long
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travel stuff Callum is asking are you
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back in Australia full time I'm sure
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it's been asked already
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I am Callum yes no it hasn't been asked
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already so you're the first person to
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ask that question yes we arrived about a
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month ago and we're living in Bendigo
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which is where I grew up in it's a
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couple hours north of Melbourne for
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those of you who don't know and yes we
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are based in full time so for the
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foreseeable future until we get itchy
21:21
feet again I suppose but but yeah a lot
21:24
of my family friends live here the
21:26
mountain biking is fantastic there is
21:29
really exciting plans at the moment to
21:31
expand mountain biking and the trail
21:33
network in Bendigo and and I'm hoping to
21:37
yeah I'm hoping to be involved with that
21:39
in some way or another because it's
21:41
really exciting I think you can probably
21:43
agree with with trails being built in
21:46
your own home in your backyard so
21:49
there's a lot of really cool stuff going
21:51
on there and the local Bendigo mountain
21:53
bike club is doing a lot for trail
21:55
advocacy so so it's a really cool place
21:57
to be and and I really enjoy it the
22:00
trails here superfast
22:02
rocki very kind of like burly XE kind of
22:06
trail-riding so I'm enjoying being back
22:09
here and and testing bikes on the trails
22:11
Matthew will you get bored of being dry
22:14
and Sontag good question Matthew and up
22:18
the moment it's actually been pouring
22:21
with rain for the last 24 hours we've
22:23
had summer thunderstorms rolling through
22:26
over the past like week and a half so
22:28
I'm not bored of sun sunlight yet
22:30
because we haven't had heaps of it I
22:33
mean in relative terms compared to top
22:37
of them we've probably had a bit more
22:38
sunshine here but looking summer it can
22:42
get pretty hot
22:43
Bendigo will clock over 40 degrees on a
22:46
few days over summer and because it's
22:48
inland away from the sea you you don't
22:52
necessarily get that coastal cool change
22:54
in the afternoon so sometimes you get
22:56
really hot evenings and the hottest part
22:58
of the day can be 5 6 o'clock in the
23:01
evening and and then overnight you get
23:03
those really warm summer nights and that
23:06
can get a little bit uncomfortable but
23:07
but overall I enjoy the sunshine and I'm
23:10
relearning how to ride on dusty trails
23:13
which after riding on muddy kind of PT
23:17
sort of stuff for the past couple of
23:18
years it is it is quite a change oh
23:21
we've got sticky nuts saying super sunny
23:23
here and top it in today that's good to
23:24
hear and I did see a couple of photos of
23:27
blue sky so that is proof that it wasn't
23:29
it's sunny in dominant so maybe we've
23:33
swapped weather for 24 hours or
23:35
something like that because it's been
23:36
pouring down rain here but to be honest
23:38
we need the rain mark ok yes but two
23:40
degrees max that's the caveat isn't it
23:44
nice blue skies and sunshine but in
23:46
winter then the temperature plummets
23:48
doesn't it when you get those clear days
23:50
so 2 degrees that's cold
23:53
I haven't felt that for a month now and
23:54
I don't mind that really should I talk
23:57
about tires thanks for thanks for the
23:59
questions though and the nice little
24:01
tangent there I'll probably talk about
24:03
these but if you've got any questions
24:05
call me about tires I'm on a bit of a
24:07
test
24:08
mission at the moment with sort of
24:09
trying different tires and seeing what
24:13
else is out there
24:14
and also on different width rims - which
24:16
is kind of well I would say a hot topic
24:18
but it's you know it's been around for a
24:20
while this is probably the first time
24:24
I've ridden or will be riding a tire
24:27
that looks like this for the last couple
24:29
of years because really for the
24:31
conditions in colder Dale around Tom
24:33
Berlin this is not a tire you'd want to
24:36
run but here in Bendigo or here in
24:39
Australia in general for dry dusty color
24:41
trails this kind of tread pattern is
24:44
ideal so this is the specialized
24:46
fast-track the clue is in the name it's
24:49
a fast rolling kind of cross-country
24:51
race type tire or is it that cart stuff
24:55
I don't know if you guys are seeing that
24:57
in Reverse or not because I'm using the
25:00
opposite camera on my phone so apologies
25:02
if that doesn't make any sense to you
25:04
whatsoever but I can confirm it is the
25:06
fast track and it is designed as a
25:08
lightweight fast rolling dry condition
25:11
cross-country lightweight trail tire
25:14
perhaps I'm planning to run this on the
25:16
rear but I will be testing it on the
25:18
front as well
25:19
it's the 2.3 inch size that's a road
25:22
tire says mark yeah yeah in this day and
25:26
age probably almost looks gravel esque
25:28
doesn't it but yeah there are parts of
25:31
the world and there are quite a few of
25:32
them where this kind of tire is ideal
25:35
for cross-country racing or just general
25:38
cross-country trail riding now although
25:40
this is a very kind of fast looking
25:42
tread pattern this is actually a 2.3
25:45
inch width so you can get this time in
25:48
2.1 and 2.3 so it is a higher volume
25:52
kind of tire and it also has the
25:54
reinforced grid casing so that's that
25:57
little white logo there denoting the
26:00
heavier side wall so this isn't actually
26:02
a superlight tire at 720 grams for a
26:05
29er so it's heavier than your kind of
26:08
traditional cross-country race tire but
26:10
it is designed to have a bit more
26:13
stability to the casing a bit more
26:15
durability so for hitting sharp rocks
26:18
these sidewalls are designed to give you
26:21
a little bit
26:21
more umph a little bit more strength and
26:25
resistance to being cut open so it's an
26:28
interesting tire so as I said although
26:30
it's kind of a fast rolling dry
26:33
condition type job' it is it does have
26:36
some interesting kind of trail inspired
26:38
features that would bring me along to
26:40
the next tire which is a ground control
26:43
now anyone who's followed specialized
26:47
since well when they first brought out
26:50
the original Stumpjumper you'll be
26:51
familiar with this name this is the
26:54
ground control tire now I'm planning to
26:57
run this one up front with the fast
26:59
track out back this is also a 2.3 inch
27:02
tire but the tread pan once I unfilled
27:06
this black rubber snake let me show you
27:11
all right there we go there's the tread
27:14
pattern there so you can you can tell
27:16
instantly that it's a lot knob Lea the
27:20
knobs are a lot taller and higher we
27:23
like more knobs depending on depending
27:26
on the conditions that had and the
27:28
ground control according to specialized
27:30
is a more versatile trail time so yeah
27:34
again it kind of it tires a condition
27:36
specific so it depends where in the
27:38
world you're riding actually on that
27:39
note we've got a load of people people
27:41
tuning in here hello thanks thanks for
27:43
joining let me know where you're
27:45
watching from tell me what tires you run
27:47
on your local trails what are the
27:49
perfect tires that you've been running
27:51
I'd love to know I'd love to hear some
27:53
suggestions as I said I'm on a bit of a
27:55
tire testing mission at the moment so
27:58
let me know what you're testing yourself
28:01
what what's worked and what hasn't
28:03
worked I'd love to hear your feedback on
28:05
on what tires you're running at the
28:07
moment so as I said this is 2.3 inch
28:10
specialized does make this in wider
28:13
sizes they do make the ground control in
28:15
plus sizes 2.8 and 3 inch as well but
28:18
this is a normal 2.3 inch it is heavier
28:21
than the fast track so the fast track I
28:23
think was 720 this is claimed 810 grams
28:27
so it's getting up there it's kind of
28:29
in-between your 600 gram cross-country
28:31
race tires and your 1 kilo enduro
28:34
this is kind of smack bang in the middle
28:36
we've got Essex Hertz
28:39
MTV looks like competition for the rock
28:41
raiser let me bring this comment up here
28:44
for the rock raiser a minyan SS that
28:46
ground control yeah it's it's not quite
28:49
the full semi-slick and those two tires
28:51
you've mentioned the rock razor and the
28:53
mini neset this is still it's still got
28:56
a pretty consistent if I can get a
28:58
close-up here this is obviously not
29:00
fitted to it to a wheel so it's a bit
29:02
hard to tell but the knob height is
29:04
pretty consistent on the shoulder blocks
29:07
and on the centre tread on this
29:09
particular tire whereas the semi-slick
29:11
tyres tend to have much bigger cornering
29:13
tread and then a much shallower faster
29:16
rolling centre treads so so I know
29:19
exactly what you mean is as far as this
29:22
being you know if you're or perhaps into
29:24
technical trail riding on kind of loose
29:26
rocky even wet kind of terrain then this
29:31
might be a better rear tire a faster
29:33
rolling rear tire if you're looking for
29:35
a bit of extra speed from my application
29:37
which is going to be fast cross-country
29:40
racing and trail riding on dry rocky
29:43
trails this I think is going to be a
29:46
pretty good front tire so I'm going to
29:48
be running that on the front with a fast
29:49
track on the back on the standard cruise
29:51
blur test bike so stay tuned for a bit
29:54
more feedback on what those are like on
29:56
the trail now going to something a bit
29:59
more aggressive for those of you out
30:00
there who are think looking at those
30:02
like Marco ker thinking that's a road
30:04
bike tire you might be a bit more
30:05
interested in this well we've got a
30:07
comment here from Callum magic Mary up
30:09
front all year and Hans dump in the dry
30:13
on the back however I've never found a
30:16
rear for winter that I'm totally happy
30:18
with for UK riding it can be of a tricky
30:21
thing cut it because conditions are
30:23
always changing as well even if you ride
30:24
the same trails at different times of
30:27
the year they're there the conditions
30:29
can be different so it's I think it's if
30:31
they're like shoes aren't they tires I
30:33
mean ideally you'd change them well I
30:36
wouldn't say everyday that's a bit over
30:38
the top but you'd change them for the
30:39
conditions so it does depend on what's
30:42
at hand there so we've got John
30:44
Wakefield who's tuning in who's
30:45
commented looking to get the new WTB
30:48
lanty 2.6 and Trail Boss 2.4 winning
30:51
combo
30:52
yeah they look really good those new WTB
30:54
tires new tread patterns new we've got
30:56
new rubber new casing options and
30:58
everything so they're looking good
30:59
Matthew pin field hands damp and magic
31:02
marry a sweet on Cannock Chase at the
31:04
moment but on the ebike plenty of mud
31:05
yeah the magic Mary I mean that's kind
31:08
of the benchmark really as far as
31:11
to a blanket traction that thing is
31:13
ridiculously good you know I always know
31:16
if I go to a press launch where they've
31:18
got a new bike and it's got magic Mary
31:20
on the front or magic Mary front rear I
31:22
know I'm in good hands because
31:24
occasionally you turn up to a launch and
31:27
you're riding unfamiliar trails
31:28
unfamiliar conditions on an unfamiliar
31:30
bike and then you've got some weird
31:33
tires or you know non suitable tires and
31:36
that's going to be really stressful
31:37
have you tried Michelin wild enduros yet
31:40
no I haven't Kalyn that's a really good
31:42
point
31:42
I've actually got a friend who's running
31:43
Michelin tires at the moment and I
31:45
commented that the other day and said
31:46
Michelin where have they been all these
31:49
years they kind of come out every now
31:51
and then with you know some new tires
31:52
but I they just don't seem to be as
31:55
popular as you max Esther Schwab your
31:58
Continental you specialize your bond
32:00
traders you do they just don't seem to
32:02
be out there as much but obviously back
32:04
in the day everyone had Michelin or if
32:07
they didn't they wanted Michelin tires
32:09
you know they had that real kind of
32:11
prestige about them especially those
32:13
green ones which were amazing at least
32:16
they looked amazing that's what I mean
32:19
compared to tires now they were not so
32:21
good Max's minions DHR to working well
32:24
in the mud front and rear for maybe yes
32:26
sticky nuts I highly recommend and I
32:29
highly agree with your comment there the
32:31
D hrs our fantastic tires totally
32:35
underrated in my opinion and and I'm a
32:37
big fan of running it on the front as
32:39
well because a lot of people will run
32:41
the Dominion dhf on the front and the
32:43
DHR on the rear because if the front are
32:47
for rear right that's not actually
32:49
always the case the original turn for
32:51
minion dhf was d H free ride and the
32:54
minion thr was downhill race so they did
32:59
evolve into this kind of front
33:01
specific type tread style I guess I'm
33:05
going to say tread pattern necessarily
33:07
but 2.8 front real that's a whole lot of
33:10
tire not going up quickly with that tire
33:15
combination but definitely going
33:16
downhill quickly yeah if you want
33:18
confidence those DHR twos the braking
33:21
traction you get from them is insane and
33:24
if you're based in Tom and oh you're an
33:26
e-bike yeah ok that's perfect so yeah
33:29
you basically want as much traction as
33:31
possible on that note sticky nuts have
33:33
you seen the ebike specific tires from
33:35
Schwab what are they called they've got
33:39
a really funny name eddy current eddy
33:41
current I saw those at Euro bike and
33:43
those look absolutely insane with no
33:46
kind of no admission to rolling you know
33:50
fast rolling at all that basically
33:52
thrown rolling resistance out the window
33:54
and created what is the motorbike trials
33:57
tire designed for a bikes with a really
33:59
heavy casing so yeah if you're looking
34:02
for even more traction than a hr2 those
34:05
might be worth considering I haven't
34:06
tested myself but they do look insane
34:08
and speaking of traction I'm gonna take
34:11
this guy out of the box here sir
34:13
yeah they look good for a bikes they
34:14
certainly do yeah and even like
34:17
aggressive trail bikes as well oh
34:19
life guy we've got 2.8 DHR up front and
34:23
at eddy current on the rear oh there we
34:24
go
34:24
what do you think of the eddy current I
34:26
shed life guy perhaps you can give us
34:28
some feedback on I take it you're
34:31
running the 27.5 by 2.8 plus eddy
34:35
current because they do the 29 front and
34:37
the excuse me the 27.5 rear see what
34:45
life guy has to say about that eddy
34:47
current cuz yet they do look pretty good
34:50
and and as with a lot of these kind of
34:53
after seeing your review and comments
34:56
I'm waiting on 29 by 2.6 million dhf to
34:58
come in have you got the specialized
35:00
Eliminator this is Paul Davison who's
35:04
asking have you got the specialized
35:05
eliminated there on the couch wonder how
35:07
that compares or shared life guys so
35:09
I'll just jump in here grips like poop
35:11
on a blankets who's talking about eddy
35:13
current rear tire they
35:15
you for letting us know that's a great
35:16
description and that helps everyone here
35:19
who's wondering about that particular
35:21
tire so thank you and if you're just
35:23
tuning in now and you're watching live
35:24
welcome to fresh Goods Friday live we're
35:27
talking about tires if you've got any
35:28
particular tires that work really well
35:30
for you let us know we're all interested
35:32
we're all getting some good tips here
35:34
and Paul I don't have the eliminators
35:36
here and the reason is because the UK
35:39
team currently have a whole bunch of
35:41
eliminators on tests now one of my good
35:44
friends back in the Lake District is
35:45
going to be testing some tires for us
35:47
James Vincent and he's tested a whole
35:49
bunch of tires for us he basically does
35:51
everything he possibly can to destroy
35:53
them and he does a very good job at that
35:55
we have the Eliminator in 2.3 inch
35:59
widths and 2.6 inch widths and we also
36:03
have the regular grid casing and the new
36:06
black diamond casing now the Black
36:08
Diamond casings the really heavy-duty oh
36:11
Callum you mean fresh Goods Thursday
36:13
night yes that's right calendar thank
36:14
you fresh Goods Friday live or fresh
36:17
Goods thursday night live depending on
36:18
the world we're in the web for watching
36:21
so yeah we're just going back to the
36:23
eliminator tires so we do have them on
36:26
test but I am leaving that to the UK
36:29
team to test because they they need
36:33
those kind of tires at this time of year
36:34
whereas where I am I need some kind of
36:37
drier faster rolling tires so wouldn't
36:39
be putting the eliminators to a very
36:41
good test if I was to review it myself
36:43
but I'm very interested to hear how
36:46
James goes with the Black Diamond casing
36:48
which is a much heavier duty not quite
36:50
two ply downhill casing but close you
36:53
know it's kind of in between trail tire
36:55
and a downhill tire perfectly suited for
36:58
enduro racing so we've got both the grid
37:00
and the Black Diamond casing in the
37:03
specialized eliminated tire so stay
37:05
tuned for the full review on that we'll
37:07
be testing both 2.3 and 2.6 inch widths
37:10
in the Eliminator they look fantastic so
37:11
I hope the performance lives up to to
37:14
the hype I do have a bigger tire here
37:18
relative to what we were just looking at
37:20
this is the purgatory the specialised
37:22
purgatory time so it's it's I would call
37:24
it a technical trail you know
37:26
borderlining on
37:28
Jero light tired perhaps so designed to
37:32
perform in a variety of conditions dry
37:34
and LU dry and wet loose and hard pack
37:37
now the purgatory I've actually got in
37:39
two different sizes here this is a bit
37:44
wider than the tires we were looking at
37:45
before this is 2.6 inch width so this is
37:49
the the new school at single track we
37:52
call it British plus it's it's a bit
37:54
more modest you know it's not full plus
37:56
it's not American like brash plus it's a
37:59
bit more refined more conservative 2.6
38:02
inch but generally we find the bigger
38:06
two point eight three three inch plus
38:08
tyres tend to be less well most of the
38:11
tread patterns in those in those tread
38:13
widths tent and tire widths tend to be
38:15
fast rolling lower tread height you know
38:19
designed for dry conditions with the
38:22
exception of those da chars and there
38:24
are more tires coming out like that that
38:26
have more generous tread height in the
38:28
2.8 to 3 inch plus tires which make them
38:31
more more useful in muddy kind of UK
38:34
conditions but in general to get a tire
38:37
that kind of cut through the mud a bit
38:39
more and survives in those kind of
38:42
conditions this sort of 2.5 2.6 inch
38:45
width tends to be potentially a better
38:48
option or a more versatile option I
38:50
should say so this is the purgatory we
38:53
just had a comment come through Callum
38:56
would that make a good rear oh we're
38:58
talking about the purgatory right so and
39:00
I would suggest that if you're running a
39:03
butcher on the front or an Eliminator on
39:05
the front or even hillbilly or something
39:08
like that if we're staying within the
39:09
specialized tyre family yes this would
39:11
be a good rear tyre
39:13
it's got ramps Center tread so it's
39:15
designed to provide reasonably fast
39:17
rolling it's quite a consistent centre
39:19
tread as well so that that basically
39:21
helps to reduce rolling resistance and
39:25
but it still has decent cornering blocks
39:27
on here so these are much beefier than
39:30
the fast track and the ground control
39:31
tires in terms of the cornering blocks
39:33
but sort of not too far off what you'll
39:36
find with the slaughter or the or the
39:38
butcher so still designed to provide
39:40
good core
39:41
in traction so this is the 2.6 inch
39:43
model and specialized says you can run
39:45
this on rims from 25 up to 35
39:49
millimeters actually the range might be
39:52
bigger than that but what they do is on
39:53
this on the box or the tire we do go
39:56
through that box here it is on the side
39:58
of the box here can I show you this yeah
40:02
up here I don't know if you can read
40:03
this this might be back to front for you
40:06
but they basically list the width of the
40:08
tire depending on the width of the rim
40:11
so if you're mounting it to a 25
40:13
millimeter rim they reckon this tire
40:15
will measure two point four five inches
40:17
wide if you're mounting it on a 35 30
40:21
millimeter rim you're going to blow the
40:23
tire up to 2.5 and if you're running it
40:26
on a thirty five millimeter rim you're
40:28
gonna get this two two point five five
40:30
inches wide so just short of the two
40:33
point six inch claimed with I take it
40:35
you could probably run this on a 38
40:37
maybe even a 40 millimeter internal wide
40:40
rim I don't know I haven't tested it yet
40:42
but I will be trying that out with a
40:44
variety of different rim width and we'll
40:47
get some actual measurements for you as
40:49
well as the actual weight of this tie
40:51
the claimed weight is 930 grams so it's
40:54
the heaviest time we've got here out of
40:55
this lot
40:57
so still underneath that kilo barrier
40:59
meaning that it's you know still design
41:02
is a hard kind of trail tire but perhaps
41:05
perhaps for enduro racing you'd still
41:08
want a heavier duty casing than this
41:10
this might be more for kind of everyday
41:12
trail riders and and those who are
41:15
heading out into the mountains for for
41:17
some Alpine style riding so this is the
41:20
purgatory we're just talking about this
41:21
one here with the grid reinforced
41:24
sidewalls but I do have one here this is
41:27
the 2.3 I won't bother getting this out
41:29
of the box because it's the same tread
41:30
pattern as this one here but we've got
41:32
the 2.3 and the 2.6 inch so I'm gonna be
41:35
running this on the front this on the
41:37
rear and we'll be trying them on a
41:39
variety of different rims to see how
41:41
they perform we've got some more
41:43
questions coming through from people who
41:44
are watching live John Wakefield two
41:46
point eight inch Maxis High Roller on
41:48
the front recon plus on the rear on my
41:50
winter heart works well on 35 millimeter
41:53
rim width
41:54
yeah that 35-millimeter rim that's
41:55
that's about spot-on for that for that
41:57
tire with so it sounds like a really
41:59
good combination you've got there John
42:01
Matthews saying thinking of swapping the
42:03
rims on the ebike 30 millimeter 2.6 or
42:07
35 millimeter 2.8 is wider always better
42:11
that's a really really good question and
42:14
so I think rim width is totally
42:17
dependent on the kind of tire you're
42:19
going to be running and and in some
42:21
cases it depends if you're talking about
42:23
the front or the rear as well so on the
42:26
front generally you want you might want
42:29
a slightly wider tire because you want a
42:31
little bit more grip and at the same
42:33
time you want a time with reasonable
42:36
stiffness you know that it's not going
42:37
to wobble around on the rim so a wider
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rim helps to bring the tire beads now it
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helps to stabilize the sidewalls so you
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get less than that kind of wobble rather
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than having a narrow rim which allows
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the tire to kind of wobble around
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especially at lower pressures kind of
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when you're dumping it into a corner
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that tires more likely to roll and kind
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of give you give you a bit of understeer
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and just kind of give the bike a bit of
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a vague feeling on the front on the rear
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you might want a little bit more comfort
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so on what a slightly narrow rim
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actually gives the tire around a shape
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and that allows for more damping and a
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little bit more ride comfort so that's
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why there are some wheels on the market
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complete wheel systems that run a wider
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rim on the front and a narrow rim on the
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rear as for the ebike that's a really
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good question I think because you've got
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that extra weight then a wider rim might
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be more beneficial because you can
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stabilize that tire particularly when
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you're really hammering into stuff you
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know if you've got a twenty kilo ebike
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22 kilo ebike plus rider that's a lot of
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mass that's smacking into rocks and and
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and you know stepping ledges on the
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trail so potentially a wider rim might
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give you you know that stronger more
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stable platform for the tire and without
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doubt a heavier duty casing but then
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again it depends on you know your riding
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conditions it depends on your riding
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style as well
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I know people who get away with tires
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like this on an e-bike you know fairly
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lightweight really and in the scheme
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things and then I know others that swear
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by downhill tires they won't run
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anything but downhill tires so it really
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depends on the terrain you ride how hard
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you are on tires as well if you're
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puncturing all the time you know if you
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if you're bottoming out the tire and
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you're pinching the casing and you're
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getting holes and slashes and cuts then
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you probably need a heavier duty tire so
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that's also something to consider too so
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so yeah there you go that's those are a
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few specialized tires that I've got on
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tests here but if you've got any
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recommendations for me to trip to to
44:38
check out after we finished this live
44:41
video I will be checking out the
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comments so you can you can drop any
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questions or or suggestions in there if
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there's any particular tires you want to
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see tested or any combinations or any
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particular whips or rim whit's tested
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let me know and I'll do my best to help
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you out there
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but yeah I think that's basically all of
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our kind of goods that we've gone
45:02
through here fresh Goods Thursday night
45:04
live or fresh Goods Friday live if you
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are watching from the UK thank you for
45:08
staying up so late it's quite late in
45:10
the evening now so and thank you so much
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for tuning in and not only watching but
45:14
also asking questions and letting and
45:17
just joining the conversation we really
45:19
appreciate it makes job more interesting
45:21
for me that's for sure but yeah I'm
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probably gonna head off now I've got a
45:25
few more videos to film today and the
45:27
rains stopped and I think we're gonna
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hit the trails because generally here
45:31
because the trails are so dry rocky and
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quite sandy as well after the rain they
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are absolutely on point
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Oh shed life guy Victoria airliners
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really help a wider tire on a bike and I
45:44
found a set of stooge motor x-bars
45:45
helped with stability and steering ah
45:47
the stooge motor X those are the proper
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like old-school BMX style risers are
45:52
they I think I saw those in fresh boots
45:55
actually what a month ago or something
45:57
like that I think Hannah might have a
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set of those protect that testing excuse
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me
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and yes the Victoria airliner that is
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another fantastic recommendation I
46:05
actually just gave that an Editors
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Choice Award for 2018 out of my four
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awards the Victoria airline it was one
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of those and it's probably one of the
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best products I've used this year
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totally stoked on what it
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in terms of allowing you to run lower
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pressures but without the risk of pinch
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flats so having that true bliss insert
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inside the tire makes a big difference
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to kind of reducing tire wobble and and
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just basically eliminating pinch flats
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I mean I've yet to to get a pinch flight
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testing that system so yes big shout-out
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to the vitória tech airliner I can
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highly recommend that for sure so yeah
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absolutely
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I would agree with that one right so I
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think I might leave it there as I said
46:48
I'm gonna hit the trails where abouts
46:50
are you riding this weekend if you've
46:52
got any riding plans in particular any
46:54
any spots that you're going to go hit up
46:56
this weekend or are you gonna stay at
46:59
home and make mince meat for your mince
47:02
pies for Christmas and decorate the tree
47:04
I haven't done any of that yet but
47:06
apparently Christmas is current coming
47:08
according to everyone in town who's
47:11
driving like a madman on the road yeah a
47:15
little bit of extra traffic here in
47:17
Bendigo people go a bit crazy this time
47:19
of year so I'll be trying to avoid the
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shops at all at all costs right I'm
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gonna head off thank you so much for
47:26
tuning in thank you very much guys I
47:27
really appreciate it and and if you've
47:30
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47:31
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47:33
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