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Live With The YT IZZO
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Am I live? Yeah, I'm live. Hey, hey
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everyone, Andy from Singletrack Magazine
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and
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you may have already seen me live on
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Instagram. You may have already seen me
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live on Facebook, but now I'm live again
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on YouTube with this. I'm going to turn
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the camera around so you can see it
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better.
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Tada!
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This is the brand new YT Izzo. It's a
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130 mil travel trail bike from YT and
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it's totally unlike anything that YT
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have done before.
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So,
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the Izzo is basically so YT already have
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downhill bikes, they have Enduro bikes,
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they have trail bikes. They've even got
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like a gravity orientated EMTB as well.
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But what YT didn't have was a trail bike
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that was super lightweight and shorter
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travel and that's exactly what the Izzo
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is. It's a very lightweight bike with
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short travel, 130 mil travel front and
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rear
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and even has a lockout on the rear too.
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So,
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yeah, it's a totally different bike from
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YT. So, YT we generally see them as a
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gravity orientated brand, a freeride
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brand, a brand that where you buy a
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bike, you go to Rampage next day. But
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the Izzo is completely new, completely
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different. So, let me turn the camera
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around so you can take a better look at
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it.
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Now,
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if you see me dive over to it, it's
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because it's a super lightweight bike
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and today is pretty windy outside and it
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has blown over once already.
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So, as you can see, it's a totally new
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design for YT. We've got a different
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shock position. We've got a four bar
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linkage. It's a new suspension system
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for the Izzo.
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We've got a 130 mil travel front and
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rear.
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Richard Wager wants to know the tire
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clearance. I'll be honest, I do not
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know, but
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if you have a look at this, so these are
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Forecasters 2.35
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and you can see
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there's plenty of room there.
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So, I reckon 2.4 or 2.5
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should be all right.
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Yep.
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All right, hope that answers your
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question.
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Anyway, back to the bike. 130 mil travel
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front and rear. Although it looked like
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a cross-country bike and it weighs the
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same as a cross-country bike, it has the
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geometry of a trail bike. We've got a
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66° head angle.
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We've got a 77° seat tube angle and it's
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even got a flip chip there as well.
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And adjusting the flip chip will change
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the head angle to 66.5,
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the seat tube angle to 77.5,
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and it will drop the BB from 40 to 35.
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So, yeah.
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It looks like a cross-country bike. It
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has carbon fiber frame like a
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cross-country bike. And it has a lockout
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like a cross-country bike.
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So, you twist it to open the suspension.
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And you press it to open it to close it,
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sorry.
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There you go.
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So, yeah. So, let's go over some of the
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specs. It's a full carbon frame.
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So, you can see it's full carbon fiber.
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We've got internal cable routing for
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everything.
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Inside the head tube here, there's a
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knock block on the head tube. So, you
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don't need to worry about the top of
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your Fox 36 hitting the frame. And you
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don't need to worry about your brake
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lever hitting the frame either because
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that's all protected.
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So, carbon fiber front triangle.
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Got a Fidlock
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magnetic bottle there, which is really
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neat. And we've got mounting here for a
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tool if you want one. Uh one of the
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bottle bosses fell out.
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And we've got the new
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four-bar linkage system on the rear end.
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The rear end is all carbon fiber, too.
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We've got a carbon fiber seat
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chainstays, sorry, seatstays and
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chainstays.
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Tons of rubber molding here
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to stop any noisy chain slap. Got rubber
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up there as well, and there's some more
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down here.
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Carbon fiber wheel set on this. This is
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a DT Swiss XCM 1200 carbon fiber wheel
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set.
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We've got Maxxis Forekaster cross
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country tires, which are actually really
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good in the dry. I've never used them
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cuz it's not really my kind of riding,
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but these tires are actually really
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good.
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We've got Fox Factory suspension front
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rear and front. It's a Fox 34.
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Kashima coating on that.
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130 mil travel, 130 mil travel.
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And we've got a transfer dropper post.
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So, this bike is actually a size medium.
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Normally I would ride a large, but
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because there are limited bikes for
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press at the moment cuz it's a new bike.
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Uh I wanted a brand new clean bike to
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photograph for you guys. And actually if
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you head over to the YouTube channel
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now, you can see a full video of this
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bike.
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Uh there's some riding footage in there,
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too. It's not me. Uh but obviously cuz
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we've not been riding properly cuz of
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the lockdown. But that riding footage
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was supplied by YT, so you can see how
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it could can be ridden.
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Okay, so uh this is a medium.
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A medium has 450 mil reach. A large has
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a reach of 472.
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Um YT also size up the stem. So, this
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has got a 50 mil stem, and I believe a
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large also has a 50 mil stem, but they
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change depending on the size. Sizes of
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bike go from small, medium, large, extra
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large, extra extra large. And an extra
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la- extra large has a reach of 510.
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Seat tube on the medium is 425.
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Seat tube on a large is 450. This bike
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weighs 12.1 kg, which is really good.
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12.1 kg for a lightweight aggressive
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geometry 130 mil travel bike with super
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fast rolling wheels and tires, it's just
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fun. It's just really, really good fun.
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Um there are different models in the
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range. Let me turn the camera around so
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you can see the bike.
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So, in the range, we have got What's the
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reach? Um Murray Byers, the reach on
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this medium is 450 mm. The reach on a
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large is 472.
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And the reach on the extra extra large
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is 510, and then there's some reaches in
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between. I can't remember everything,
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sorry. Uh 66° head angle, 77° seat tube
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angle. Uh any more questions, please let
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me know. Okay, back to the range. So, YT
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have got a top-of-the-range bike, which
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is called Well, this is actually the
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top-of-the-range bike, but there's one
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above it which is a limited edition with
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just 150 models, and that's called the
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launch edition. That bike weighs in at
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12 kg, has e*thirteen components, and it
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costs £5,699.
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When all those 150 bikes have been sold,
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this is the top-of-the-range bike, this
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one here. This is the Pro Race spec. It
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comes at £4,699.
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Uh Thomas Lee, yes, I will squish the
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suspension in a moment.
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Um
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So, this is the Pro Race, £4,699.
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Uh has a full carbon fiber frame. They
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all have the same carbon fiber frame.
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Doesn't matter which one you get, they
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all have the same frame.
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This has XO1 suspension, carbon fiber
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wheels, factory suspension front and
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rear, Kashima coating,
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and it weighs 12.1 kg. Then there's a
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Pro model for 3699
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and a Comp for £2,599
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that weighs 13 kg and has the same
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carbon fiber frame. So, pretty cool. So,
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someone wanted me to squish the
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suspension. I don't know.
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Uh So, Ride Ventura, any other
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colorways?
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Uh I believe the Comp and the Pro come
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in like a black and a battleship gray.
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This only comes in this color, and then
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the top of the range one comes in this
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black with a red instead of this
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titanium silver.
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Uh okay, I'm going to try and squish the
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suspension.
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Actually, do you mind if I squish the
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suspension at the end because I think if
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I move it away from this stick, it's
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just going to fall over. It's going to
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be a bit awkward to do the rest of the
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video.
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All right, so do do do what have we got?
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We've got the suspension do do do Oh,
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yeah. So, yeah. Although it might look
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like a cross country bike and it weighs
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the same as a cross country bike, it has
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got some really nice uh endurory
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features and one of those is the brakes.
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So, we've got
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SRAM
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G2 RSC brakes front and rear.
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And front one, these are four pot
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brakes. Yeah, powerful four pot brakes.
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200 mil rotor on the front
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and 180 mil rotor on the rear.
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So, yeah. You might think, "Oh, it's a
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cross country bike." but it has some uh
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gravity intentions.
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Okay, before I squish the suspension and
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get wheel base, no idea, mate. I'll have
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to uh
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I remembered a lot about this bike but
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wheel base is not one of them. Sorry. Uh
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we do have the full geometry over on
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singletrackworld.com so you can check it
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out there.
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Okay, I'm going to squish the suspension
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and go now and have a beer. So, uh if
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you don't have any more questions,
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cool. All right, let me squish the
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suspension for this chap.
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So, yeah. We've got the lockout so
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now it's locked. So, watch.
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I don't know if you can see that. This
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is locked.
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And if we
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unlock it,
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uh you can't really see it. I'm on my
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own so I can't really show it. Uh let me
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see.
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One second. No, I don't think I can do
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it. There you go.
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Sorry. Not the best
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not the best suspension squish video.
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I'm sorry. I'll try and do a better one
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and shove it online later. So, there we
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go. YT Izzo full
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uh video over on our YouTube channel.
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We've got full full more information on
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singletrackworld.com. And if you've got
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any questions uh that I've not answered,
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please feel free to let me know in the
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comments below. And I'll do my best to
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answer them soon. Uh see you all soon.
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Bye-bye.
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