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Naked, Long, Low, Slack, Carbon, Coil... New Specialized Stumpjumper Evo Carbon REVEALED
Mar 5, 2019
Check out all the new features of this Specialized Stumpjumper Evo Carbon bike here..
https://singletrackworld.com/2019/03/specialized-launches-the-stumpjumper-evo-in-carbon-fibre/
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Point the bike downhill and oh my
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goodness, it really does eat things up.
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It means that the back end is super
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super quiet. Mainstream brand, this is,
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you know, pretty progressive, really.
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Hey everyone, this is Andy from
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Singletrack Magazine and today we're
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looking at a all new bike from
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Specialized. It's the Specialized
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Stumpjumper Evo Pro Carbon. This is the
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27.5 inch version of the bike. Now, if
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you've been keeping an eye on
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Specialized for the past year or so or
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watching or reading Will's reviews,
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you'll have seen that he actually tested
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the alloy version of this bike last
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year.
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So, the idea is the same. We've got a
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longer reach, we've got slacker head
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angle, but this time it's made of a all
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carbon. We've got a carbon front
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triangle and the carbon rear end. And
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Specialized call this a fact 11M frame
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and that means it's got some really nice
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features and it has a really lovely
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naked finish. So, features include
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internal cable routing and hose routing
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for your dropper post gears and all
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others of the gobbings.
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You've got a lovely little SWAT door
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here just below the bottle cage. This
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opens up and you have room for a an
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inner tube or snacks or other bits and
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bobs. We've got a really cool asymmetric
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rear end on here. We've seen a few
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different bike brands use this idea, but
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Specialized are using it here. We've got
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a on the drive side we've got this
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strut, but on the non-drive side there's
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nothing there. It's a really cool idea
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and you it means you from either end
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either side it looks a bit different.
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So, really lovely design feature.
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At the back here just on the chainstay
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we've got this rubberized chain guide
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and this is actually similar to some of
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the downhill teams are using this year
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and last year and it does provide really
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good damping for that chain. It means
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that the back end is super super quiet.
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In fact, I've taken this bike out for a
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quick ride on a Friday and it is really
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really quiet. Probably one of the most
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quiet bikes I've ridden for a long time.
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So, spec-wise uh you know, feature-wise
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we've got 150 mm of travel front and
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rear and on this pro level bike we've
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got a Fox 36 Performance Elite fork on
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the front and we've got a Fox DHX2 coil
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on the rear. Now, the coil shock on this
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bike does have a lockout, so climbing is
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a bit more efficient. But open that up,
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point the bike downhill and oh my
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goodness, it really does eat things up.
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It's super super supple, really lovely
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rear suspension and as I've mentioned
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extremely quiet. This bike will actually
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tackle things that you wouldn't think
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were capable other than on a downhill
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bike. It's, you know, really really
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capable.
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Uh obviously being such capable bike and
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a fast bike for that matter, we've got
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pretty progressive geometry on here. And
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I mean, this is progressive for
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Specialized, but it's also progressive
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for most other brands, too.
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Reach figures on this bike, which is the
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S2, which is roughly a medium large
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frame, is a 465 mm in its low suspension
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setting is it's low a head angle setting
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or 470 in its high setting. And that
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also affects the head angle. So, we've
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got a 63 and 1/2° head angle when it's
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in its low setting or 64° head head
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angle in its high setting. So, that's
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pretty slack, pretty long. Obviously,
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there are longer slacker bikes on the
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market, but for a main mainstream brand,
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this is, you know, pretty progressive,
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really.
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This is the S2 version. If you're if
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you're taller than well, if you're my
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height or taller, so I'm 178 cm, I would
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personally go for the S3, which is a
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slightly longer bike and that has a
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reach of between 490 and 495.
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Sounds a lot, but you do have this
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really short stem on here and yeah, you
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can roll the bars back a little bit.
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When I rode this bike, I found it was a
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a little bit short. I was riding off the
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back of it, so the longer bike might be
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a bit better.
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Okay, specification-wise of this bike,
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we've got quite a lot of Specialized kit
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on here. We've got a Specialized
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handlebar, we've got a Specialized stem
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and in the steer tube we've got a SWAT
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tool and I think this is very similar to
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the tool that Will just tested. If you
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head over to Singletrack Magazine, it's
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a just an Allen key and it's got a
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torque torque bolts on there for your
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disc brakes and stuff.
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And that just hides away in the steerer
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and just locks away with that little cap
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there. Really neat little feature.
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We've got Roval Traverse carbon wheels.
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As I've mentioned already, they're 27.5
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inch. They've got a internal
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rim width of 30 mm and those wheels are
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shod with Butcher Grid tires front and
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rear. Now, I've tested this bike only in
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the dry and I found the tires, you know,
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good. They were they're fast rolling,
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they grip quite well, but I've have
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heard that when things get a bit wetter,
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they do tend to slide around a little
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bit. So, it might be something to look
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at if you were thinking about this bike,
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you might want to put something like a
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Hillbilly or something on the front for
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a bit more grip. We've got Deity grips
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on here. They're not Specialized brands,
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I'm not sure why they've gone for Deity
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grips, but they're very very comfortable
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grips. And we've got a uh
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cable operated dropper post here as
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well. This is the Specialized Command
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dropper post. It has 160 mm of drop on
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there, so plenty to get that seat out of
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the way and is not quite an infinity
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adjust post. You've actually got 16
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micro adjustments, so 16 points of
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engagement on here. And when you're
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using it, it feels like an infinite drop
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drop dropper post, but you do hear those
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little clicks now and again. Uh so, it
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does lock into certain positions and it
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has quite an aggressive action. Um so,
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if I just pop
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my notebook on here and go to this side.
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It's quite an aggressive and fast
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action, but don't worry though, when
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you're riding it, it doesn't try and
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chuck you in half. It feels all right.
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You do have to control it with your
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bottom,
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but it's all right. It's actually not a
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bad thing to have.
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Other features on this bike are a full
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SRAM GX 1 by 12-speed groupset. We've
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got the GX shifter, GX rear mech and
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cassette and we've also got a dub crank
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and bottom bracket bracket on there. So,
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you've got a fast, aggressive,
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lightweight bike so Specialized have
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very cleverly given this bike very very
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powerful four-pot brakes. We've got Code
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RSC brakes from SRAM on there. Really
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great, got some nice adjustment on
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there, really good bite point adjustment
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and everything.
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Uh so, all in all, it's a great package.
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It's very lightweight. It looks very
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nice. It's got this nice UD finish
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carbon. There's no paint or lacquer on
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here and if you look really closely, you
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can just make out the different panels
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and the pieces of carbon used to put the
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bike frame together.
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So, really well thought out bike, really
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good looking bike and it's a very fun
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bike, too. Quite progressive. If you're
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looking for something from a main brand
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that you can go to a store and buy,
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something that's fast, aggressive,
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almost like a downhill bike that you can
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pedal uphill, well worth looking at one
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of these. Head over to Singletrack
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website now and you can read the first
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ride review and yeah, if you've got any
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questions, please ask us in the comments
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section below and don't forget to
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subscribe
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or here and that's all. Thank you very
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much. Goodbye.
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Back carbon. It sounds like I'm being
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cool.
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Back carbon.
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Yeah, it's a naked bear.
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It's almost like a marble, isn't it?
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Mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm
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squeegee squeegee stuff.
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