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We take a look at the Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Carbon 29er vs Specialized Stumpjumper ST Comp Carbon 29er.
For a full review of each bike please visit:
LT: https://singletrackworld.com/
ST: https://singletrackworld.com/
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hi I'm Andy from singletrack and I'm
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with Hannah who has been testing these
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2019 Stumpjumper bikes which they're
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completely different from the previous
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year's models we've got the this is the
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which one that's the LT expert
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LT so LT is for long travel so 150 mil
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Pike's on the front 140 ml at the rear
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and we've got a rock trucks deluxe party
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three rear shock bear Shrem GX 12 speed
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yeah and 2.6 inch tires and I mentioned
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the tire width because it plays an
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important role in how they feel doesn't
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it
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the other bike is the same frame but
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it's the shorter travel model yeah
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that's the comp 29er in that
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specification so it's a slightly lower
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grade spec this one comes in at 5,000
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pounds and this is three and a half
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thousand pounds alright so the different
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specs different prices same main frame
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oh yes and different suspension travel
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so 130 ml trouble fox rhythm 34 s on the
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front and a fox dps on the rear with 130
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ml 120 120
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and 2.3 inch tires on this model yep
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yeah so yeah very similar bikes in that
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they had the same frame different specs
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but what we're concerned here is
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basically how the suspension changes the
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performance and what these bikes are
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really intended for yep so let's start
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with this one you've been right in this
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long travel bike tell us a bit about it
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so the full reviews have been done right
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Rachel socal right and also if you hop
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on over to single chat WorldCom you can
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see we'll at the launch these bikes are
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all the full technical detail there
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so I've been riding them after Rachel's
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been finished with them just to kind of
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compare and contrast and see what the
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what they're like on different sorts of
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terrain and we passed them around the
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office a bit so whereabouts have you
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been riding them I've done some kind of
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off piste of little built trails bit of
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trail centre even a bit of BMX bike
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yes a really good mix yeah and and pass
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them around
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we have been on holiday and I passed
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around different people as well right
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good so yeah lots of different
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impressions are of them from people so
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the the bigger bike the long travel bike
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is the thing that really struck me about
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it is the how Pedley is how good at
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peddling is for such a big bike okay and
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you know it's a 29 oh it's got a lot of
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travel I found some bikes like that
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quite hard hard going getting up the
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hills and maybe not so maneuverable
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going down the hills as well but this
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yeah it's carried me through stuff and
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up stuff with no trouble at all so I
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mean would you say it's an efficient
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bike with a very little barb or do you
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feel it a bit of a bit of a squid while
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you're putting the power down very
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little squidge I mean apart from when
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doing like laps around a road going up
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up you know cars get stuck on it types
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deep Road yeah then I was using the
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lockout but other than that I was really
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great so you could leave the suspension
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open climb up rocky train let it do its
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thing and get up absolutely yeah awesome
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and downhill like a monster truck just
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flies through everything or is it a bit
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more playful if you want it to be like a
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monster truck yeah it's very forgiving
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really but I still found it kind of nice
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and flickable out of berms and stuff
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like that okay didn't feel like the the
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rear tire was totally glued to the
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ground all the time yeah sometimes you
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feel like you just can't get them in the
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air it's not quite easy to get into the
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tyres thick so we did mention that the
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tires played an important role in this
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2.6 inch tires how did they do they slow
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you down at all or did they give you
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more grip and more confidence so
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obviously if you're on a smoother climb
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that's a lot more rubber to be draggin
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up yeah but on the whole I've really
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enjoyed these tires they're loads of
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confidence and I really noticed the
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difference doing bats back swapping on
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the same trail on having ridden it on
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this bike yeah and then swap
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- this one because they are exactly the
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same tire aren't they it's just the
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different width that's the only
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difference isn't it yeah right then okay
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cool so that's the long trouble bike
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climbs well descend as well playful yes
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confidence-inspiring
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makes all right so the short trouble
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bike so I mean this sounds pretty good
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so I mean is this lacking in any way or
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if I was gonna have that bike
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I'd probably swap the tires up to a two
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all right obviously it's the same frame
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so there's no clearance issues at all I
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can put the two point six a two tires on
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there it's really surprising how capable
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it is for being the not short travel by
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never a shorter travel by yeah yeah I
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felt like I found the limits of it
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because obviously I was I was doing the
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kind of enduro trail on this and then
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doing it on that and yes scaring myself
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a bit more but it would still do it
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yeah it just it didn't reward you if you
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got it wrong alright so this sort of the
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extra travel sort of makes up if you you
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know if you make a mistake or maybe if
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you try something that you shouldn't
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really be doing yeah fast you might end
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up in the vegetation yeah what you did
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with me I did and but with this one it's
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kind of like you really need to be like
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know it pin your lines you need to get
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it right if you're going for sort of
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enduro line right okay P stuff yes the
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rest of the time very very capable bike
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really comfortable again really rea
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pedaling so you could do loads of miles
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on that and then if you came across your
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occasional intense kind of descent or
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whatever
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you totally managed it you would hold
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you back at all I don't know you might
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do a little bit slower right you know
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you're not racing in enduro you're just
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out for a ride with your mates cool so
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yeah it's still really capable so with
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the shorter travel and it's the same
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suspension stats it really isn't it's
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just short to travel climbing do you
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find that this is more efficient of the
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hills is it a bit faster up the hills
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yeah feels a little bit more agile up
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the hills and a bit more agile in in
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some of the tighter corners okay so if
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you like something a bit more playful
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probably
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this is something to still look at even
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though it has a little bit less travel
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yes considering and it is worth noting
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that this is the lower spec bike and I
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did find that the suspension on this was
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less plush as you'd expect that's what
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your painful yeah but so I mean this
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this is available in expert high spec
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better Forks and then on the other hand
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this is available in a lower spec so you
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know you could choose the one that suits
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your budget as well as where your ride
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yes okay so I mean there's no conclusion
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really it all depends there is no better
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bike is that really look they're both
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very very good you just have to decide
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where you're riding most of the time and
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so I think if you're if you're gonna go
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in for more miles
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yeah then probably go for the shorts
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travel bike and it will still get you
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around the big steep enduro stuff yeah
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if you're gonna tend to do more enduro
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stuff and occasionally do the miles this
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will do that perfect but you know you'll
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work a little bit harder suppose it
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depends in where the country you live as
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well doesn't it so your longer ride
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might be mega rocky and gnarly so go for
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this one if you live in a smoother
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smaller hills maybe that one as well so
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yeah it's like anybody really in to
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choose what suits your terrain and where
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you're right but yeah sad sad sand from
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this one in particular this is the one
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you've got your eye on yeah my husband's
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eye on that one okay he wants to go half
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us on that one I want to go half is on
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this one right there you go perfect okay
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thank you very much if you've got any
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questions let us know leave them in the
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comments yeah and thanks very much thank
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you see you all soon all right
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