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Wil's been riding around the trails of the Costa Blanca near Altea in Spain aboard the Scott Ransom 900 Tuned test bike.
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everyone it's will hear from single
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track magazine and single track WorldCom
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and I'm currently in Costa Blanca on the
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east coast of Spain doing some riding up
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in the hills not too far from Altair and
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Benidorm
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now don't let that last one put you off
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the riding here is absolutely top-notch
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we're actually staying in Altair which
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is a town on the other side of the the
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mountain from Benidorm and it's a
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beautiful spot right next to the beach
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single track here is fantastic I've only
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sampled a little bit I've been riding
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with David and Emile from Costa Blanca
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enduro land and these guys do guided
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tours and shuttles of the local area but
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the small amount of writing that I've
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done here has been absolutely superb
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really rocky very dry in fact these guys
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their busy season is typically on the
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shoulder season so spring and autumn and
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even in winter the temperatures here
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don't get much colder than 10 or 15
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degrees so if you came out in bikers
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this is actually a really good spot over
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the winter months when it's a bit wet
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back home now of course I've been riding
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the Scott ransom test bike you might
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have seen this on the website a couple
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of weeks ago when it first launched I've
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been riding this bike on my way around
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Europe and some really fantastic riding
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locations and continuing to test it for
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the rest of the trip so I've got a few
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things on here that I'm testing as well
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as the bike itself that I wanted to give
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you a quick look at the bikes going
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along superbly the more I ride this bike
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the more I'm getting familiar with that
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twin lock remote handlebar system for
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adjusting the suspension it's a big bike
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170 ml travel 29er
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but that middle handlebar remote
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position shortens the travel to 120
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millimetres on the back and it makes
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this bike actually a really good climber
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on technical single track so so I'm
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really enjoying that and a few things
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that I'm checking on here at the moment
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I've got a shock waves attached to the
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fork now I'm just checking the
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suspension settings pretty happy with
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how the fork set up at the moment but
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I'm trying a little bit softer so
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dropping a little bit of pressure out
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increasing the SAG as well just to see
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how that affects the ride quality just
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chasing a slightly plush of fuel out of
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the front end of the bike I'm going to
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be playing around with the rear shock as
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well so I'll get the shock is on there
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too
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just to mess around with those two
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different
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suspension settings the linear and
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progressive settings that you can adjust
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with that little ramp control lever
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otherwise I haven't changed too much
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else on the bike I have put on a wider
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handlebar though
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synchros sent me out a wider Hickson i
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see rise 1.0 handlebar now the stock
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Hannover 718 millimeters wide and the
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stem length is or virtual stem length is
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50 millimeters bar I've got on here now
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is a little wider it's 800 millimeters
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it's also a little bit shorter 40
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millimeter virtual length so interested
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to see how that changes the the steering
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and the handling on this bike so stay
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tuned for more updates on that one
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elsewhere we've got the Maxis minion dhf
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tires now these of course are a well
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known tread pattern but the 29 by 2.6
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inch size is still quite new these are
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the three c-max tear a triple compound
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rubber some very high-end tires very big
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volume and running these at 16 psi on
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the front and 18 psi on the back so
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quite low pressure but they are very big
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tires so you can kind of get away with
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those lower pressures so I have a
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separate review coming of these tires
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once I put a few more miles on them to
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see how they go where wise you'll see on
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here we've also got a set of flat pedals
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from Shimano these are the Shimano st.
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flat pedals pretty new as of this year
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I've already tested and reviewed the
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Shimano Deore XT flat pedals these are a
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higher-end version and they are designed
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more for downhillers they're a little
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bit thinner the platform size is a
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little bit different as well and the
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internals are different to the D or xt
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pedals too so stay tuned for a full
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review on these once i've given a bit
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more of a thrashing on some of the rocky
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trails around costa blanca otherwise the
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rest of the bike is going well so far
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and I will have a follow up long-term
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review coming on the Scott ransom which
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would be able to read on single track
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WorldCom so keep your eyes peeled on the
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website and also our youtube channel for
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more updates on this test bike here now
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if you've got any questions about the
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Scott ransom drop them into the comments
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section below and I'll do my best to
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answer them for you otherwise stay tuned
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to the website our youtube page and our
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facebook page for more updates on this
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test bike on our long-term review of the
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Scott ransom thanks guys turu
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