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We've been testing the Scott Ransom 900 Tuned - a big travel enduro bike that replaces the Genius LT for 2019 and beyond.
Read the full review online right now; https://singletrackworld.com/2018/08/review-2019-scott-ransom-900-tuned/
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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've got a bike here that I want to
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talk to you about this is brand new for
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2019 this is the Scott ransom now I'd be
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riding this bike for the past month or
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so and I'm gonna be taking you through
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what it's like to ride some of the
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features on the frame design suspension
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geometry and and how that all translates
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onto the trail but first we'll just go
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through the basics now of course the
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Ransom name has been in the Scott lineup
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before the original model was released I
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think it was first announcing around
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2005 and at the time it was a really
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groundbreaking bike quite a genre
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bending bike I had 165 Miller rear
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travel a very high-tech carbon-fiber
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frame very lightweight as well and a
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handlebar remote that allowed you to
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adjust the travel on the rear suspension
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now the Ransom hung around for a few
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years but then it gave way to the genius
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LT that bike had a good run again for
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about six years or so but it disappeared
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from the lineup last year mysteriously
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and this is the reason why it's because
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Scott is bringing back the Ransom now
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compared to the genius LT the new ransom
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is completely different it's got a new
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frame new suspension design it's it
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shares very little in common with the
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previous genius LT this shares a lot
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more in common with the new genius
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in fact the overall shape is very
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similar but let's take you through some
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of the basic numbers this bike has 170
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millimeters of travel front and rear it
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is a very big bike this model here is
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the Ransom 900 tuned and it comes with
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29 inch wheels
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not just any 29 inch wheels though these
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are wrapped with two point six inch wide
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maxis minyan dhf tires that's a lot of
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tire and a lot of suspension so a very
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very big bike this is a full carbon
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fiber frame save for that alloy rocker
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link in the middle and the claim frame
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weight on this with the rear shock and
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hardware is just two thousand six
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hundred and fifty grams two point six
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five kilos so it's very very lightweight
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especially when you consider it has that
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much travel there will be other models
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available
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we'll be offering the ransom with an
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alloy frame and the range will kick off
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just under three grand for the the
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Ransom 930 it'll also be available with
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twenty seven point five plus wheels and
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every ransom frame has the ability to
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run 29 inch or 20 7.5 inch plus wheels
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there's a small chip in the upper shock
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mount here and all you do is flip that
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around 180 degrees and you've got high
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and low positions high is for running
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the smaller 27.5 inch wheels and low is
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for running the 29 inch wheels like we
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have here right so I'm going to talk
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about the suspension on this bike
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because it is a rather defining feature
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of the Ransom ever since the original so
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we have the twin lock handle by remote
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and this offers three distinct
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suspension settings now this remote does
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adjust the fork and the rear shocks
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simultaneously
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you've got descend which is basically
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full open full travel front and rear
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then you've got the middle traction
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control position now in that middle
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position the full compression is is
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firmed up a bit but the rear shock has a
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very clever feature inside which is when
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you engage that traction control mode
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part of the volume of the air shock is
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closed off and that shrinks the air
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volume inside the air canister and it
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makes a shock really progressive in fact
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it makes it so progressive that it
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limits the rear travel from 170 to 120
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millimetres to travel it also makes the
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bike feel a lot more efficient and the
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other thing that it does is it changes
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the dynamic geometry of the bike it
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lifts the ride height it lifts the
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bottom bracket
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steepens the head angle steepens the
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seat angle and that's really good for
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climbing Scott actually says that this
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is even more noticeable the steeper the
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the climb gets so if you're in traction
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control position those angles get about
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one and a half degrees steeper that's
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the head angle in the seat angle
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compared to riding in the descend mode
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so it's a really useful tool for
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climbing the third position with that
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handle by remote is a full lock out
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front and rear be able to turn this bike
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into basically a fully rigid mountain
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bike and the flick of a button is really
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useful for long tarmac climbs which I've
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been doing a lot the past month in the
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Alps and around Lake Garda and places
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like Punta aller as well and so I'll
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talk a little bit about the componentry
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on this bike just quickly
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this is the top-of-the-range model it's
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the 900 tune so it is quite the blingy
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package on here we've got fox Kashima
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suspension front and rear we've got a
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Kashima coated transfer dropper post
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this has 150 millimeters of travel on
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this one SRAM xo1
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eagle drivetrain very very schmick we've
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got a nice lightweight upper guide over
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the chain ring there just to keep that
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in check and I haven't dropped a chain
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in the month that I've been riding this
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on some pretty rough and rocky trails
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brakes come from SRAM as well these are
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the code RSC Stoppers very powerful four
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piston brakes really nice modulation
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really nice lever feel as well and a
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really good solid bite point to the
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wheels on this bike come from sin cross
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these are new these are called the
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Revelstoke 1.5 wheels they have a 30 mil
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internal rim width and that's there to
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support a 2.4 to a two point six inch
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wide tire really nice buzzy free hub
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mechanism this has 78 engagement points
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on the rear hub steel cartridge bearings
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straight pool hubs and straight pull
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spokes and these way just a little over
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2 kilos for the whole set possibly the
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most striking feature on this bike is of
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course is one-piece carbon fiber
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handlebar this comes from sin cross and
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it's called the Hickson I see SL now
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I've ridden this bar on the genius 900
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tune this handlebar is pretty similar
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but it's a bit wider 718 millimeters
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it's also got more rise 20 millimeter
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rise on this one it's very light being
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the one-piece carbon fiber but it's got
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a really nice shape to it really good
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sweep and it's also got really nice
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vibration damping as well so quite a
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comfortable bar to ride so so how does
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this bike ride well I will say that for
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170 millimeters have travelled the
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Ransom climbs really really well it's
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not really the reason you buy a bike
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with this much travel but this bike does
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go uphill very very efficiently
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particularly when things get technical
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having that middle traction control
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position just lift the bike up gives you
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more pedal clearance so you're less
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likely to stall smash rocks and roots
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you've got more space underneath the
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bottom bracket to keep pedaling keep
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charging up steep technical trails even
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in that middle traction control position
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the rear shock stays active so it's not
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a compression adjustment it's
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just an air spring adjustment so you do
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get less travel but the suspension is
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still active and that gives you good
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traction combined with these big two
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point six inch Max's tires
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this thing will climb up a lot of stuff
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that you wouldn't think you'd be able to
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climb up on a bike with 170 Miller
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travel once you get to the top of course
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that's when you realize why this bike
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has that much travel it charges down
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descents very very stable very plush
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suspension design the Fox fork and rear
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shock are really nicely balanced so
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they're very in tune with each other it
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doesn't feel like one's working harder
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than the other on the note of the fork
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scott has actually expect the rants and
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with a shorter 44 mil off set that's
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compared to 51 millimeter off set that
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comes on the genius now that short
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offset does increase trail combined with
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a sixty four point five degree head
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angle which is very very slack this bike
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is very steady very planted on the front
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you do need to put a little bit more
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weight on the grips because it is quite
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slack so it does require a little bit
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more commitment than say riding the
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genius but once you learn to trust this
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bike and how much traction there is
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available in those big Maxis minion
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tires you do end up putting more weight
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onto the front wheel getting that
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traction and and keeping the bike moving
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through the turns
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speaking of turns it's really nimble I
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know that sounds like an oxymoron for a
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bike that's this big with this much
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travel but it's got really good stand
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over height with the seat post slammed
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out of the way with that nice low drop
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top tube you can really move around on
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this bike quite easily it's got a short
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back end to 438 millimetres is the rear
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Center length and that gives it loads of
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nimbleness and flick ability for a bike
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with this much travel so climbing and
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cornering this bike does really really
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well regardless of how much travel it
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has so I would say that that defines the
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Ransom this is of course okay who will
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bike on the descents and in the rough
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stuff and on technical steep terrain
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yeah of course it's it's going to go
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down that stuff really well but because
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it climbs so well and because it handles
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so well on kind of more mellow twisty
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single track it's a really good
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all-rounder and you wouldn't necessarily
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buy this bike just for hitting up the
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bike park and just shuttling downhill
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it's so much more than that this is a
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bike for self shuttling for going up one
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to two hour long climbs high up into the
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mountains to access the really rough
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natural technical single track and
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that's exactly what this bike relishes
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in doing so really really impressed with
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this bike now if you want to read the
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full review and get the full tech
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rundown on all that's going on with the
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2019 Scott ransom jump on single track
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WorldCom you'll be able to see the full
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news story on the bike and my first ride
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review
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spending the last month on this on some
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fantastic trails through Austria and
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Italy as well my name is will thank you
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for watching and if you've got any
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questions about this bike and my
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experience with it drop them in the
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comment section below and I'll do my
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best to answer them for you thanks guys
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