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At the 2018 Fort William World Cup, we got our grubby paws on the brand new XTR M9100 groupset from Shimano.
Here Wil takes you through the 1x12 Race groupset, and the 1x12 Enduro groupset, to show you through some of the unique features such as the Micro Spline rear hub and the 4-piston disc brake callipers.
For more photos and information, head to www.singletrackworld.com
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hello everyone this is will here from
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singletrack magazine we're here at Fort
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William world cup and we've been
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checking out a lot of the racing action
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you'll see riders actually out on course
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today practicing but we're going to take
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you through something else this is brand
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new xtr from Shimano so this was
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released only a week ago the Navas mesto
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cross country World Cup round this is
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the first time we've got our hands our
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our grubby hands on some of the new
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components so we're gonna give you a bit
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of a closer look got two bikes set up
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here one with the XT our race groups
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that we've also got the enduro group set
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on the left-hand side here so come in
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and I'll give you a bit of a look at
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this this race group set here so the big
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news of course in case you've been
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living under a rock the past week
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Shimano has gone 12 speed with new xtr
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so we have a 12 week set here look at
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this guy so this is the smaller cassette
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option there are going to be actually
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three cassette options this is the
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smaller option it's 10 to 45 tooth so 12
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speed 10 2014 5 on the biggest so a nice
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tight cluster this is gonna be probably
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more suitable for races whether that's
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enduro or cross-country race who might
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not need as big of a range but perhaps
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want that nice smooth kind of gear
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changes all the way through and less
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interruption to their cadence as well
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you can see we've got the new 12 speed
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rear derailleur on here as well big
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chunky thing carbon fiber jockey wheel
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cage here bigger police so those have
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actually increased in size and this is a
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nice short cage option there will be a
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longer cage option because Shimano will
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still be offering to buy options with
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xtr and there is a long cage version if
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you're gonna run a double on the front
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speaking of the front let's have a look
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at this brand new crank set this is
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absolutely gorgeous XT are hollow
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aluminium crank set still using a hollow
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steel xx formula spindles so no baby 13
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opf 30 business here this is a standard
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24 mil steel spindle it's gone to a
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spider and sorry
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it's ditched the spider design of the
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last XT our crank set has gone to a
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direct mount chain ring so this has
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helped save a bit of weight it also
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allows this crank set to be changed
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between one by and two by setups
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so very very neat there we've also got
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while you're down here Andy actually
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I'll show you these new XD our race
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pedals these are really nice you can see
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they've been pared down to the absolute
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minimum possible still an SPD compatible
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pedal and based on the current XT our
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race pedal but basically just chiseled
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away for to reduce weight they're a
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little bit thinner as well so a little
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bit shorter stack height on that one
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will go up to the the cockpit perhaps up
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here so we've got brand new XT our brake
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levers these are lighter you'll notice
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that the clamp for the brake lever is
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now in the middle of the brake lever
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whereas before it was on the end now
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what they've the reason they've done
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this is if actually if you get in here
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you can see there's a brace for the
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brake lever
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so as you're tugging on that lever when
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you're really on the anchors pushing
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really really hard the brake lever is
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braced against the handlebar it makes
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for a stiffer structure means there's
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less flex through the lever body when
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you're really hammering on the on the
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brake levers so very nice these are the
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race levers so you've got carbon fiber
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lever blade they're paired down to the
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absolute bare minimum possible so
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there's no adjusters or or any sort of
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funky extra there's no servo wave system
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and here it's been paired down to the
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absolute bare minimum as far as the
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other end of the brakes or just pull
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this front wheel out here so you can get
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a closer look at that new brake caliper
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down the bottom this is the two piston
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brake calipers Shimano will be offering
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two and four piston brake calipers with
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the new xtr group set this is the
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lighter race model so two piston smaller
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brake pads these are the same brake pads
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you'll find in a Jew race or all tegra
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Road disk caliper and so if you're a
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cross-country race to a marathon racer
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you are the light as possible setup and
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you're not as concerned about raw brute
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power then that's the setup you're gonna
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want so that's the XT our race group set
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we'll have a bit of a look at the enduro
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group set this is likely going to be the
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one that most people I think most
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British mountain bikers will be very
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excited about because let's have a look
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at the centerpiece this huge cassette
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this is also 12 speed but this starts at
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10 tooth and goes all the way up to 51
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so who have how do you like that there's
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your 12 speed 10 to 51 cassette
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now like the other xtr cassette the 10
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to 45 to get that 10 to throw kit
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Shimano's had to create its own new
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freehub body standard yes I can hear the
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groans from from the internet it's very
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similar in terms of compared to the
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existing Shimano freehub body it's just
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a bit smaller in diameter and the idea
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is to allow that 10 tooth decay on there
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the splines are different as well it's
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called a micro spline freehub the spines
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are different and it's designed to take
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as you can probably tell with that huge
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51 tooth sprocket on the back of that
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cassette that's going to encounter some
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pretty serious loads some pretty high
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torque when you're climbing
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you know it'll enable you to climb up
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some pretty steep stuff so you can
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imagine there's a lot of force gonna be
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going through this and therefore the
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freehub body so the splines have been
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designed to accommodate that extra force
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there now that freehub body right now
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the micro spline system it is a design
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owned by Shimano at the moment as far as
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we're aware DT Swiss is the only company
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and that is going to be licensing that
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design so that they'll be able to make
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compatible freehub bodies as to other
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brands coming on board we'll just have
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to wait and see and one of the other
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features inside this rear hub is a
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silent freehub mechanism so Shimano
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drawing on the 1980s science fiction
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movies has brought out a design called
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silence SC y ly NCE
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I think I would sit on the back of that
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one anyway correct me on that if I'm
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wrong but basically when you coast on
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this bike I'm just gonna lift up the
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rear wheel and show you
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so it's dead silent it's basically a
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ratchet system not not dissimilar to a
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DT Swiss star ratchet so it's it's
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completely different to an existing Paul
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spring and Paul system in other brands
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and Shimano's previous hub designs but
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basically the the clutch actually
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disengages when you've really
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freewheeling which is why it's dead
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quiet it's silent and there's very
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little if any drag when you're coasting
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then when you engage or when you pedal
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sorry the clutch engages and that's
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where you get your your drive from so
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very very clever design silenced rear
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hub on the back of the XT our brand new
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microphone rear hub we also have the
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same brand new XT our cranks here again
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this is the direct mount chain ring here
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we've got multiple options 32 that - 38
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I believe new chain ring designs so this
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is Shimano zone chain ring design so you
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ideally you don't need to run these with
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a chain guide though Shimano is making a
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lightweight upper chain guide we don't
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have one here to show you but they are
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making a lightweight chain guide for
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racers who just want that extra security
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but this chain here it's it's it's sort
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of a narrow wide design essentially
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thick thin tooth profile it's really
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hard to show in video but on the on the
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wide ring on the wide teeth here there's
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an extra chamfered edge it's really
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difficult to make out but then actually
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butts up against or sort of Nestle's in
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with the roller and the outer link in
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the chain so it creates a really smooth
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full contact design we're told this
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reduces noise and and also aids chain
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retention so nice little detail there
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right so we're talking about the cranks
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before there is a new design for the way
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that these mount onto the bike so they
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still run a 24 mil steel spindle all the
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way through but gone of the pinch bolts
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of the previous hollow tech design now
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we've got one big bolt in here and that
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holds the non-drive crank arm to the
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axle and we have this guy here this is a
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preload collar so you can actually turn
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this and this is on a on a thread which
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is part of the crank arm and that will
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actually put preload on the bearings or
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reduce preload off the bearings so you
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can use that basically as the the bottom
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bracket beds in or needs adjusting you
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can use this preload ring to do that so
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very nice indeed
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we'll move up to the cockpit here I want
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to show you this because this is quite
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neat if you come around this side
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actually Andy this is the 12 speed
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trigger shifter here so we've got two
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paddles here the design is the actuation
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is exactly the same as you'll find on
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existing Shimano shifters but check this
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out this is a little rubber paddle
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texture here so that piece there
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that's rubber so you've got a nice soft
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textured surface there for your thumb on
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both the the up shifter and the down
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shifter this is 12 speed obviously we've
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got the new ice pack evie standard so
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you've got plenty of lateral adjustment
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for the shifter and also adjusts on a
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plenty of angular rotation as well to
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mount the shifter to the same bracket as
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the brake lever so very neatly
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integrated there the trail brake levers
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we've got a few difference here
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differences here first and foremost
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we've got servo wave inside so there's a
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roller cam system in here and that's
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designed to increase pad movement in
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that initial part as soon as you tug on
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the brake lever you get the pads closing
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in on the disc rotor very quickly and
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then tapering off slightly to help
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improve modulation through the stroke we
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do have free stroke adjustment and tool
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free reach adjustment so loads of
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adjustability in the trail brake and
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these are designed to run with four
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piston brake calipers so this is
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brand-new for xtr now we have seen this
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in the xt level and now we've got it the
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xt are level as well four Pistons in
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there those use the same style or the
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same shape of brake pad as the existing
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st. and z brake calipers the piston
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diameters are exactly the same as the
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st. and z brake calipers so we're told
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there's a 20% increase in power over the
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two piston existing to pastand xt our
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NXT brakes there's also some fancy new
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finned brake pads in there too and I
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guess the last thing we'll show you on
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this bike here is down here at the
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cranks we did skip over this before this
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is the new trail pedal so we saw the XT
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our race pedal on the other bike this is
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the XT our trail pedal again slim down
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over the the previous XT our trail pedal
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we've got more textured panels on the
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backside of
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age here these are all machined in
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beautifully machined that's designed to
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give you more traction on the back of
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your shoe when you're clipped in
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so you've still got that cage all the
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way around but just more platform so the
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idea being when you're running a softer
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kind of trail shoe with a rubber sole
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that you get more contact on here more
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stability less kind of less kind of
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wiggle through your shoe especially left
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to right so so that is the xcr trail
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pedal very nice a little bit slimmer
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compared to the the current version so
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there you go that's a bit of a look at
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the new xtr group set from Shimano we've
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had a bit of a look at the race group
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set and the enduro group set these are
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both set up as one by as I said Shimano
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will be offering to buy systems as well
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if you want to see more information
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about the xtr groups that jump on single
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track worldcom for more information
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otherwise we'll get back to the Fort
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William World Cup we hope you're
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enjoying the coverage thanks guys
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do root
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