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It’s Christmas Eve, but the prizes just won’t stop coming. Check out these pretty unique and currently very rare offerings from HT.
HT X-2 Clip Pedals Oil Slick
Price: £159.99
From: Ison Distribution
Want to win yourself a Downhill World Cup race? These might be what you need. Designed with multiple world champion Aaron Gwin, the X2 is used by pro riders worldwide and offers a light and strong platform with a deep concave and lots of potential adjustment on the tension release. Shaped to shed mud, you’ll be able to keep riding even in the swamps of Les Gets. This oil slick pair comes with X1 and X1F cleats as well as an 8mm service socket. With multiple cleat entry directions, you’ll be able to dab and clip back in, even if you’re riding wild and loose.
https://singletrackworld.com/2021/12/singletrack-megasack-countdown-2021-day-24-ht-x-2-clip-pedals/
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[Music]
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all right ready yep
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hello i'm ben this is mark hi welcome to
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day 24
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of the mega sack christmas countdown 24.
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you know what that means
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christmas eve christmas eve christmas
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eve are you ready a bit late if you're
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not oh as soon as we finish this i'm
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going out to do some shopping fine have
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you got everything i think so pretty
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sure just a couple of bits for the other
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half i've got to get yet but that's fine
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don't worry about it yeah it'll be good
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it'd be good right right what have we
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got for today's competition oh we've got
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something awesome i love these uh we've
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got some ht
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x2
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downhill pedals which are i you know
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pedals can be a little bit boring
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but these ones i i i beg to differ these
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are not boring first of all get them out
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check i'm gonna give you one thank you
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check out that color scheme
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that i'll hold it there i'm going to
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move it around
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bit of movement that's called oil slick
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okay yep that would this this is get it
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this is a unique paint color for when
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they can't decide what color they really
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like yes
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because it's every color and these these
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are a downhill pedal these are aluminium
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and let me just tell you they're worth
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159.99
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okay you can't even buy them yet they're
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not even on sale until march but we've
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got two pairs here someone out there is
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going to be the owner of these tomorrow
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and someone else on new year's eve is
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going to be a winner of these two but
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these are fantastic they're a downhill
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pedal they're clipless yep always
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confuses me clipless
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because it's got a clip
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but we're talking about i think clip
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where does it come from clipless it
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comes from the old strap system
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straps and clips clips and straps hips
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and straps cage where you put your foot
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in okay all roads clips yeah toe straps
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i'm old enough to remember actually toe
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straps on mountain bikes yeah um how
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about you once yeah i don't know like i
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did it once and then i thought no that's
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a great idea yeah we've left those days
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long behind us thankfully we've got
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technology like this now so yes
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so you've got the pedals here there's no
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pins in there's no pins in that's
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because
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the pins oh there's loads of stuff
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there's tons of stuff that you get with
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it as well you've got all the pins in
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there all the pins there's five pins on
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each side you can screw them in uh but
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you've also got a whole heap of spares
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because in this little tiny bag here
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um not only have you got all the pins
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you've got spare pins but actually you
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can see those little tiny bolts there
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yep those are actually the bolts that
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clip the actual mechanism on so you've
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got spares in there on every single bolt
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that's on that there's a spare for it in
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there including
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the tension uh screw as well that thing
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what you do to whack it on these the
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tension on these can go up to you can
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literally make the cleat the shoes
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immovable right because the springs on
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these are intense you can wind up all
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the way start gate you're great in the
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start gate absolutely so you can wind
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them back as much as you want but you've
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got your not only that but it comes with
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the cleats now it's not just one set of
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cleats two sets of cleats
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you've got a thing called the x1 and the
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x1 f cleat and the difference between
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those is literally the float yep um the
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x and the uh the really tight one the x1
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you've got four degrees
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of float and then you've got eight
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degrees on the x1f okay and uh the
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release angles i believe is 13 degrees
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okay so these are the technical details
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but not only you've got the cleats in
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there you've actually got shims okay so
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if you've got downhill shoes really deep
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deep tread you can actually shim it out
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to make sure that the cleat is just at
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the right level to engage with the
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pedals
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absolutely amazing loads we've got
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plastic shims we've got metal shims
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uh all your shim requirements are in
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that bag okay a little bit more about
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this pedal is the axle
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the axle on this this it comes with a
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chrome molle axle
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it is actually you can upgrade it to a
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titanium axle
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so wait save a bit of weight actually
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this is these pedals weigh 460 grams i
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think if you actually upgrade it to the
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titanium you can shave off nearly 50
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grams per pedal it's quite a lot to say
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it's a decent chunk of weight that is
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that's like you know it's over the thin
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ones yeah good
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so you've got
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all of that comes with it now
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this comes with it too you get a little
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tool
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like a drill bit it's like a drill bit
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it is it's actually a socket and it's a
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super narrow socket because
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to service and seal bearings to service
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the inside of this pedal
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on the end you've got your standard six
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mil bolt but that isn't the end of the
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axle that's just the cap yep
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undo that and then inside you'll see the
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nut the retaining nut eight mil eight
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mil and it's a really narrow shaft there
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which is where this comes in yep that is
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super super narrow
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no and yeah yeah usual multi-tool like
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your um
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um yeah
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your monkey wrench and things will fit
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but this will so stick that on there
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drop it down
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open up the the bolt take the axle out
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give it some loving mm-hmm shove it back
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in tighten it up put the cap on you're
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away so it's an eminently serviceable
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pedal and the seals on that is a good
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idea because a lot of them you can see
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it's held in by the axle itself a lot of
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them when they gave that little pushing
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and it creeps out over time and then you
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might as well just say goodbye to your
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bearings yeah the design of the axle
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itself
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keeps that little rubber seal from
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moving yeah i absolutely love these
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pedals they're super narrow as well and
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well sort of thin aren't they really low
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profile concave actually the platform on
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this concave which means that um you get
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all that grip at the front and the back
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yep uh it really digs into the sole of
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your shoe and you can tune them you can
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just put two pins at the front or two
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pins at the back if you want to go
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sort your downhill boots out in a
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certain way yeah except however you want
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them really
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yeah i these are a fantastic looking
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pedal so um we've got two sets to give
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away oh no nearly forgot you also get
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stickers of course the most important
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part good for your fridge there's your
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stickers for your fridge
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and
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your laptop and whatever
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so yeah how do we win these ben what do
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we have to do you have to answer the
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question that is as follows who
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races
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world cup downhills
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using these
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aha
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there we go a little departure from our
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normal questioning you're going to have
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to go away and find out the answer for
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this one correct answer as well but the
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who is the main person who's most famous
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for writing hd pedals okay go and do a
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bit of googling uh there's multiple
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choice so one of the correct answer will
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be listed below if you're over on
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youtube to enter just click the link
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that's below this video head on over to
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our website make sure you're logged in
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plugin is free and the question will
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appear and you just fill it in and away
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you go and then the other set which is
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in that box there that's going into the
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mega sack and the draw for that
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new year's eve
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and uh yes along with everything else
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that's in the mega sack uh you could be
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that lucky winner which is a rather a
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big
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amount of value it is about 5 000 quids
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worth of gear in the mega sack this year
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which is very very special so that's all
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from us today have a great christmas
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because it's christmas day tomorrow it
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sure is i'll be up all night there isn't
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a prize tomorrow we've given ourselves
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the day off so we will be back on boxing
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day boxing day with another great prize
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indeed all right so we'll see you then
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alrighty bye bye
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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