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hi this is chips from single track
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and this is the brand new 2021
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specialized stump jumper
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i got more and more shonky as we went on
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before we go into the full details of it
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i just want to explain
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where it sits in the specialized range
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travel and operation i guess in terms of
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end user end use the stumpjumper is
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specialized all-round trail bike it's a
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140 130 mil all-round capable trail bike
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goes uphill goes downhill and where it
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has been sort of finely tuned by
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specialized to be a bit more clear
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compared to previous years where there
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was a specialized stump jumper there was
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the stumpjumper evo they had similar
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travel is this a trail bike is it
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uh an enduro bike what's going on
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they've got a bike called enduro
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all sorts so what specialize has done is
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they have basically delineated the line
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so that the stump jumper
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itself sits in the middle with bikes
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above and below in terms of travel
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going up in travel from the epic the
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full-on cross-country race bike then you
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evo which is a 120 mil forked
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fast trail bike then you get this this
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expert and it's 140 130 travel
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and then above that you get the
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that came out last week and that is
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a 160 150 travel bike and then above
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that you get the enduro and then you get
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the demo downhill bike
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so they've made it so it's a bit clearer
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is the hooligan ride up right down
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fast bike whereas the stump jumper is
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an all-round trail bike it's
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lighter than the evo the components
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aren't as burly because that's not what
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if you live for the downhills and only
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slum jumper evo is great for you but the
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is an all-round trail bike you can have
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it as your one bike that you ride
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all year round wherever you live and if
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you go to the mountains
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probably cope with that fine you won't
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all the enduro helmeted gravity boys but
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it'll still be pretty capable
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although it looks similar to the
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of the last couple of years there have
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a lot of it's behind the scenes and kind
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the suspension kinematics how it all
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how the geometry sits where the rider
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but there's a few other obvious changes
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there's no horse link
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anymore the the horse link disappeared
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and now it's no longer on the stump
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jumper just on the evo
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and the reason for that is for the the
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it doesn't make that much of a
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difference and it does save weight saves
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50 grams or so in terms of bolts and
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and you have this nice stiff one piece
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full carbon rear triangle and full
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front this is obviously an important
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bike for specialized because
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there are so many models there are five
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different models including an alloy one
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there are four carbon versions
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including the s-works and then there's
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as well which comes in under two
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thousand pounds for the complete bike
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this itself is for 750
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and we have a fox 34 performance elite
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we've got sram g2 brakes
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we've got drivative cranks we have
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roval alloy wheels and we have sram
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1x12 gearing the bike as it is
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is designed to ride out the shop and
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straight into the hills
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it's pretty well set up the sizing is
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worth mentioning as well because
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specialized slightly confusingly doesn't
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really do the medium large
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extra large they do s1 s2 s3 s4
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and that refers to the length of the
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bike so to the reach of the bike
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and the overall length because the top
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there's no giant seat mast here
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which means that if you like the size of
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this bike but you wanted a bit more
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reach you could go up a size
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and you wouldn't start having to run
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shorter and shorter dropper posts
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the seat tube length is pretty short
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this is an s4 and i can ride i ride a
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medium all large mountain bike generally
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and i can ride an s3 or an s4
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interestingly the bikes now go in size
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which is pretty small up to s6 which is
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equivalent to an xl or xxl
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so there's a lot of range there and
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specializes looking for covering the
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biggest amount of customers they can
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just while i'm here we obviously have
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in the down tube which uh
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he says i don't know what's in here
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there we go that comes on all the carbon
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you've got your little
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little bag you put your inner tube or
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tools or your burrito in uh you can fit
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things up there if you've got little
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jacket you can fit that in there and
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there's room down there so there's
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lots of room for for storage and
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specializes spent the last
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few years trying to persuade riders not
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to ride around with so much
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gear on their back so there's swat
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and the bike comes with a little tool on
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all designed so that you just kind of
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grab your bike get on it
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ride it i've had a few days of
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of riding on this we went up to scotland
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and we did a big ride of the classic
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gypsy glenn which we've got some
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some footage of and we then also did
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uh playing around in some of the steeper
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trails and the bike itself is brilliant
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um personally it's like any bigger than
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this like i rode the evo as well
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i don't think i actually went any
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quicker on the evo because the limiting
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factor is no longer the bike it's the
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so that's that's just me but uh the
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is obviously that the bike people think
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specialized and the this model
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is designed to be the distillation of
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ethos and the core bike to specialize
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range and i think they've done a
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brilliant job the the bike itself
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it's pretty subtle it's it's uh the
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is distinctive but the bike is is
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subtle many of the models come in black
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slightly more exciting colors but most
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of the models seem to come in black as
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for the the shy and the uh the less
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showy off riders you'll love these um
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matte black carbon motif i guess that
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appears on the bike uh on all the bikes
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i'm not sure why but there you go
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it looks a bit like it's been resprayed
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but hey guys what do i know about design
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and we've also got this rubberized
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downtube armor under there
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but as i was saying the the bike itself
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seems to the the fit is great the
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uh the performance small bump
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and the bigger hit performance is really
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i think there's a package it's a pretty
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so this has been chips from singletrack
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and this is the 2021 specialized
