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basically any kind of product news we've
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me whatever you like about any of the
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this every Friday morning so so join in
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as we go along today I've got a few
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different things I want to chat to you
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about a few exciting new products or I
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think that's exciting that have turned
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out this week for testing now I do have
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this giant trance 29 a test bike here
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I've had this for a few weeks it's a
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couple of bits on here I want to chat
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about today well we've got Timothy
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tuning in there saying hey hey Timothy
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thanks for tuning in you've come along
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for the last couple of episodes so
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welcome back and we've got Mike Terry
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Hugh saying hi will a Mike nice - nice
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to have you in for the live chat so
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welcome to fresh Goods Friday Down Under
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or fresh Goods down under or whatever
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we're calling this show balls-deep MTB
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fresh haircut Friday that's a great name
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thank you for noticing
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do you like the the fresh fresh snip
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that I had yesterday it's it's being too
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hot lately I had to get rid of the the
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shaggy hair do so it's feeling a lot but
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a lot lot tidier but more importantly
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less hot less hot and sweaty and we've
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got woody hard boner in the house
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welcome again to the show best still
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fella hello Toby dog welcome to the show
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thanks for tuning in so we're
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we've got a live Q&A chakki if anyone
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i've got lots of people tuning here at
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the moment so welcome to everyone who's
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new to the show shared life guy i will
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love the t-shirt thank you very much
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very snazzy isn't it yes basically all
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the t-shirts that are owned a free bike
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t-shirts that have acquired over the
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last few years i can't remember the last
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time I bought a bike shirt I bought a
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t-shirt at all and we've got Tonya oh
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boy good morning will
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we've got PS beard beard here hello from
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Minnesota all the way from Minnesota
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welcome thanks for treating into the
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show and as I said before if you guys
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got any questions for me
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any comments by all means drop them into
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the comment section below
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by all means heckle away I'm here on my
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own hanging out so anything any
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entertainment you've got for me I
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appreciate so I do want to talk about
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this is probably a good thing to talk
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about first and foremost I'd love to
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hear your guys opinions on this because
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convertible full-face helmets very much
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all the rage at the moment but I
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understand some people really aren't
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into them and other people really love
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the idea Timothy I'm in more zine more
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zine oh no way it feels weird to see the
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bike trails under the snow yeah right
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see you there for snowboarding and
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skiing Timothy yeah I mean more Xena for
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many mountain bikers out there is a bit
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of a mecca for for alpine riding but
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you're obviously there in the snow
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season so not so much mountain biking
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trail talking TV good morning good
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morning trial talk MTB thanks for
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joining
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yes sir Timothy's out there skiing I
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hope you're having a good time skiing I
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know I'd rather be there in summertime
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but but I hope you're having a good time
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out there so yes so tell me what you
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guys think about convertible full face
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helmets I'd love to hear if any of you
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guys own something like this this is a
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Liat DB x 3.0 enduro helmet in fact I
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think this is a v2 in the name as well
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it's a really long awkward name but
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basically this is layouts convertible
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full-faced helmet and by that I mean it
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will turn from a full face into a half
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face shell so you basically get two
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helmets in one there's a few other
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brands on the market doing this the Bell
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super d-h of course is a very popular
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model and the super 3 hour before that
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was
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one of the the original of the the new
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style convertible for face and the Giro
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switchblade as well all right so we've
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got Tonya oh boy
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will curiosity kills the cat but would
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you be able to put a higher travel on
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the giant trance 29 to 140 mil how does
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it affect the geometry and the ride of
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the bike so Tonya oh boy is asking is
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changing the topic from the convertible
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helmet asking about this trance 29er
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that we've got here can you run a 140 ml
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for that is a very very good question
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I'll find that out for you I think I
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already have that answer in an email I
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think I already asked that question is
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question 2 giant excuse me but I cannot
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remember the answer so I'm not going to
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give you an answer that I'm not 100%
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confident on stop fork is 130 ml but
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we're wondering if we can go a little
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bit bigger to 140 ml chances are you
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probably can but I don't want to give
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you confirmation on that one until I
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until I find it so I will find that out
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for you Tony oh boy excellent question
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Timothy saying I have the bill super D H
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and it is expensive but I love it yes I
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have the Bell super D hate as well I
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reviewed that last year and that is a
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really really good helmet and this is
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the other convertible full face that
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I've been using lately Lily at a dbx 3.0
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trail torque MTB says I feel like
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there's a compromise and so we're
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talking about convertible full face
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helmets dedicate a full face enduro
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helmets like the pro frame the foxpro
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frame just feel more secure fit whereas
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convertible helmets compromise by
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maintaining comfort when the chin bars
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are off yeah I think you're right there
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I think to a certain extent you've got
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two helmets in one so you've got one
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hell Oh Ben Waldman test says hi and she
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loves bowling Oh welcome Tess thanks for
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joining the show that's been well been
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there that's my good friend who owns
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this lovely workshop that I'm doing this
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video in and and his wonderful daughter
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Tess is watching the show so welcome
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taste thanks for joining in and thanks
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that's really good to hear that you
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enjoy bowling I love bowling - I'm glad
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you I'm glad you were you and I share
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share a good passion there for bowling
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right so back to the helmet we're
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talking about convertible full face
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helmets and I think trey'll talk MTB I
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think you're right I think there is a
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certain compromise that comes from
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craning one helmet that's designed to do
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two tasks alternatively it's potentially
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an option for
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some riders to get exactly that two
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helmets in one so this is an expensive
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lid I don't have pricing on me here
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because I didn't bring my notepad with
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me but I think in Australia this is
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three hundred and fifty dollars in the
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UK it's one hundred and eighty-nine quid
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so I do remember the pricing that is the
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pricing there for you so it is not
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exactly an entry-level helmet it's very
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expensive but if you consider you're
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getting two for one perhaps it's better
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value for you but I'm just gonna give
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you a quick demonstration on this so
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basically we're gonna remove the chin
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bar and turn this into a regular trail
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helmet should i model it for you first
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I'll show you what it looks like on I'm
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gonna look like a total dork so just
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bear that in mind Mike Terry is saying
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thought about getting the new super D H
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but seeing Fox latest gear ad and saw
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what looks like a new pro frame that
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might be convertible might wait and see
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what comes to that's really interesting
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Mike I haven't heard about Fox doing a
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convertible pro frame but that would be
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very interesting I do know of several
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other brands that are working on them at
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the moment and I'm not Liberty to
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actually say what who those brands are
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but I can say that there are a few
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bigger helmet companies that don't
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currently have convertible full face
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helmets that are in developing them at
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the moment these are a very popular
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style at the moment and typically aimed
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at the Endura mark and the idea is that
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you have this fully protective full face
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helmet with lots of chin protection
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extra side protection there you can see
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we've got nice big chin foam pads in
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here that keeps the helmet nice and
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secure got the adjuster at the back
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there like a normal helmet and it keeps
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pretty secure Mike Terry would love to
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see a hundred percent do one yeah
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because they do some really nice full
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face helmets at the moment but they
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don't do a convertible so there are a
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few brands there that kind of have the
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technology I suppose to make a
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convertible helmet that haven't as of
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yet so I'm going to see if I could
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actually take this off while I'm wearing
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it we'll see how that goes there are two
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latches on the side here I don't know if
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you guys can see that they're like
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little latches that we open up and once
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those pop out oh oh I've got one side
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off there we go there goes the chin bar
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so that is how you turn it into a half
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face helmet so right now you can just do
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that buckle up there just to be safe and
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sound there we go
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tada that's a trail helmet so we've got
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plenty coverage
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the back here bit more coverage around
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the temples nice thick shell big
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adjustable visor this thing is like a
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duckbill it's absolutely massive but
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that kind of gives it the style when
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you've got it within full face mode and
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this is what trail Talk MTV was talking
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about with the compromise there is a
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compromising looks as well because
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you've got to create a helmet that looks
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normal like this but then when you put
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the chin bar on also still looks normal
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so it is a bit of a challenge for
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designers to create two helmets in one
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from from from the one device really so
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very very interesting now look inside
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here this is the lyac dbx 3.0 helmet and
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see these blue things these are quite
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interesting as well and this is called
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360 turbine technology and the idea with
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these this is kind of an alternative to
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MIPS and so what MIPS if you're not
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familiar with MIPS it's basically a
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plastic liner which sits inside the
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helmet and it means when you've got the
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helmet on the helmet actually has a
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certain amount of rotational FreePlay
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that you can have and the idea is if you
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hit the ground really hard on an angle
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the helmet is actually designed to
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rotate slightly the idea being that the
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helmet does the rotating and not the
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brain inside your skull so it's all
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about minimizing rotational violence of
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your brain inside your head so so new
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helmets coming out and moment with MIPS
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and also alternatives to MIPS to kind of
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manage this rotational force because
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apparently that is the most common type
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of impact when you're mountain biking so
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these little 360 degree turbines they're
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called these are actually made of an
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armour gel and they're actually squishy
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you can see that but they actually have
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a certain amount of rotational movement
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you can get them get them going there
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they also have a little bit of inbuilt
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suspension so not only are you getting
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that rotational FreePlay from the 360
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turbine technology I'm just going to
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call turbine you also get a little bit
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of extra absorption as well a little bit
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of extra suspension there and the more
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suspension or the more kind of
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squishiness you have in that helmet
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hopefully the safer that helmets going
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to be in the event of a crash so you've
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got more material in there softer
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material to absorb the
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impact energy before your head does so
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that's the idea there I've got a few
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comments coming through here Timothy
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says I use my super dhm mores in during
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the summer and it feels like there is
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better air ventilation good so we're
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talking about the difference between a
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convertible sort of enduro style
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full-face helmet that will be this one
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here with a chin bar I'm going to put
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this back on actually let's see how I go
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with that and a dedicated downhill
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helmet so these do tend to be a bit
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lighter it's worth noting Timothy that
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the Bell super dee haich-d you had is
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actually guaranteed or it's rated I
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should say to downhill certification now
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that's a big deal and that means you
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could turn up to a downhill race if you
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wanted with that Bell Super D haters as
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far as I'm aware it's the only other the
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Giro switchblade as well so there are
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two helmets they're convertible helmets
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you can actually race downhill events in
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whereas this Liette dbx 3.0 is not rated
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or certified - downhill racing
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applications right so I'm gonna try and
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put the chin bar back on here this could
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be thrilling TV I'm just going to give
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you a bit of a look here a closer look
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so there are two kind of slots here that
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we're going to plug into the back of the
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helmet so you've got two chips here and
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they're going to hopefully slot in if I
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get the helmet the correct way up into
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grooves on the underside of the helmet
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so you can see there there's four of
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these grooves two on either side and
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we're gonna slide those in and once
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they're in then we've got two latches on
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the back here and these are kind of like
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well I guess like ski bindings or
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something like that but yeah anyway you
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put that hook in lock it down
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you've got the other one on this side
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here lock it down it's quite secure
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wraps around so you can see there you've
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got a latch on either side very neat and
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it kind of looks like a normal full face
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you've got that nice big peak there
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which certainly helps but definitely the
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styling of this helmet it looks pretty
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clean
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it looks kind of normal in both full
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face and half face modes so yes so I've
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been running with this quite a bit
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mostly as a trail helmet but also in
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full face mode with goggles on there and
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everything
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great for uplifts it means that I don't
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need a dedicate a full face helmet just
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to do uplifts because a lot of uplift
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trail centers and stuff like that they
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require you to have a full face helmet
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so that means that you've kind of got
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the chin bar you can slap that on and
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then you can do a day of shuttling you
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know comfortably knowing that you have
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full face helmet got a bit of extra
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protection there no it's not rated to
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the same standards as a full downhill
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helmet but if you're on a trail bike or
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an enduro bike perhaps you're not riding
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at the same speeds this is a downhill
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bike the risk might be a bit lower but
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you just want a bit more protection than
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a trail plummet that's probably a good
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option for you so there's a dbx 3.0 I
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wanted to let you guys know about this
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because we do have had a review go up on
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this helmet I think was last week
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actually so if you go on singletrack
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WorldCom you can read the full review
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James Vincent has reviewed this helmet
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I've been testing it as well so I've
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added my two cents into there as well or
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to Pete depending on where what currency
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you're using just checking to see if
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we've had a few or shared life guy how
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do you rate this against the new Troy
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Lee helmet now that's the Troy Lee stage
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helmet is that right should life guy
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we're talking about the same helmet the
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stage helmet which is as far as I'm
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aware is not a convertible helmet it's a
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lightweight full face helmet and enduro
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full face helmet and this is an
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interesting point actually because there
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are brands who are doing convertible
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helmets and their brands that aren't but
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what they're focusing on doing is for
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enduro yes okay so thanks should life
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guys so we're talking about the same
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helmet a Troy Lee stage Troy Lee stage
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the Fox Pro frame is another good
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example and Leah actually do one as well
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so they do a dedicated full face helmet
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but one that's designed for enduro so
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it's much more ventilated much lighter
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it's still a full convertible
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convertible full face helmets it's not
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designed to be turned into a trailer
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like this one so there are brands that
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are doing this and from what I
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understand on the
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World Series a lot of those EWS guys and
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girls their preference is for the
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dedicated full face helmet rather than
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the convertibles we're not seeing as
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many of these at that high level EWS
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racing so take that for what you will I
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don't know for me in my application I've
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really liked this convertible style and
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I like being able to just slap on the
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chin bar and boom I can go do shuttles
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and uplifts and so on and have a full
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face lid that's kind of looks okay with
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goggles so yes so there you go that's a
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dbx 3.0 from lea while we're talking
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about helmets and there's a review on
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this that just went up yesterday on
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single track worldcom so if you're
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shopping around for a new lid there's a
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review of this and the lea helmet this
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is not a convertible helmet this is the
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giant rail SX MIPS giant maybe a brand
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working on a convertible helmet at the
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moment I don't know but this is their
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kind of enduro slash trailer lid so it's
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got more coverage at the back got load
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of coverage around the temples it's
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still really well ventilated loads
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events on there I've been really
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impressed with this actually as far as
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both comfort stability and breathability
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I've been riding some really hot
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conditions lately and but this has been
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really impressive even on sort of 35
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degree days it's pretty good for
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ventilation I think the specialized
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ambush is probably the only trail that
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I've used personally there's better
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ventilated than this but this is not far
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behind to be perfectly honest so that's
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the rail SX MIPS and Giants not a brand
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that I really had much experience with
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with helmets this is the first giant
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branded helmet I've used but it's really
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quite good
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very comfortable very secure we've got
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an integrated MIPS liner in here so the
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idea there as we're talking about four
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is to reduce rotational forces coming
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through from the helmet oh life guy
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massive air vents and from what I've
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read not all the convertible lids are
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UCI certified yeah exactly so so that's
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a problem with convertible helmets going
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back to this guy here not all of them
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have the certification required for that
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kind of full blown EWS racing and I
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think I think we're talking about UCI
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certification with these they have to be
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certified to downhill standards to race
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in AWS
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leave that's the case in which case you
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couldn't race with this because it's not
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rated to the same damsel standard so so
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yes there are some differences there
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with those convertible lids anyway and
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yeah really impressive this helmet it's
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pretty good value as well as 119 pounds
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in Australia is 185 dollars which is
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very aggressive pricing very competitive
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it's designed to be goggle compatible
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and glasses compatible I've talked about
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this before in a previous episode so I
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won't go into too much detail but if you
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do want more information about this guy
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if you're sort of looking around for a
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new trail it's single track wheel comm
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for the full review of the giant rail SX
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MIPS OOP shed life guide that is correct
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as I understand it yes all right so
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we're on the same page there right so I
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want to talk about some interesting
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mounts that I have at the moment I think
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they're kind of cool I'll let you be the
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judge of that though so we've got at the
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moment I've had a whole bunch of these
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turn up there from kedge now if you if
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you run a GPS on your bike then chances
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are kedge which is an American brand and
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these are all made in America as well
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they're beautifully machined from alloy
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and lovely stainless steel hardware
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really nicely made stuff not cheap but
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very well made they basically make a
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computer mount for pretty much anything
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on the market so this one's a go allow
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me to clip that in and demonstrate
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here's one I prepared earlier so here we
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go so the single clamp
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you've got the GPS that sits out in
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front of your handlebar and in this case
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I've got a bond trader ion light which
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actually comes with can see there it's a
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gopro style bracket so a lot of lights
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on the market are starting to come with
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these but gopro brackets so I think
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Knight Rider light motion also do them
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and and Bontrager too so I'm sure there
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are other brands on the market that a
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glowworm
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sorry that was the other brand nose
19:29
thinking of which will bolt onto a go
19:31
pro style adapter so with the idea here
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is you've got your GPS which is nice and
19:35
easy to see that's right in front of you
19:37
in front of the handlebar but then
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you've also got the light underneath the
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handlebar as well which
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a really neat spot to put it fairly
19:44
close to the ground which is a good kind
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of mounting position for a front light
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and and it's all in one so very very
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tidy there the other thing I really like
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about this design and now I've only used
19:55
it for one ride so far but the GPS when
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you've got the light on sharp with the
20:00
line oh yeah sorry that's really
20:02
annoying when you've got the light on
20:03
and you're over the front of the bike
20:05
the GPS actually shields the light from
20:09
your eyesight so sometimes I don't know
20:11
if you guys have ever been night riding
20:13
with a high-powered handlebar light and
20:15
if you're climbing out of the saddle and
20:17
you ride over the front of the handlebar
20:19
and some of those handlebar lights the
20:21
the front light can be really kind of
20:23
in-your-face ooh
20:25
shed life guy this style of mount has
20:27
been on eBay for a year
20:28
ya know it's not new that the kedge
20:30
combo brackets been out for quite a
20:32
while so not a completely new device new
20:36
to me though and we've just got a whole
20:38
bunch of different kedge parts here but
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yeah really clean kind of integration
20:42
and we were just talking before about
20:43
having that light on the front of the
20:45
bike it's actually hidden underneath the
20:47
GPS so even when you sort of out of the
20:49
saddle over the handlebars that light is
20:52
kind of shield from your eyes so
20:53
something that does happen with
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high-powered night lights when you're
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riding in the evening in pitch-black and
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and you're kind of particularly with
21:01
climbing as well so there you go so
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that's a K edge handlebar bracket that's
21:05
a combo mount they make a few different
21:08
versions of these and the idea is to
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have your GPS and your light or
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potentially your GoPro got one I
21:14
prepared here earlier and you can
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actually put them on the same bracket
21:17
which is quite neat speaking of GoPros
21:19
this is the other mount that they sent
21:21
in this is a on center mount so
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apologies for the broken screen and my
21:26
GoPro there we won't talk about that
21:28
will we mark Alka and this is called the
21:31
on sent amount so it falls onto your
21:32
hand of our and you can see that the
21:35
mount is actually off-center so when you
21:36
slide that up against the stem on the
21:38
handlebar that puts the camera or you
21:41
can run that light on the front of it as
21:42
well right in the middle of the stem
21:44
right in the middle of the bars nice and
21:46
neat and should give you a pretty good
21:48
point of view so I got one of these
21:50
because I'm doing a lot of videos at the
21:52
moment riding videos and review videos
21:53
where I want
21:55
types of footage on the trail I might
21:56
want to see footage of the fork in
21:59
action while we're on the trail or I
22:01
might want to be the selfie action you
22:03
know looking back at me while I'm riding
22:05
bed so you can get a whole bunch of
22:07
different angles so that's the cage on
22:09
center mount there as well now these are
22:12
going to be all of these brackets and
22:14
mounts we're talking about these will
22:16
all be in fresh goods Friday so what's
22:20
at Thursday night in the UK now so in
22:22
about oh I'd say about twelve hours that
22:25
article will be going live on
22:26
singletrack website so you'll get full
22:28
pricing all the information on these if
22:30
you want to have a read about them
22:32
they'll be on fresh Goods Friday for you
22:34
guys and so the last thing I want to
22:37
talk to you about I'm gonna wheel this
22:39
bike back into view and see if I can
22:42
drop the seat post down coop there we go
22:45
is I want to talk to you about this
22:47
because this is an upgrade or a change
22:49
I've made to the giant trance twenty
22:51
nine a test bike you might recall if you
22:54
follow the Q&A video I did on this bike
22:56
I mentioned that the small and medium
22:58
sizes come with a 125 milder oper
23:00
whereas the large and extra-large frame
23:03
sizes come with a 150 now because the
23:06
giant has quite a short seat tube I
23:08
ended up with a fair bit of seat post
23:10
hanging out of the frame so what I
23:12
wanted to do was to get a slightly
23:14
longer drop of post on there because I
23:15
had the room to do it and you can see
23:17
now I have a 150 mil dropper oh
23:19
thunderstruck coats up will supplement
23:22
cut thanks for tuning so just talking
23:27
about this longer dropper post here this
23:29
is a giant branded dropper post now
23:32
giant do sell these aftermarket I
23:33
believe the pricing on this is 199 quit
23:37
or 299 dollars Australian so pretty well
23:41
priced in the scheme of sort of home
23:44
branded dropper post so pretty similar
23:47
price to I think the on Traeger dropper
23:49
post as well the drop line there are a
23:51
few brands that are kind of doing to be
23:53
honest they're very similar internally
23:55
I'm sure they probably come out the same
23:56
factory but yes so this is the switch SL
24:01
dropper post 150 mil travel and as you
24:03
can see I've still got a little bit of
24:04
room to play with here which is really
24:06
nice and that's because this bike has a
24:07
really
24:08
see truth which is fantastic means you
24:10
can get a proper length drop a post on
24:12
here shed life guy I've just got hold of
24:14
the new looping SL AF front light it
24:18
comes with a high and low beam handlebar
24:20
button like a car on a motorbike high it
24:22
Chuck's out a beam 250 meters down the
24:25
trail holy Dooley how much did that cost
24:28
you if you don't mind me asking looping
24:30
lights are very very nice I've not had a
24:32
whole lot of experience with myself
24:33
I did chat - chat - those guys Eurobike
24:36
last year and their stuff is very very
24:38
schmick so yeah sounds like you've got a
24:40
pretty damn high-powered front light
24:42
there yeah my little light I've got here
24:45
is only 700 lumens so I'm feeling a
24:48
little bit jealous of your looping light
24:50
there but yeah anyway so new drop post
24:53
on there these guys come in 30.9 and the
24:56
thirty point nine mil diameter yes
24:58
thirty nine thirty point nine mil only
25:00
because they're designed to fit giant
25:02
bikes and they all come with 30.9 you
25:04
can get them with two different remotes
25:06
I have here let's see this yet that's
25:08
the hand of my remote here so this is
25:11
the one by remote and it sits underneath
25:13
the handlebar underneath the grip grip
25:16
kind of like where your front shift
25:17
would be
25:17
oh life guy saying 280 quid so this
25:22
is for the looping light oh wow six volt
25:24
two amp very efficient good to hear mate
25:26
that's that sounds like a very high
25:28
power light 250 meters down the trail
25:30
that's insane thunderstruck coach is
25:33
saying love the colour of that green not
25:34
usually a green guy yeah I know I am
25:37
into it as well it's it stands out on
25:39
the trail like nothing else
25:41
good luck sort of finding riding kit
25:43
that will match with this it's a pretty
25:45
it's a pretty loud color that you'll
25:47
struggle to find this color in too many
25:50
look books for the for the fashionistas
25:53
out there but yeah I really like the
25:54
color too it's definitely nice to have
25:56
something a bit different a bit
25:57
different kind of finish on here so yeah
26:00
there you go
26:01
so so yeah unless you guys have got any
26:04
more questions for me I might wrap up
26:05
this fresh Goods Friday live but I
26:08
probably won't see you guys next week
26:10
because tomorrow I'm going to be flying
26:12
to New Zealand and I'll be there for a
26:15
few days holiday and then I'm there for
26:17
a secret bike launch that
26:20
not tell you anything about life
26:22
guy I'll send you some pics if you like
26:24
it will blow your mind yes please do do
26:26
email me through some photos share life
26:27
guys I'd love to check out that looping
26:30
light it's starting to get you know a
26:32
little bit darker in the evenings here
26:34
so I'm thinking about some fresh night
26:36
lights to to get out on the trail do you
26:38
guys do much night riding is that sort
26:41
of something that you don't bother with
26:42
over winter or do you have to have
26:44
lights to kind of ride it and and to
26:46
keep riding through winter thunderstruck
26:48
coach we have a safe and fun trip
26:50
brother thanks man I'm really looking
26:52
forward to it we're gonna be in the top
26:54
of the South Island in a town called
26:57
Nelson which I used to live in a few
26:59
years ago and I've got a few friends
27:00
there I'm gonna catch up with the riding
27:02
there's fantastic
27:03
they have had bush fires though over the
27:05
last few weeks which has been pretty
27:07
gnarly so I don't know the situation
27:10
there I think a lot of the trails are
27:11
closed because the bush fires are really
27:13
close to Nelson in New Zealand and so
27:16
we'll find out I might have to ride
27:17
somewhere else but yeah I hope
27:19
everyone's safe and sound wherever they
27:20
are
27:21
if anyone's shooting in from over and
27:22
New Zealand
27:24
yeah horrible stuff but hopefully things
27:26
are quieting down a little bit and I'll
27:28
be flying there tomorrow so fingers
27:30
crossed we'll get out some take this
27:32
bike with me and do some riding so yeah
27:34
so that's what I've got planned for the
27:35
weekend I hope you guys have some
27:37
wonderful writing plans wherever in the
27:38
world you're watching from thank you so
27:41
much for tuning in to this regular
27:43
weekly live Q&A video fresh goods Down
27:45
Under I'm calling it that's what I'm
27:47
going with for the moment so I won't see
27:49
you next week but I will see you the
27:51
week after so by then I should have
27:54
another test bike in the house and we'll
27:57
have some more more chat bike chat to
27:59
talk through in the meantime and if you
28:02
want to read about any of the products
28:03
we've just been chatting about here jump
28:04
on singletrack worldcom got the review
28:06
of that Leah a full-face convertible
28:09
helmet got all the K edge stuff which
28:10
will be in fresh goods Friday tomorrow
28:13
or today in Australian time this
28:15
afternoon if you will yes a lot of stuff
28:18
going on at the moment jump on
28:20
singletrack WorldCom and check it all
28:23
out all right I'm gonna head off guys
28:25
thank you so much for tuning in I really
28:27
enjoy the doing these videos and I hope
28:29
you've enjoyed watching and
28:31
have a fantastic weekend whether that's
28:33
with on the bike or off the bike
28:35
whatever you're doing I hope you have a
28:37
good one and and I'll see you next time
28:39
all right
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