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Read all about the new YT IZZO here: https://singletrackworld.com/2020/04/first-look-yt-izzo-a-trail-bike-from-the-masters-of-gravity/
Andi takes a first look at the new YT IZZO an effective trail weapon designed for riders wanting a capable, lightweight bike that they can pedal all day or thrash in the woods. The IZZO has 130mm of front and rear wheel travel, a full carbon frame, 29in wheels and weighs as little as 12Kg.
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and from single track magazine I'm out
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on this glorious day to show you this
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with a brand new white tea is oh now if
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you look at white tea and thing hey
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there a gravity brand they've got a
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downhill team they have freeride legends
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they've got downhill bikes they've even
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got a gravity orientated ebike well yeah
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they cover all those bases but one base
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they didn't cover was lightweight
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cross-country trail bikes that can still
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be a bit playful on the down and this is
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exactly what the ID's Oh is designed to
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be it's a full carbon fiber bike with a
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hundred and thirty mile travel front and
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rear and it has a lockout on the rear -
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which is it's not something we would
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expect from whitey now onwards he
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designed me as though they were looking
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for to create something that is fast
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agile and sharp and whitey is saying
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well that's pretty much like the katana
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blade shown in Japanese movies and
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Japanese anime and actually when they
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were creating this they created an anime
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for it to to show off how fast and agile
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this bike is meant to be we can take a
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look at that here
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so yeah that's just a clip but you can
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see the full video a cool launch video
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over on the white seal a YouTube channel
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anyway back to the bike it's a fast
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agile trail weapon it's an effective
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trail weapon can't believe I said that
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what it is it's a great fun bike and a
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lot of fun to be ridden even on tame
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cross-country trails which is what I've
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been doing join the walk down now one
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thing that the is er has that I didn't
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think I would use is the lockout
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now although whitey have given this bike
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top suspension front and rear the
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lockout is actually a rock shock system
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it's a twist lock like grip shift
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lockout and actually what you do is you
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twist to open up the suspension and you
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press it to lock it out now the
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suspension platform if you let if left
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open is extremely stable there's a great
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pedal platform there and even if you get
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out of the saddle and sprint there's
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very little bobbing but for those times
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when you are very very smooth trails or
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in a transition from road on to trail
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heating that lockout can really stiffen
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things up and really helps the bike
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sprint along get some speed now usually
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I'm not the kind of person who wants to
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get the fastest climbing time but the
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more I've ridden this bike the more I
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want to push myself and get fitter and
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go faster uphill and using that lock has
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enabled me to knock a few seconds off
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those climbs so the it's those full
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carbon frame has full internal cable and
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hose routing there's also a complement
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of rubber protection on the rear end to
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stop any chain slap and ensure that this
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bike is super quiet and sounds so smooth
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on the descents the rear end has double
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sealed bearings for long life and each
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of those bearings has a one-sided access
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port so you only need one tool to get at
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those and undo them when they need
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servicing now whitey are offering the
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Izzo in a range of build starting from
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two thousand five hundred ninety nine
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pound wing 13 kilograms that's really
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light for such a cheap bike affordable
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bike sorry all the way up to a five
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thousand six hundred ninety nine power
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with SRAM axis while are shifting and
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access wireless
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reverb that weighs in at 12 kilograms
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now that top the range bike is limited
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to just 150 units once they're gone this
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is the top of the range
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baby this is the pro race it whilst
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weighs 12.1 kilograms it comes with a
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full carbon wheel set cub handlebar
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yeah and it's SuperDuper lightweight and
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fun even climbing now if you've been
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following me a lot recently you will
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have seen that I've been testing a lot
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of ebikes now I love you bikes but the
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problem is although they're great
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further aerobic fitness they're good for
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upper body strength they do weaken your
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legs a little bit but on such a
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lightweight bike with fast rolling tires
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and lightweight wheel so I was able to
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climb just as quickly as on this as I
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can on an e by maybe perhaps but over
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time riding this bike on mellowed treta
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terrain and you know taking those climbs
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and exploring a little bit i've got
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fitter i've got faster and i've really
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enjoyed the agility of this short travel
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bike now don't go thinking that this is
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just a cross-country bike you can see
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here in these clips that whitey are
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provided the ears oh can really handle
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the rough stuff too now i've not tried
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that myself
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i really want to but after the pandemic
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is over we'll get an is o in again and
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i'm gonna hit those enduro trails to see
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just how good it is but i have no doubt
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in my mind that it will be very very
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good now the frame itself as I've
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already mentioned 130 ml travel front
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and rear we have a 66 degree head angle
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which is pretty slight for this kind of
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bike and a 77 degrees C tube angle that
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can be adjusted by 0.5 of a degree with
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the flip chip and that also increases
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the drop from 35 to 40 so there's a bit
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of a wiggle room there with the geometry
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and the overall design of the bike is
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very different from what we've seen from
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YT so far on the Jeff C and the capra we
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see that horizontal shock position are
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on the is over they've gone for a
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vertical shock position now the reason
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why whitey have done that is because
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they say the vertical shock position for
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this type of bike suits this better it
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doesn't mean that the new capper are the
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new Jessie of gonna go that way oh I
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suppose unless that suits that frame
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design it just that means that this for
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the suspension system suits this frame
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better than another one and it also
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means that we've got more room in the
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front triangle for a water bottle and
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we've also got space here for a tool as
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well we've got two bosses there as well
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speaking of that water bottle
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is the larger first master 6000 I think
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I think it's 835 milliliter water bottle
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and uses that call magnetic fit lock
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connector so really easy to unconnect
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and pop back on while riding now this is
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a medium sized bike because I wanted a
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box fresh bike I went for a medium and
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that has a reach of 450 millimeters now
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if that's not particularly long I would
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normally go for a large which has 472
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millimeters but to be honest I've really
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enjoyed that shorter bike for its
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playful puppy riding especially while
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I've just been riding on smoother
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terrain or long fields and not really
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been doing any gnarly stuff so it's made
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tame riding fun again and actually
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because it's so lightweight and it has
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so little suspension it's so easy to
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bunnyhop and clear things on my first
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ride out I cleared a set of routes that
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I would normally really lift hard on my
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e bike to clear but on this it needed no
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effort at all and I was just gliding
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through the air very very fun very very
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capable bike and I can't wait to get it
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back after the pandemic to ride it some
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more as already mentioned this is the
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pro race spec model it costs four
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thousand five hundred ninety nine pounds
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it weighs 12.1 kilograms
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it comes with Fox factory suspension at
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Fox 34 on the front it comes with a lock
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out on the rear and a Fox transfer drop
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post with 125 millimeters of drop larger
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frames have more drop sizes are from
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small to double X L and I think that's
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everything covered
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so yeah the Y T is o is available for
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pre-order on the YT website now I
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believe you can head over there and
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check out some more details but if you
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have any questions about this bike
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please feel free to let me know in the
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comments below if you enjoyed this video
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