- Welcome to another Pro Bike,
and this is Geoff Gulevich's Rocky Mountain Slayer.
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Right, a little a bit of information about Geoff Gulevich
if you don't know him, he's an all mountain rider,
adventure rider, he's all over the world.
He used to compete in slope style and dirt jump
back in the day, but I'm gonna start off with his frame.
This is the Rocky Mountain Slayer.
It's 170 mm of travel, all mountain bike.
Full carbon triangle front and rear.
Right, moving on to the drivetrain,
I'm going to start off with these pedals.
These are the Shimano XTR SPD pedals.
So, he's clipped in for those descents.
His feet are clipped in and not gonna move around
and bounce off in those huge descents.
Moving on to the crank arms,
these are the Shimano Deore XT at 170 mm.
These are one by 11, and then that front sprocket is a 30 tooth.
So, I guess that's for all those huge climbs
that he's gonna be doing up there.
Right, and to change those gears smoothly
he's running a Shimano Deore XT
long-cage derailleur right here.
Right, the wheel build on this bike
to keep him rolling out there,
this is a Sun Ringle Charger Expert.
And that's built onto an SRX 148 hub.
And the rubber on this, to give him more grip out there
is a Maxxis High Roller 2, 3C ply.
So that's three different compounds of rubber
that make this tyre.
Right, moving onto the braking power of this bike.
It's Shimano Saint four-part brake.
It has a 180mm rotor on the rear.
Wheel build much like the rear.
It's a Sun Ringle Charger Expert,
built onto the same hub, that's the SRX hub.
And then the rubber, different this time.
It's a Maxxis Minion DHF Super Tacky.
The force where it takes all that punishment
out there on the trails.
These are the Manitou Mattoc Pros.
170mm of travel, settings on, not too sure,
I'm going to have to ask him.
Right, moving on to the saddle where he spends
a lot of time climbing those huge mountains out there
in the world.
It's an Ergon SME 3S saddle.
And that's strapped to this Manitou Jack dropper.
And that's 150mm.
Right, moving up to the cockpit
where he keeps this bike in control
out there on the trail, I'm gonna start off here
with the grips, these are Ergon GA2 grips.
I love the colour.
Moving onto the brakes, these are the Shimano Saint levers,
front and rear.
And then you've got a Shimano Deore XT shifter right there.
And you've got the nice Manitou Jack
drop poster lever just there.
Moving onto the bars, these are the Answer 810s
with, don't know, question I'm gonna have to ask him.
For the stem, this is a 30mm stem,
and this is the Answer Atac stem.
Okay, weight spec of this whole bike comes in at 28.5 pounds
which is 12.9 kilos.
That is light for a 170mm travel bike.
All right, enough of me talking about your bike, Geoff.
I've got a few.
- I got you a beer.
- Oh, I did forget, cheers.
Cheers, I've got a few questions for you.
- Mhm.
- First off, the bar width.
People would like to know your bar width.
- I'm running the 810 bar uncut, so 810.
I don't know what that translates into in inches,
but it's pretty darn wide.
- It's pretty wide, yeah, yeah.
Okay, next question, tyre pressure, front and rear.
- Well, if I'm riding a bike park like here,
I'll generally stick to around the 32 PSI range.
- Okay.
- If I'm on actual trail,
then I'll probably lower it to about 28 in the rear
and probably around the same in the front.
- Right, moving onto the frame, what size frame is this?
- I'm running the large Slayer here.
- Wicked, and you said, so you've got the Slayer here,
so how come you chose this one over the Altitude?
- Well, I prefer the Slayer because it has a little more
travel than the altitude.
It's a little better for bigger hits
that I like to do going faster.
And that's just my type of bike.
- Exactly, more of aggressive riding.
So, talk about aggressive riding.
So, you've got Shimano Saint.
- I do, I prefer the Saint brakes over the XT, or the XTR,
because they have a little more power.
And when you're at higher speeds,
it just gives you that little extra bit of confidence.
- So, you went for the Shimano Deore XT
drivetrain. - Drivetrain.
- So you didn't go for the Saint all around.
- No, I prefer the 11-speed just for riding on the shore
and steep climbs.
You need that extra gearing just to get up there
and feel comfortable.
- [Host] Yeah, and that I guess is a little bit
lighter as well.
- [Geoff] Definitely.
- Yeah, and then front forks,
you've got the Manitou Mattocs.
- I do.
- Pros, so settings on this.
Do you have them super stiff?
I know you used to do all the slopestyle courses
and dirt jumping, so is that super stiff
or is that all changed out now?
- It's a little more supple now
for trail riding and downhill.
It's still definitely quite stiffer
than your average fork, just for bigger hits
and higher speeds.
- Wicked.
All right, Geoff, thank you so much
for showing off your bike and giving us
the insight of your full bike setup
on your Rocky Mountain Slayer.
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