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- Hello and welcome to GMBN Tech,
this is my trail bike.
Its a bike I spent a lot of time on,
my Nukeproof Reactor Pro.
29 inch wheels, front and back,
with 130 mil of rear wheel travel.
Now this is a large,
I'm 183 centimeters or six foot on the nose
and I feel it fits me perfectly.
It's got a 480 millimeter reach,
which when in its lowest setting,
is paired to a 65.5 degree head angle.
And with that 480 mil reach is 440 chainstays,
which feel really nice.
The bike feels really balanced.
So this frame is full carbon.
So, that's both chain and seat stays
as well as the front triangle.
Like I said earlier on,
it does have two modes, a trail and a rail.
So the rail mode is derived by this little flip chip here
and it just puts the bike a bit lower,
slackens it out a little.
The 130 mil of rear wheel travel
is derived by a full bar suspension system.
Nukeproof are known as, to me at least, a no nonsense brand,
and you can see from a really healthy downtube protecter
as well as lots of silencing
that they know how they want the bike to run.
I'm running a massive Crud Catcher mudguard,
on the front XL fender
as well as a really tidy RR unit on the back.
I know it's not to everyone's taste,
but, to be honest, I don't really care.
The front one keeps my vision good
and the back just stops grit and grind
getting blasted into that shock.
So I've got the seemingly mandatory Enduro Set up
and some gas canisters there as well as a spare tube
with this beautiful tartan strap from Louri.
I've also got a Topeak Ninja tool
just a nice little small one.
It's actually pretty cool.
It's got a carbon fiber shell so it's really, really light.
Apart from that, I've sneakily included,
had a spare entry put there.
So just put a nice long cable tie
just in case it ever needs to get me out of a bother.
And that is a setup, which to be honest,
it does me for most eventualities.
So this being a trail bike,
I wanted to build it light
and a good place to take that is the wheels.
I'm really, really lucky.
These are the XCX Race from e*thirteen,
the 28 mil internal rim width.
They are staggering you light just over 1500 grams
but really capable.
They kick up a really nice profile for the tire
and their just super great for climbing.
I'm not overly hard on bike componentry.
That is matched of course to e*thirteen's own brand hubs
which to be honest, are for really nice engagement,
kickup up a nice sound.
(tire whirring)
Ooh, nice!
Pleasure to ride all round.
I've got the Victoria tires on front and back,
running quite an aggressive Mota on the front
and the Martello,
whilst not being as aggressive as the Mota,
has done fantastic job.
It rolls really, really well
but still hooks up on the break in
and nice amount of support on the turns.
The pressures I run, vary on ride to ride,
but with a good rim profile,
I'm actually going lower and lower.
Sometimes in the winter,
I've been running as little as about 21 psi in the front
and about 24 in the back.
But it does vary depending on the terrain
and if I'm going to be riding any rough routes or rocks.
But a lot of time I tried natural terrain
and so I can run them a little bit lower.
On the front of the bike I'm running a RockShox pipe,
which is 140 mil in travel.
It's using that Charger 2.1 Damper,
which as everyone knows runs really, really well.
I'm running 106 psi in the air side with two Air Tokens
with the compression wide open.
On the back, I'm running a RockShox Super Deluxe,
so that Piggyback shock is great for all round trail riding.
It does have a climb switch,
although to be honest with you,
I don't really reach for it that often.
It's got 220 psi and just the stock token in there
and for my weight and riding style,
at 83 kilograms, it's great.
I'm running some Guide G2 Ultimate brakes,
which are absolutely lovely
and big shout out to Doddy 'cause their actually his
He's given me the loaner.
There are 180 mil two rotors front and back
and I'm running the super soft pads from SRAM.
I just love my brakes to be quiet
and I love that initial bite.
For the cockpit I've got Nukeproof Horizon bar and stem
and the bars are the carbon ones.
The bars are uncut at 780 in width
and the stem is 50 mil long.
I've got some lovely Ergon GD1 grips
which are my absolute favorite.
These I cover for many a bike and I always go to em.
I've actually just cut away the flams there
that you would kind of want some motogrip,
just to give it bit more clearance,
but yeah all that comfort.
Tucked away neatly on my cockpit as well
is a a Highline remote for my crank with the seat post.
This Highline 7 is 117 mil travel.
It's all blacked out.
It looks fantastic and sitting at top
is an Ergon Pro saddle.
Now actually Ergon make loads and loads
of different types of saddles,
but quite frankly,
they can take this one out of my cold dead hands.
I love it.
Whichever bike I could do the most miles on,
this is the one that goes on it.
Waring of the paint and all sorts.
So I've got quite a loud pair of crank
for the Stamp 7 Pedals in the large platform.
I love flat pedals,
even for a trail bike like this,
and these are super comfortable.
Sometimes people complain of feet cramping,
but for me, yeah, these just do the job perfectly
for all day riding.
The drive train is a weird mix.
So I have got a SRAM GX shifter
paired to XO mec and some Rotor two-in-one power cranks.
I really love power meters,
once you start using them, it's hard to stop.
And these ones give power both left and right,
all the data you could ever want.
Interestingly enough, they are super short,
165 in length, that's just how I like em
and they come with these cool little booties
to stop you clattering rocks and potentially damaging them.
Now, embarrassingly enough,
I do run a tiny, tiny wimpy chain ring of just a 30 tooth,
but it works for me so I don't really care.
I've got the 10 to 50 range cassettes on the back,
so I have enough gearing for long day steep climbs
even when I'm tired,
I've always got the gearing.
Super secure chain ring.
I've never lost a chain and the day I do,
I will put on a chain device,
but I can't see that happening.
This bike runs super quiet which is just how I like it.
In terms of the front of the bike,
I've got some smooth,
a bit of mastic tape there,
just to quieten down and the pad up the front end.
None of the cables touch,
they're all kind of cable tied quite neatly
and I like my cables symmetrical at the front.
I don't like them crossing.
Call me a heretic, it's just how I like it.
I haven't needed to include any extra silencing on the back.
It's just been quiet straight off the bat.
Earlier on I was discussing data
and how I use the power meter cranks.
I pair that to a Garmin 830,
which is a device that,
you can navigate with it, you can be so much stuff.
I like to use it as a training tool personally,
but there is my bike.
I absolutely love this bike.
I spend so much time on it.
So get in the comments, let me know what you think.
Is there anything you do differently?
Except one rule, please don't mention the mudguards
'cause quite frankly, I love em.
I don't care, they're staying on.
As always guys,
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