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- Hi everyone, Neil here.
As you might tell, I'm at home
because things have changed, as you probably know.
A lot of stuffing going on at the moment in the world,
and the UK, now we're in lockdown.
Just to let you know, at GMBN,
we're taking this really seriously.
You will see, definitely, a change
to what we're putting out on the channel.
There's loads of stuff that we've shot already shot already
so that will be going out.
Don't worry, we're totally respecting not riding trails,
things like that.
So you might start to see bit of new style of videos.
First one coming from myself.
I'm going to talk you through building this beauty.
Doing some nice bits of mechanicing at home.
Plus we've got some cool training videos
coming from Rich and Blake very soon.
This is, obviously, a worldwide problem
that we're going through at the moment,
and places are having it much harder than we have so far;
places like Italy.
I know Spain, they're on lockdown,
having some really bad issues.
You know, worse than lockdown, obviously,
with people in hospital.
So I'm taking this time to work on my bike,
which, you know, needs a bit of doing
and I'm building this Stamina 180 today.
We've got some amazing parts to bolt onto it
so what better to do on a day like today.
Don't forget to leave some comments down below.
Let us know what you do want to see
over the next coming weeks.
But let's get to it.
Right, the embarrassing about this is
you're going to see the inside of my garage,
and it is an absolute tip.
I haven't tidied up for ages but also,
I'm actually right in the process
of trying to build a new one, so I haven't done much to it.
Lived here for about a year...
Yeah, that's my excuse anyway.
So here's some of the bits
I'm going to be bolting onto this bike.
So check it out.
Some fresh tires...
Some special bits over there.
So what I'm doing is,
the Pole Stamina I've got, 180,
is the EN build which is-
- Baah, bah, bah, bah, bah.
- [Presenter] Are you going to help me build my bike, Lucas?
- Yeah.
- What was I saying?
I was saying...
Lucas might help me today.
My bike is the EN build,
so that is SRAM XO.
Lucas, I'm going to build a super bike.
Well, at least I'm trying to.
I'm going to bolt on the bits, try and make it the LE kit,
which is basically- have a look at their website,
it's a €10,500 bike.
Pretty mega.
So yeah, worse things to be doing on my downtime.
So to do that, I'm going to bolt on some fresh bits
but one of the big parts of that LE build
are some of these amazing things.
Trickstuff brakes, coming straight from Germany.
I've got some Direttissma brakes.
- That's a long word.
- That is a long word.
Direttissma.
These brakes are €450 each,
so there's €900 worth of brakes in there.
So it's going to be pretty rad this bike.
Got some Ergon-
It's petrol grips.
What else have I got?
Loads of stuff. Right, let's get to it.
You going to help, Lucas?
- What about this?
What about this?
- Yeah, that's chain lube.
Chain lube, might need some of that.
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- [Lucas] Don't do that.
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- Okay, I'll talk you through some of the things I've done.
I've cut the bars down;
800-mil for me is just mental.
760 is my normal.
Fitted the brakes, they feel absolutely amazing.
Really solid, so stoked on those.
I've got the Mavic Deemax Pros.
This bike is a 29-er.
I don't think it looks like a 29-er, does it?
It, sort of-
The actual, sort of, geometry suits the big wheels
and they don't look, sort of, out of place.
Fitted my Topeak bottle cage.
My Crankbrothers...
What are they called?
Mallet E LS, that's the long spindle version.
Fresh tires, put me Ergon saddle on.
That's the SM Men's pro.
Crankbrothers, dropper post.
There we are.
She's a beaut.
So I've just gone for a little pedal.
At the moment, in the UK,
you are allowed to do, sort of,
one bit of exercise a day,
so I've used this as an opportunity to just
literally go for a pedal around the field by my house.
Like I said earlier,
I'm not going to go for a proper mountain bike ride at all.
I just don't feel like it's worth it.
Obviously, I've seen what's going on in other places
and things are changing all the time.
But definitely my thoughts and everyone's thoughts from GMBN
go out to those people in Italy
that looks like they're having a really rough time.
So hopefully you're all through the worst of it,
but yeah, really bad times.
Yeah, like I say, nice to get out on the bike.
For me, I'm going to treat this a bit like
when I've had injuries and you have time off the bike,
when you get back on it, it's so good.
It feels so much fun to go and ride your bike.
So I think I'll take this opportunity just to relax a bit,
fiddle with my bike and not ride.
I need to actually sort out the brake hoses, as you can tell
so that's a bit more work for me to do, but luckily,
I've got the time to do it.
So thanks for watching.
Get involved in the comments down below.
Let us know what you'd like to see.
Like I said earlier as well,
plenty of more videos that have been pre-shot
will be coming out soon so, yeah,
don't feel like you're not going to get your GMBN fix.
We've got loads of good stuff coming,
plus stuff from Rich and Blake and Dirt Shed as normal.
So thanks very much for your support
and hopefully you're all doing all right at home.
Yeah.
Don't forget, GMBN merch is still available.
We absolutely love your support
and your comments, and all that.
So thanks very much.
Yeah, catch you soon.