- [Martyn] This is my Mojo Nicolai GeoMetron that I used in Back on Track.
You can see it's got my name on it. So let's take a closer look.
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So this is a Mojo Nicolai Special. It's a custom frame. Mojo have been bringing
these bikes out for customers that want [inaudible 00:00:24] and special
geometries. The frame's finished in matte black and it's a beautiful thing when you
get up close to it. Just the quality of the welds and the little Mojo logo in
the lug here. With a bit of dust on it, a bit of dirt and grime, it looks even
better. Up front, I'm running a Renthal Fatbar, carbon, 780-millimeter length.
It's coupled with a 35-millimeter Hope stem.
Hope Tech 3 brakes, front and rear, and 200-millimeter rotors for stopping power.
Contact point on the Renthal Fatbar is a Hope lock-on grip.
Why the Hope blue? I've been with Hope a long time and as a pro rider I've always
used the Hope green, which is what the pro team riders tend to use,
but for this bike, I wanted it to just feel really super cool and I just loved
the electric blue of this kit. I saw it and I was like, "Can I have that?"
And they're like, "You can have whatever you want," because they're ace.
Up front, I've got a super cool fork. It's a Fox 40, 203 millimeters of travel,
Kashima-coated stanchions.
On the rear, I've got the Fox DHX2 Shock 500-weight spring, which is for a heavier
rider, and I'm using that because I'm sat down all the time, so it's getting some
real big hits.
This is a shock we worked really hard on. The front end is working amazing,
but I get bucked, being sat down all the time, I get bucked out of all the kickers
all the time, so I really needed to slow the rebound down on the back end.
So I worked with Paul Shepherd from Mojo while we were filming on Back on Track.
And he just kept taking it two clicks at a time on each run to just slow it down
until I started to feel the shock packing down. So I wasn't getting the rebound.
It was basically losing travel, and I wasn't sure I was going to get the feeling
of that, but then when I did, we just clicked it back again the other way,
and then we'd found the really great sweet spot for the rear end.
And it made such a huge difference because I was then more confident when I was
coming out of kickers on the track that I wasn't going to get bucked as much.
I still get bucked a lot, because I just can't compress over a takeoff like you
normally would. But this shock, just working on the shock in that way with
those guys from Mojo who know what they're doing made such a huge difference.
Hope crank. Got the crank arm set up facing the same way on both sides,
obviously, because I'm not pedaling, I just need to use it more like a
platform. But the pedals are still moving so my ankles
can still flex on the pedals. Simply taping my foot on,
which means they don't slide off when I hit the big rocks and turns and jumps on
the trail and they're just fixed in that position so that they can't move down.
Two bolts there through the chain ring, and that holds it in place.
It's a Hope narrow/wide spiderless chainring, 34-tooth, and 11/36 cassette,
Shimano mech and XTR shifter. Apparently. Didn't use any of it. Attached
to the electric blue cranks I've got these even more electric blue F20 Hope pedals.
Huge contact point. I used these pedals before my accident so when I used to ride
I used to love the feedback you got, and just the stability on this pedal.
And it was a bit of a goal of mine to get back up on these pedals.
Although I can't feel it, when they taped my feet onto them, it was a real moment
of "Yes! It's happening!"
The seat is a Tessier sitski seat. Sitski is a winter sport.
You usually would have a suspension system here. And then a big ski and then
two crutches with skis on the end and then people go howling down mountains
on them. That's what where I got the idea, I was watching the Winter Olympics
and thought, "Oh hang on a minute. That's the same. I'll just do that, but
I'll have wheels and not a ski." So that's where the idea came from. It just seemed
really obvious to do that. So this is a really well-tested product that's been
around for a long time. It's got these amazing straps that keep you really
secure. And once I'm in there, I'm going nowhere, basically. It creates the
core muscle strength I haven't got and it just holds me in the bike. And then all
I've got to do is just hold on and I've got a really good riding position.
So, a well-tested product. Really, really amazing bit of kit that's
made basically this whole bike work. It's attached to the bike with a Fox
D. O. S. S. seatpost. That extra tube in there just giving us the extra strength
knowing that nothing's going to be bending or snapping when I've got all
my weight on the bike.
I'm using Hope Pro 2 hubs and that's laced onto a 40-millimeter WTB rim,
27-plus tires. That's WTB as well, Trailblazer tire. I use the plus wheel
because one, I think it looks cool. But I'm using it a slightly different way,
because I've got this tire very high pressure because we really needed to
simplify how much movement I was getting through the bike. We wanted it to just be
a dull suspension. These are run pretty hard compared to your normal 27-plus tire.
Thanks for watching my pro bike video. Click up here to see Back on Track,
the video itself. Click down here to see my interview talking about my personal
circumstances, the journey of getting back onto a bike and riding again.
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